Mike asked me to make a stronger rotator attachment plate for his telescopic mast. The top section is thick walled GRP with 40mm OD. I made a collar and a central pin to fit inside the tube, and fitted the usual 12mm plate with 119mm PCD 8.4mm holes to fit Yaesu or Kenpro rotators. The collar was put in the freezer and the plate in the oven, then they were aligned and pressed swiftly into position to make a string shrink fitted join.
The completed assembly was fixed in place with gap-filling Loctite.
