[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 193, Issue 4

[Clif Keely]

 Terry, I suspect there are 2 different buyers involved and both have less than a years experience in buying and neither have any mechanical knowledge.  Most likely 2 young ladies fresh from a college  on a first job and their supervisors don't know enough themselves to do any training.  Your problem seems to be in every department at the big box stores.  They make me nuts, I am always redesigning a project based on what they have, not what would do the job right.
Clif AA6FE
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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Why aren't these universal angle iron brackets designed
      right? (terry burge)


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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 12:21:46 -0800 (PST)
From: terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net>
To: topband at contesting.com, TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Why aren't these universal angle iron
    brackets designed right?
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Thanks for the help guys. Got reminding about the difference between pipe and tubing sizes concerning the U-bolts. And some other things like overbuilding my detune setup. 


Terry

KI7M


> On January 2, 2019 at 11:49 PM terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>    Hi folks,
> 
> 
>    I've ran into this problem multiple times and thought I'd ask to see if there is a simple explanation or if perhaps manufacturers of universal angle iron brackets as sold in Lowes, Home Depot, etc.  just don't care. I can never find these 'plumbers tape' type of angle irons that have holes that will match up to the U-bolts they sell. And it seems the U-bolts are too large half the time for the holes.  Seems to me that by now it would occur to manufacturers that U-bolts get used on these angle irons with all the holes so conveniently places that they would make sure the U-bolts would go through them? 
> 
> 
>    I once had a professor who would say 'if you have a question don't hesitate to ask it because chances are other people are also wondering that same thing but were afraid to ask'. So I ask, WHY? Just seems like the hardest thing I keep running into is to 'somehow' expand a bolt hole to match a bolt or U-bolt. That just isn't easy.  Maybe clamp down my drill horizontal with an auger style bit and start drilling?
> 
> 
>    Somehow I know I'll be able to detune my tower but as usual this problem reared it's ugly head.
> 
> 
>    Terry
> 
>    KI7M
> 
> 


 


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