how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
James
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
Leon Whyte
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James
I will try to borrow a dremel.
james
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"James" <jnipp...@nospamfdn.com> wrote in message
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I usually use the side of a grinder wheel to cut it off. If I do not have
one handy, then I use a triangle shaped file. I often cut it part of the
way and then snap it off with the pliers. It usually takes bolt cutters to
cut the antenna and then the cut off piece goes out like a bullet.
w5kcm
walt
Walt, W2DU
Leon Whyte
> Leon, I'd prefer using a 'vise' rather than a 'vice'.
>
> Walt, W2DU
Even now it is marking vise in red.
Jeff Liebermann
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?
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Sal M. Onella
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"
Tom
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:
dave
>> What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is tough
>> !!
>>
>>
>> Thanks !!
>>
>>
>> 73 de Jim K4PYT
>>
>>
Hack saw
Panzer240
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>
>
>
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
Mike Y
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!
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James
from Lowe's is the most simple and quick idea..... thanks Tom, and all
others !!
73 de Jim K4PYT
Topaz305rk
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
Pete
>> 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
kb9rqz
time weh i cut teh diaploes.
John Smith
> "James"<jnipp...@nospamfdn.com> 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
dave
Sawzall!
Mike Y
"Pete" <pje...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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If you're talking a good quality whip, like one made from 6140, you will
ruin your pliers or even the best bolt cutters you can find. They may work
on cheap whips, like the ones on discount store CB antennas, but not on a
good quality whip. And it seems that some of the 'thinner' whips are
tougher than the thicker whips.
Notch it with a file or an impregnated fiberglass wheel on a rotary tool,
than bend it sharply and it should snap off clean. The harder the steel and
the more difficult it is to cut, it seems the more brittle it gets, and the
easier it is to snap.
Steve
73
zerodb
dollars. the leverage and hardened jaws make trimming spring steel whips as
simple as pinky pressure. highly recommended
dave
Vice Grip "WR" series work too.
dave
From the Manufacturer
This Vise-Grip 5-10WR Curved Jaw Locking Pliers with Wire Cutter measures
10 inches and has a jaw adjustment range up to 1-7/8 inches, locks
instantly, releases quickly, and adjusts to plier action, features curved
jaws, knurled tips, and wire cutters able to cut a 1/4-inch bolt.
Involute jaw curve permits user to put tremendous pressure on four points
of any style nut or bolt head. Irwin tools are made of only the finest
materials, manufactured to exacting tolerances.
Paul Drahn
triangular file or grinder. Then clamp the rod in a bench vice with the
notch right at the top of the jaws.
Then using hands or pliers, rock the exposed rod back and forth. Just a
few bends and the rod will snap right at the cut.
Paul, KD7HB
dave
Mike Y
"Paul Drahn" <pdr...@webformixair.com> wrote in message
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resonably priced cutter will slice through even a thin piece of that without
nicking the blade or cutting surfaces. But it's brittle and can't take a
sharp radius. Put it in a vice and file a notch from two sides. Doesn't
have to be a big notch. Then move the notch to right next to where the vice
clamps it. Grab it with good pliers and force a bend at the notch. It
should snap pretty cleanly and only require a little bit of filing to clean
it up.
I HAVE had success with those 'fibre' wheels for the Dremmel tool as well,
but it will probably cost you a wheel.
Another trick... Straighten out a wire coat hanger and cut it to the whips
original length. Then sand the goo off one end so it makes good contact to
the metal and put it in the antenna base the whole way. Then start tuning
that by clipping off the top in 1/4" pieces until you pass the minimum.
Take it out, lay it next to the steel whip, and cut the steel whip 1/4" long
for a good starting point instead of trying tomake a bunch of cuts.
Mike
dave
Steve
"dave" <da...@dave.dave> wrote in message
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file corner to nick it, then snap it off. A grinder will make short work of
taking the sharp edges off.
Mike G
yup, I used a small dremel , used about half of one of those tiny
wheels, quick, simple and cheap......nice clean cut too!
73's, Mike...... W2AIQ
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bolts (machine screws?). He said the bolt cutters in Klein strippers left
too much slop behind. He was fired soon afterward.
