Somebody aught to put together a "TowerTalk Chronicles", or Tower Talk Wiki, or
something. Not that we don't want to be helpful, but these topics do repeat
from time to time. Maybe it would be good to just say "look it up on the
Wiki?"
Or just buy Steve's book, heh. :-)
Chris
KF7P
On Jan 4, 2013, at 17:12 , Rick Karlquist wrote:
N2TK, Tony wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Rick Karlquist
> <richard@karlquist.com>wrote:
>
>> Also, pipe is never 2" OD. So called 2 inch pipe has a 2.375" OD.
>> It won't fit most tower hardware.
>>
>
> That goes to show how much I don't know about masts. I'm planning to use a
> Rohn TB3 thrust bearing at the top of the tower -- what tubing OD would I
> specify to a metal dealer to get something that is compatible with the
Clarification: 2 inch TUBING has an OD of 2 inches
So called 2 inch PIPE has an OD of 2 3/8 inches
You want to buy TUBING for a mast. If what you buy has
an OD of 2 inches, you can be sure it isn't water pipe.
Yes this is confuzing.
Rick N6RK
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