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1. [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: r young <ryoung158@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:16:39 -0700
I have, from an old antenna, where Penetrox was not used, am aluminum tube stuck inside another slotted tube. It is frozen tight. I sprayed some Liquid Wrench, but that probably doesn't go all the wa
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00228.html (7,560 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: vk3pa@vk3pa.com
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:30:55 -0500
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/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00229.html (7,832 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:37:56 -0700
You can try heating with a torch to make the outer tube expand more than the inner tube. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mail
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00232.html (8,046 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:48:08 +0000
Just be careful with heat on aluminum. Remember, a large part of the strength of the alloys that are commonly used for antennas comes from the heat treatment process. Heating too far could reduce the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00233.html (9,410 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: Christopher Atkins <ka2qwc@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:31:16 -0700 (PDT)
Heat it with a torch I have, from an old antenna, where Penetrox was not used, am aluminum  tube stuck inside another slotted tube.  It is frozen tight. I sprayed some Liquid Wrench, but that probabl
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00235.html (8,762 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:36:09 -0700
Another trick I have used for years (acutally saw it in CQ magazine in an article by KH6IJ) was to take a screwdriver and clamp it on the end of the element, handle towards the boom, with a pair of v
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00236.html (8,250 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:49:18 -0400
you should be able to heat it to the boiling point of water which will expand Aluminum quite a bit. OTOH if the tubes are stuck, or actually galled heating the outside will pretty much heat the insid
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00237.html (11,930 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: charlie carroll <k1xx@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:59:21 -0400
One of the tricks I've used, admittedly on larger diameter (2 & 3") material, is anchoring one end of a piece of tubing to a tree and then a come along to the other end and another tree. I've been ab
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00238.html (8,723 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: Gary Bonnor <jamieb@optusnet.com.au>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:34:07 +1000
Gerry, Try wrapping and sealing a plastic bag around the joint area and fill it with kerosene. Let this sit for a few days to allow the kerosene to wick into the joint before trying to get some movem
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00246.html (9,300 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: Neal Campbell <nealk3nc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:18:50 -0400
I have successfully used those strapped tube wrenches on stuck boom material before. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio:
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00249.html (10,589 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: "pfizenmayer" <pfizenmayer2@q.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:08:18 -0700
Another thing , if by any chance there were some rivets or self tapping screws holding the sections together - drill the hole out larger with a VERY sharp drill and as little pressure as possible. Th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00270.html (10,611 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Help separating aluminum tubes (score: 1)
Author: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:59:47 -0700
When I was a novice, I had a 75A1 with a frozen BFO capacitor shaft. My dad suggested I soak it in kerosene for a few days. I don't know how he knew this, but it was like magic, it completely freed
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00274.html (9,665 bytes)


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