[TowerTalk] Shim stock

[Kim Elmore]

The T2X clamp is made (inexplicably) for 2 1/16” mast. So, you need a 1/32” shim. I went to a hobby shop and purchased some 1/32” aluminum sheet, used it as a shim, and have been delighted ever since. This also solved repeated T2X failures since I had neglected to do this for... Well, a long time. The neglect was born of ignorance, as I had skipped over this for years and could never figure out why things kept binding...

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Oct 2, 2017, at 15:12, Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net> wrote:
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> Just cut up an aluminum coke can.  I used that for years without problems.
> 
> K4TO
>> On Oct 2, 2017, at 3:00 PM, Charles Gallo <charlie at thegallos.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, October 2, 2017 2:52 pm, Marv Shelton wrote:
>>> What is a good source for the .03125” shim stock needed to make a 2” OD
>>> mast centered in a T2X?
>>> 
>>> Marv wa2bfw
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>> Probably next to impossible to find .03125 shim stock, as I've never seen
>> shim stock down in the .00001 range
>> 
>> Most likely you will have to use .030 shim stock, which is everywhere, and
>> deal with being off a bit more that a thousandth of an inch, or less than
>> 1/2 the thickness of an average human hair
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