Bill, I have used a liberal amount of penetrating oil. ATF works well IMO. And
a Bernzomatic heat tourch
YMMV Wayne W3EA
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2025 8:10 PM
To: Tower Talk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Bill Eisinger <bill@theeisingers.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Separating Aluminum Boom Sections
Heat and cool the joint... thermal expansion and constriction..
PB Blast may also help.
Thanks n 73,JamesKI5DQ
On Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 06:53:15 PM CDT, Bill Eisinger
<bill@theeisingers.com> wrote:
Hello- I'm trying to pull apart two sections of an antenna 3" aluminum
boom...each section is 18' long so the total length is 36' which makes it a bit
unwieldly obviously. The antenna was in the air for 25+ years and the boom
pieces have managed to weld themselves together.
Anybody have any ideas how to separate them?...I've tried heat, banging on it,
etc, etc...because of the size there's no easy way to clamp one end that I can
figure out. I've seen tools for separating muffler pipes but nothing for 3".
Any suggestions appreciated.
73's
Bill, AA7X
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