[TowerTalk] center insulator material

[Robert Harmon]

Joe,

I also use the plastic cutting boards for insulator material.  I use the white ones, they are about 3/8" thick.
I have been using them like you about 10 years and no problems from the sun.  Nice and easy to cut 
and drill.  I round the corners around the drilled holes so no sharp corners to cut the antenna rope.

Great minds think alike :-)

73,
Bob
K6UJ




> On Feb 8, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Joe K2UF <joe at k2uf.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> I use small (about 8x10 inch) black kitchen cutting boards from the local
> box store.  I'm not sure what the material is some kind of 'plastic'.  I
> have shaped them using a table saw and drill press.  I use them for center
> insulators on several dipoles with an so239 mounted in the center and holes
> for the elements and Dacron rope for mounting.  I have had these insulators
> for several generations of antennas (maybe 8 to 10 years) and the sun hardly
> fades them at all.  Of course I am up here in upstate NY summer sun and no
> salt.)
> 
> Good luck
> 
> 73  Joe K2UF
> 
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