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Re: [TowerTalk] Coil Taps Wanted

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coil Taps Wanted
From: Terry <terry@kk6t.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:25:51 -0800
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I bought something similar at Home Depot and they turned out to be 
copper plated steel.  They turned into a rusty mess in no time.

73 de Terry KK6T

WA3GIN wrote:
> Your local electrical supply or even Home Despot has small copper adjustible 
> clamps that you can use for this purpose. They have a screw in the middle of 
> two formed grabbers. So, you don't have to thread the grabber over the loop. 
> The phone company's have used them for decades ...
>
> 73,
> dave
> wa3gin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat@copper.net>
> To: "RICHARD SOLOMON" <w1ksz@q.com>
> Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coil Taps Wanted
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>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:08:13 +0000, RICHARD SOLOMON <w1ksz@q.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I guess I could try to find some 3/8" soft aluminum and make some, but 
>>> that seems like
>>> a project trying to find that stuff.
>>>       
>> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>>
>> Your local hobby shop will have brass strips of that dimension that
>> would work fine. I have used them to make taps for a tank coil.
>>
>> Carefully bend it around the wire to be tapped, clamp it with a
>> hemostat or the equivalent and drill a hole for a #4 nut and bolt.
>> Leave one of the "tails" a bit long and drill a hole in that to solder
>> the wire. This thin material is hard to drill with a standard twist
>> drill, so I use the drill bit known as a "Unibit". They are perfect
>> for drilling very thin stock.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>>
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