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80nauts 
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 Topic: Where to get Aluminum for towerPosted: May-09-2005 at 7:40am |
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Any ideas on where to find good prices for aluminum tubing? I want to build a couple of towers for the 76-80 nautiques that a friend and I have.
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BigAir
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Posted: May-09-2005 at 10:15am |
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Try a metal scrap yard. They usually have aluminum in many different forms and at vary good prices.
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workky
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Posted: May-10-2005 at 12:31am |
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try onlinemetals.com
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Posted: May-17-2005 at 6:53pm |
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Can you build me one 80Nauts?
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Posted: May-18-2005 at 5:21pm |
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I bought 45 foot of 1 7/8" aluminum tubing with a .125 inner wall for for $65.00. I got it from a scrap yard that sold it by the pound not the length.
Make sure you get a bendable and weldable tubing as well as a decent inner wall. |
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Posted: May-28-2005 at 12:49am |
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Have you built a tower yet? I'm curious about the design. Pics would be awesome.
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80nauts
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Posted: May-28-2005 at 3:45am |
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Had to pay tuition for summer school. Will build soon.....I'm pretty sure that I will have some pics since I will want to show off a little bit.
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Jason
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Posted: May-28-2005 at 5:01pm |
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My tower should be done on Monday, hopefully, I will post pics along with some info on where I got everything.
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dchris17
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Posted: May-28-2005 at 9:44pm |
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I bought a homemade tower for $500 (US). It looks like it cost about $65 in materials, now that I've looked into. I wish I'd made it myself!
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Posted: May-29-2005 at 8:48pm |
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I'll pay someone $400 to build me one. Looking for a Flight Control look-a-like.
email me at highdefsolutions@hotmail.com if interested |
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dchris17
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Posted: May-30-2005 at 3:00pm |
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Good luck. The home made one's I've seen are pretty plain. Something like a flight control requires pretty sophisticated aluminum bending tools & skills. It's a sweet tower though!
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