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Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum Boom Lubricant: Yes or Nope?

To: Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum Boom Lubricant: Yes or Nope?
From: Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 09:46:53 -0500
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I think some of the boom pieces will be a nightmare to get apart if you
don't use Penetrox when you assemble them.

Chuck W5PR

On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com> wrote:

> What is the collective Wisdom concerning the use of an
> aluminum-to-aluminum lubricant (such as Penetrox) between boom pieces,
> one of which is swaged? I am reassembling several older monobanders but
> using OWA dimensions here in the desert (no salt water corrosion). We
> have nearly-continuous mild-to-heavy winds, 10 - 15 to 45 - 60 mph,
> nearly year round, so the boom pieces must be solidly bolted together;
> yet, I'd like the option of being able to take them apart again at some
> time in the future.
>
> TNX,
>
> Steve K0XP
>
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