Robert, Stainless steel lock washers, including the star variety, are very easy to find- you just need to get them from an industrial supplier. My favorite source is McMaster-Carr: www.mcmaster.com
Go to the above Web site, and enter "star washers" in the "find products" window. Then select "stainless steel" and go from there. Note that zinc-plated and galvanized are among the many other material options. Now, you must choose between 18-8 and 410 stainless steel. If you want more options, search for "lock washers" and you'll have a lot more styles and metals to choose from. I have found stainless steel U-bolts, threaded rod, Uni-Strut, and all sorts of oddball hardware there. I'll admit that McMaster-Carr prices are a bit high on some items, but the convenience of ordering hard-to-find items online is worth it. Gas prices being what they are, I can buy a heck of a lot of stainless steel hardware for the cost of driving to several stores, especially when I come back empty-handed! Anything I order before noon one day is on my doorstep the following day, even with UPS Ground. The warehouse is in Los Angeles, and UPS routinely gets the shipment in time to make deliveries to Lompoc the next day. The usual financial disclaimer applies... 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] star washers on db antennas At 06:39 PM 02/17/08, you wrote: >Can someone tell me.... >Are these things stainless or zinc? Stainless star washers sure are >hard to find :-( >Thanks, >Robert
