Tedd: The rods I have gotten from them before seem to be on the order of G10 Fiberglass which is fairly workable, at least for 1/4" tools and tuning shafts. I have made a couple of screw driver tipped tools for tuning the Vari-notch trimmers on TX-RX duplexers with this material. I cut the tuning tools about 4" long, shape the end into a flat screwdriver blade using a Dremel then a file, and install a small radio control knob on the end for nice torque. When tweaking those TX-RX trimmers is mandatory to use a tool containing no metal whatsoever.
Ron Rogers -WB8ERB- -----Original Message----- From: Tedd Doda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:22 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Fiberglass rod On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:04:20 -0500, Rogers, Ron wrote: >McMaster-Carr carries all sorts of Fiberglass rod material in various sizes. >An example is a 60" length of 1/4" rod for $2.25. Check out part no. 8543K59 >on the McMaster Carr website if you are interested. 8543K27 looks to be the 1/8" rod......thanks! I've sent them an email to see if they can chop them up into 12" pieces, to make shipping a little easier. The only thing that worries me is that they are natural fiberglass, and may have a course grain. The red ones I have here have a very fine grain and are very easy to shape. Thanks for the tip Ron.... Tedd Doda, VE3TJD Lazer Audio and Electronics Baden, Ontario, Canada Way to go Matt! (NASCAR #17) Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
