[Milsurplus] [ARC5] A Cable Question -- MORE

[J. Forster]

I think so too.

Best,

-John

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> Well, OK.....  In the context of the catalog description I would take
> "reamed out" to mean enlargement of the opening to accommodate the
> cable  by whatever means the user might decide.
>
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
>
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> On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:59 AM, Mike Hanz wrote:
>
>> Reaming is certainly a possibility if you happen to have a set of
>> reamers on the tool shelf.  You may be surprised at the cost of a
>> single
>> reamer - $30 is about average.  Reamers are normally used for
>> finishing
>> holes to extremely exact tolerances, certainly not the requirement
>> here.  The coax varies by several thousandths, so you would want the
>> diameter of the hole to be a couple of thou above the .405 nominal for
>> RG-8.  The easiest way is to chuck the connector in a lathe and simply
>> bore it - about 5 minutes max.   Drilling is possible, but you will
>> have
>> to have a very rigid setup with no free play in the feed to avoid a
>> two
>> flute drill catching in the brass and damaging the thin wall material.
>> For only .025" removal, you could also grind it out with a Dremel
>> using
>> a continuous circular motion, but the brass will fill the pores in the
>> grinding wheel *very* quickly and have to be cleaned off several times
>> in the process.  Wish I had known - I coulda bored it out for you
>> before
>> I mailed the connector.  I didn't even think about the cable at the
>> time...:'(
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike
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