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1. [TowerTalk] Un-nesting aluminum elements... (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc@citlink.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:36:07 -0500
Guys with ideas... I am trying to remove a 3/4" aluminum element end from a swaged 1-1/4" element. I don't think these have been apart in 30 years. What tricks do you guys have up your sleeve to help
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-06/msg00722.html (7,736 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Un-nesting aluminum elements... (score: 1)
Author: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv@t-online.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:47:52 +0200
I often was successful by using Coke. Let it soak for a night, either in a tub or with the tubing filled with it. 73 Peter Guys with ideas... I am trying to remove a 3/4" aluminum element end from a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-06/msg00725.html (8,452 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Un-nesting aluminum elements... (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:57:23 -0700
Hi Bob Here is an old trick from KH6IJ many years ago. Crimp a screwdriver (with the handle towards the boom) to the end of the element you wan't to remove with a pair of vice grips. Smack the screwd
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-06/msg00729.html (8,769 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Un-nesting aluminum elements... (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:01:12 -0500
Sometimes heat will help. The theory is that the outer tube will expand more than the inner tube. But be careful not to apply so much heat that the temper in the metal is lost. A heat gun would be a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-06/msg00730.html (8,820 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Un-nesting aluminum elements... (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc@citlink.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:10:13 -0500
Okay fellows, thanks for all the ideas. I need to let everyone know it was necessary to round up a wench to finally get these two pieces of aluminum apart! (And a mighty find wench she was, I must sa
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-06/msg00750.html (9,802 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Un-nesting aluminum elements... (score: 1)
Author: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 23:18:08 -0400
Un-nesting a telescoping mast today that was frozen by some rust was accomplished by two 19 year-old young men and me (48). I provided some force and all the directions. They didn't understand the pr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-07/msg00117.html (9,757 bytes)


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