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Idea for a home-made tilting tower
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Re: Idea for a home-made tilting tower
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by SparWeb (
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The 10' mill is too big for what you propose as a tower.
Strength aside, it will sway all over the place.
Even with guy wires, the middle section will move from side to side in strong winds.
The bending moments applied by wind gusts and abrupt yawing (it's a big gyroscope) will snap 6" lumber.
Steven Fahey
Re: Idea for a home-made tilting tower
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by valterra on Mon Apr 28th, 2008 at 08:09:35 AM MST
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Good point. I think I'll have to use 1 solid pole. They make them up to 25'. Or I'll have to look into something completely different, like someone mentioned building one out of scrap steel. Welding can't be THAT hard. ;-) Remind me that I said that when you visit me in the hospital.
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