[TowerTalk] Mast slippage

[john at kk9a.com]

Plus some of the tower cross braces may be in the way of the large  
drill base since the mast is inside the tower. You also need to carry  
up hundred plus feet of heavy-duty extensions cord.  I would not do  
that either for a couple of holes that are 1/4" deep.


John KK9A


Grant Saviers KZ1W wrote:

Ron,

I shouldn't generalize, as it is possible to mag drill on a tower as you
are doing.  But rigging my 60# mag drill on a tower with a custom
fixture and using Rota-Broach drills is not in most ham skills and
toolboxes.  Maybe the fact my mags get heavier every year is another
factor ;) .

Grant KZ1W

On 7/28/2020 21:57, Ron WV4P wrote:
> I hate to disagree with Grant but I'm making a plate out of 1/4"  
> steel to clamp to mast with 2 u bolts, pop mag drill on with a HSS  
> Annular cutter and smoking a cig as I send it through making a  
> perfect hole. I have worked way to hard in the past to drill oval  
> holes.
>
> Ron, WV4P