[Tower-Speak] Query: Cutting a steel mast

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In a message dated 6/20/2011 2:09:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
swanman at cfu.net writes:

>  A friend of mine was recently given a chromoly steel mast  17' long.  
That is really too long for his purposes.
He'd like to  cut it in half and asked me to help.

>  The mast is 2" o.d. and  .25" thick wall--a real beast.  I have no idea 
how to cut such a  thing or whether it
can sensibly be cut at all outside of a machine  shop.  If you have had 
any experience with this sort of thing
I'd  sure appreciate any advice you can give.  The mast surely is too 
good  to waste.
 
    You're right. The easiest thing to do is to use a  steel cutting 
aggregate blade in a circular saw. They're less than $5 at the  hardware store and 
will cut it in just a couple of minutes. You can use it to  cut anything 
steel. It's kind of unwieldy so I use a 4-1/2" hand grinder with  a cutting 
blade in it. They both do the same thing.
 
    BTW this reflector is barely used. If you want  real tower construction 
info, go to TowerTalk. There are over 2000 members and  it's a constant 
source of info.
 
Cheers,
Steve      K7LXC