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Tower: Experience on what NOT to do | 11 comments (11 topical, editorial)

Re: Tower: Experience on what NOT to do (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by joestue on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 06:26:58 PM MST
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If you can get rebar cheap, 3/8th inch should work, i would weld together my own triangular radio type tower, rather than buy more angle iron to reinforce the tower.

Re: Tower: Experience on what NOT to do (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by DanB (danb@*no spam*otherpower.com) on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 04:29:31 PM MST
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I think rebar is pretty scary stuff - expecially in a tower application with fatigue. its about the lowest grade steel, it's very quick to fatigue and break. Perhaps OK for the reinforcement inside a lattice tower, I have seen that done and time will tell how it works out (codes are pretty relaxed in Nicaragua). But I would not build a tower from re-bar. Just my opinion! Stuff I have made from it often broke over time.

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Re: Tower: Experience on what NOT to do (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by joestue on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 05:31:13 PM MST
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Perhaps OK for the reinforcement inside a lattice tower

thats exactly what i meant, using the two pipes he already has, just buy a third.

place then 6-9 inches apart. Mentioned rebar because it is often free..

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Tower: Experience on what NOT to do | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 editorial)

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