[TowerTalk] Kindorf and Unistrut

[jimlux]

On 1/4/19 9:58 AM, Jim wrote:
> Best stuff ever made!
> I use if for mounting boxes on the tower, dipole standoff arms, side 
> mounting small fiberglass UHF, VHF and TV antennas.
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> https://www.unistrut.us/resources/literature
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> https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&biw=1396&bih=657&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=W50vXOeBKsmosgWnr4vYDg&q=kendorf+strut&oq=kendorf+strut&gs_l=img.3..0i10i24.146462.153870..154251...0.0..0.448.3090.0j6j4j2j1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i67j0i10j0i5i30.WTLyouxGHHY 
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> https://www.google.com/search?q=unistrut+clamps&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqopDV2NTfAhUNP60KHWnuBtYQ_AUIDygC&biw=1396&bih=657 
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> It comes in all sizes and shapes.
> The big box stores even have it, and the straps for conduit sizes. 
> Plumbing and tubing straps are also available.
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> Also available in galvanized at most electrical supply houses. Both the 
> lager and smaller stuff.
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> Thanks
> 73
> Jim W7RY
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And for what the big box stores don't have, McMaster-Carr will deliver 
it UPS the next day, at least in the US.

It's available painted, bare, galvanized, steel, aluminum, and 
fiberglass, in a myriad of sizes and shapes that are mostly compatible 
with each other.

I think of it as an Erector Set for grownups.

If you're working with "round tubes" and need to connect them securely, 
there's products for scaffolding that work nicely.

https://www.scaffoldexpress.com/Tube-Clamp-Scaffolding-s/129.htm

I know them as Cheeseborough clamps, but I suspect that's a specific 
tradename.

They're used in theatrical rigging, and are available to fit all sizes 
of pipe and tube.

The simple ones are about $5 each, and you could probably buy them used 
from a rigging supply place.