[TowerTalk] More friction needed

[Grant Saviers]

Bolt the two clamp sections to a lathe faceplate and bore them to the 
mast diameter.  Remove enough material to enlarge the contact area and 
insure the bore is true to the bases.  Use grade 8 bolts and use a 
torque wrench to max spec torque for the size bolt.  Repeat this 
tightening 3 times.

The clamp bore as cast wasn't straight to the machined base and only a 
few "points" would have made contact in the 2800 I have turning a 375# 
100ft tip to tip 2L 80m beam.  Now it doesn't slip.

Grant KZ1W

On 11/8/2022 10:00, k7lxc--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
>       I need more friction between an M2 mast clamp and the mast. How could I do that? What materials would work? Tnx. Cheers,Steve      K7LXCCell: 206-890-4188
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