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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:21:23 -0700, Leon Whyte
wrote: walt wrote: Leon, I'd prefer using a 'vise' rather than a 'vice'. Walt, W2DU That was my spell checker. It never heard of a vise. Even now it is marking vise in red. There's also something wrong with using a "bench grinder". Why would you want to grind down the bench? -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
On Jul 18, 12:03*pm, "James" wrote:
Good ideas, thanks to Andy and Leon. I will try to borrow a dremel. james Please ... treat yourself to your own Dremel. You'll always be glad you did. I bought my first Dremel under the Wards Powercraft name in the 1970s. I retrofitted it with an Allied Radio Motor Speed Control and used it for decades. A few years ago, when the bearings began to sound funny, I bought a replacement. I will NEVER be without a working Dremel. I have the additional collets (like the chuck on a drill) that allow me to use tools with smaller shafts (like surplus dental drills) and drill bits of any size, down to a # 80 drill bit. I have many dozens of attachments and even a little Dremel drill press. "Sal" |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
I've always found that a small set of Bolt Cutters works great....
such as Kobalt 8" or 14" Bolt Cutters $9.98 and $14.98 at Lowe's. Just one tool to do the job right then and there after checking SWR... Tom On 7/18/2010 1:58 PM, James wrote: I need to "trim" the steel whip of a two meter antenna, and have not been sucessful in finding an easy way to cut. Tried a vise-grip with its close-in pinchers, and also tried a heavy duty pair of wire cutters, but no go. What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is tough !! Thanks !! 73 de Jim K4PYT |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
Tom wrote:
What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is tough !! Thanks !! 73 de Jim K4PYT Hack saw |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
"James" wrote in
net: When I worked in the Mobile radio business as a tech, we used to use a small triangular file. Score the whip with it and then take a pair of lineman's pliers and just snap it off. Quick and simple. -- Panzer |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
Dremels are great for this, but if you use it, get the coated fiberglass
cutoff wheel. The other will shatter if the whip shakes at all. But even simpler... Just file a notch on the whip on either side with a small file. Once you have a notch, use two pairs of vice grips to grab either side of the notch and it should snap easily. Or use a vice and pliers. The trick is to grap the whip as close to the notch as possible and bend quickly. Then file to clean up the break. With the notch methond, you can snap 1/8" 17-7 stainless fairly easily. You won't snap big stuff, like 1/4" whips, but you're not likely to run into them. 17-7 is common for whips, and by now you've probably discovered how tough it is, and how quickly it ruins cutters and nips! "James" wrote in message net... I need to "trim" the steel whip of a two meter antenna, and have not been sucessful in finding an easy way to cut. Tried a vise-grip with its close-in pinchers, and also tried a heavy duty pair of wire cutters, but no go. What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is tough !! Thanks !! 73 de Jim K4PYT |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
thanks for all these great responses !! I think the Kobalt bolt cutters
from Lowe's is the most simple and quick idea..... thanks Tom, and all others !! 73 de Jim K4PYT |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
"James" wrote in message net... I need to "trim" the steel whip of a two meter antenna, and have not been sucessful in finding an easy way to cut. Tried a vise-grip with its close-in pinchers, and also tried a heavy duty pair of wire cutters, but no go. What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is tough !! Thanks !! 73 de Jim K4PYT A 4" grinder works fine, but is really over kill. A Dremel tool is just dandy, cut and round the end easily. In the field, use a set of linemen pliers. Put the antenna in the cutting portion, hit the top of the pliers on the flat surface with a hammer. Do it smartly and the cut is neat and clean. K7SAM |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
Topaz305rk wrote:
What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is tough In the field, use a set of linemen pliers. When I worked for a two-way radio company, we used to use a pair of small bolt-cutters to trim antennas. VK3ZMB |
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how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
On 8/22/2010 10:59 AM, kb9rqz wrote:
wrote in message I has used gavies flase teath a few time seem to make claen cut four me most time weh i cut teh diaploes. Hacksaw, the tool of professionals. Boltcutters work on the cheap SS whips, but a good spring steel whip can divit bolt cutters. A carbide cutting disk in a dremel tool or grinder is another option. For those "tool challenged" a hacksaw blade with several wraps of duct tape around one end will work. Regards, JS |
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