Just wondering, was anyone able to get these in Canada? I am getting ready to build and may have to order online if I have too.
Best Plastics, Composites, Rubber for structural antenna parts
Just a warning note about using ABS for structural parts that I've mentioned many times before - hopefully what you're planning to use is the thick walled stuff that has little or no flex. If you go to Rona or Lowe's or Home Depot and shake a 10 foot ABS pipe like a sword it flexes a lot. 
It seems to be rigid, but its not. If you shake a length of PVC like that it will seem like a wet noodle, so avoid using PVC for structural use either, except when recommended in build plans.
From experience I'm clarifying that ABS should never be used as a pole or mast, and it should be carefully considered if you're thinking of using it as a horizontal boom of any length more than a meter or a few feet.
It seems to be rigid, but its not. If you shake a length of PVC like that it will seem like a wet noodle, so avoid using PVC for structural use either, except when recommended in build plans.From experience I'm clarifying that ABS should never be used as a pole or mast, and it should be carefully considered if you're thinking of using it as a horizontal boom of any length more than a meter or a few feet.
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no luck in canada it looks like we dont have them here. You should open up your own storefront!
Well I paid just that 16 cents a ferrule. The only thing is that now I have 250 of themWell, DdDave could. And then make the big bucks selling 15 cent ferrules.
Hmm, I think the next time I put up some guttering, I will use the plastic ferrules. The aluminum ferrules, if you drive the gutter nail in too far, will bend and cant be easily unbent, even if you pull the nail out. No such problem with the plastic ferrules.
. This was the last missing part for my build.or 10-25 antennasThats enough for 4 or 5 houses !
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