[tccrockets] Re: Good idea wanted

  • From: JACK GARIBALDI <jackgaribaldi@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:07:18 -0700

The other problem is the speakers just sit loosely on the pole so high winds 
blow them off

Jack

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On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:03 PM, gary-walker@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The poles are meant to slide over the pointy steel rods, that are meant to be 
> driven into the ground, protected from flaring by the sledge hammers by using 
> the big steel sleeves (the ones with the big nuts welded onto them) .  No 
> pounding of the speakers poles should be necessary.  At least that was how it 
> used to be done.
> 
>  
> 
> GW
> 
> From: chvy91bowtie@xxxxxxx
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:30:58 PM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Good idea wanted
> 
> We can weld a steel ring around the pole a few inches down and then make a 
> tool that will go over the pole down to the ring and allow you to hammer 
> (piece of steel pipe with a plate welded on the end). 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AiRobert <airobert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 4:14 pm
> Subject: [tccrockets] Good idea wanted
> 
> We rebuilt the PA speakers at spring cleaning and now have a slight problem 
> with them. When we pound the speaker poles into the ground it mushrooms the 
> end a bit and then the speaker mount doesn’t slide onto the pole.
> Anybody got a good idea on how to best solve this?
> The pole is standard ¾ inch metal conduit and the mount is a standard 
> threaded conduit end.
> My best idea so far is to mount a 6 inch long ½ inch diameter rod on the 
> speaker that will slide INTO the pole.
>  
> RZ
>  
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