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Re: [ATM] ATM Digest, Vol 30, Issue 8

For ATM purposes 6063 will be quite strong enough. If it's strong enough for a 100' radio tower (what the stuff is normally used for) it's plenty strong enough for truss poles on a dob. If you're set on using 6061 then try here:
   
  http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/mepages/alumtube_6061t6.php
   
  Curt Diggs
   
  >Message: 11
>Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:14:45 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Bill 
>Subject: [ATM] aluminum poles
>To: ATMList 
>Message-ID: <20060605201445.28822.qmail@web60311.mail.yahoo.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
>Looking for customers of Texas Towers' 6063-T832 Drawn Aluminum Tubing
>that can shed some light on the performance. I'm no metalurgist, but I
>understand that the 6063 is not as strong as 6061. Is the 6063 acceptable
>for truss poles? I would be doing 1.25" x .058" for a 24" f/4.
>Thanks in Advance,
>Bill



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