I'm not sure of anything in Alberta... most commercial guys want big
orders. There are/were places like Metal Supermarkets but usually also
$$. I'd look for a fellow local ham with scraps, you won't need much. I
don't have contact info but if you know Doug VE6PR I'm sure he could help,
he's near Calgary...
73 Don
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:16 AM KIRBY NESBITT <k.nesbitt@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Consensus seems to be go with a
> sleeve or shim. I'll give this serious consideration. It makes sense.
> Don is there any preferred alu stock vendors in AB that you've dealt with?
> I fear my junk pile was depleated on our last move.
>
> 73,
>
> Kirb - VE6IV
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Moman VE6JY <ve6jy.1@gmail.com>
> To: TOWERTALK@contesting. com <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:59:21 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Swaging tool suggestions
>
> Not to answer your question directly, but if it were me I'd forget about
> swaging anything and just shim it. And I have done so on several
> occasions. Worked out fine.
>
> 73 Don
> VE6JY
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 3:47 AM KIRBY NESBITT <k.nesbitt@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > I'm getting ready to refurbish an HF beam (Force 12) once/if the snow
> ever
> > melts, and am going to have to replace a section of one element. Has
> anyone
> > found a relatively inexpensive swaging tool for aluminum tubing?All
> that's
> > showing up on my search is some fairly heavy duty industrial style
> > equipment. Only looking to do two joints on the one element so don't want
> > to invest allot of money into a fancy piece of equipment.Regards,Kirb -
> > VE6IV
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