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1. [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "L L bahr " <pulsarxp@embarqmail.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 02:02:12 -0400 (EDT); I'm slowly building up a 40 meter Moxon Beam and the boom needs to be somewhere between 24 and 27 foot long depending on the article used to build it. The boom has me stuck. As all of you know, most; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00180.html (11,045 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: Don Moman VE6JY <ve6jy.1@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:18:13 +0000; Run a slit down the 2IPS40 pipe, compress it to get it in, then it'll expand and will work perfectly.... 73 Don VE6JY _______________________________________________ _________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00181.html (12,880 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:21:15 -0700; I'm slowly building up a 40 meter Moxon Beam and the boom needs to be somewhere between 24 and 27 foot long depending on the article used to build it. The boom has me stuck. As all of you know, most; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00183.html (9,831 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:53:12 -0500; You can buy 2.75 OD x .120 wall tubing from DX Engineering. The inside diameter will be 2.510 giving you ten thousandths clearance to over sleeve the joints. http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-at; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00184.html (12,281 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:07:11 -0500; Here is my previous response to your question: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00428.html I always use 12' long boom sections to minimize splices. John KK9A I'm slowly; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00185.html (10,364 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: mike repinski via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:19:33 -0400; I agree with Don. I did this years ago for a frame for a EME array. I could not get it to come apart if I wanted to. Mike Run a slit down the 2IPS40 pipe, compress it to get it in, then it'll expand; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00186.html (14,018 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "ScottW3TX@verizon.net" <scottw3tx@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:22:13 -0400; SuperBertha has custom length 3" x 0.125 wall or 2.5" x .125 wall boom sections and ultra strong customized length internalized sleeves with 0.115 wall. All materials 6061-T6. Less splices = less mec; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00187.html (10,774 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "Edward Sawyer" <SawyerEd@Earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:18:29 -0400; I have used both the next size up tubing as outer joiners as well is next size down but "double wall" thickness successfully. 2 bolts through each one and you are good. Lots of my home brew beams hav; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00188.html (7,140 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: Bob via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:07:03 -0400; Quick, cheap easy and effective..... Go to a local muffler shop... Show them what you're trying to do... Let them put the tubing in their 'expander'....and bump it open slightly for the fit you need.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00189.html (11,384 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: mike repinski via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:23:15 -0400; I tried years ago at the muffler shop. It did not work. It split. If you try it, practice on some scraps. Mike Quick, cheap easy and effective..... Go to a local muffler shop... Show them what you're; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00190.html (11,819 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:47:20 -0500; If you are using 6061-T6, I doubt this will work. John KK9A Quick, cheap easy and effective..... Go to a local muffler shop... Show them what you're trying to do... Let them put the tubing in their '; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00195.html (7,941 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: David Robbins <k1ttt@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:08:11 -0500 (CDT); I would go to a place that offers swaging service and deals regularly with aluminum tubing, swaging service is offered by Marmon/Keystone and other tubing suppliers. alternately use a piece of the ne; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00196.html (9,194 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining Boom Tubing (score: 1): Author: "L L bahr " <pulsarxp@embarqmail.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:31:41 -0400 (EDT); I want to thank everyone who took the time giving me ideas on how to splice my boom together. I need to digest every option mentioned. One of the suggestions suggested was to turn down some 2 inch; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00218.html (8,270 bytes)

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