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  1. wrangler007

    Heat-shrinking aluminum tube

    Thanks for all of the replies; you all have given me a lot of ideas. First off, my name is Ted Bruce, and my amateur radio callsign is KX4OM. I hold an Advanced class license, and I've been a ham since 1960. I also gained the FCC 1st Class Commercial Radiotelephone Operator license with Radar...
  2. wrangler007

    Heat-shrinking aluminum tube

    Thanks for the reply, Mike. I won't be making many, because the application is a vertical antenna for hobby (ham radio) use. I'm driving the coupler nuts into the ends without adhesive to maintain electrical continuity between two connected sections. I have been able to produce some...
  3. wrangler007

    Heat-shrinking aluminum tube

    I am working on a prototype project to join two sections of 1/2-inch OD 3/8-inch ID Alloy 6061 tube by insertion of 7/8-inch long steel coupler nuts driven into the tube ends and then screwing them together with 1/4-20 steel threaded rods. I am also trying some Alloy 6063, and some nominal wall...

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