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#237014 smhowse (Moderator) Book em Dan-o! Moderator Posts: 3354 Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Well it has proved to be much more than I thought to make these up. I got the tubing back from the bender and it was not right. I called him back to fix it but, he said he already lost money on it and won't do any more without more money Oh wells I got a torch so I'm old schooling it. Here is the first one mocked up with the original in the background. I'm still checking for chroming options. FYI Steven   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #237023 CPORetired (User) What do you mean my birth certificate expired?!!!? Platinum Boarder Posts: 1861 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Looking good bro, I'm still in for one!!   Logged     Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: I SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. John F. Kennedy Aug. 1963   The administrator has disabled public write access. #237078 spuzzy (User) It's always something, isn't it? Senior Boarder Posts: 200 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Excellent! You're an artist with steel! I'm still in for one!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #237082 Crazyron1369 (User) The first scratch hurts the most. Expert Boarder Posts: 558 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   You might check with cycleimage.com they do a heck of job on wheels from what I hear. They're in San Diego. Maybe chrome powder coat... I've seen it on TV looked damn good. my $.02 thought I'd chime in.   Logged     Ride hard Die hard Ron   The administrator has disabled public write access. #237083 smhowse (Moderator) Book em Dan-o! Moderator Posts: 3354 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   I can chrome powder coat no prob. Shop is next door, It looks ok BUT it won't look like real chrome I know of Cycle image, still checking a couple of other options too. Unfortunately I have 2 businesses to run so time to work on these is limited Steven   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #237084 DrumDon (User) Real men have twins! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1260 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Steven - if you haven't checked them out yet, try ChromeMasters -- they seem real fair on their prices. I heard if you send them a picture of the object to be chromed, with a tape measure next to the object to show proportion, they can give you a close estimate price for chroming it. :-DD.   Logged     2001 HD Road King Classic   The administrator has disabled public write access. #237100 ironman (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2131 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   sounds like what I learned(tube bending).Cheap ain't good & good ain't cheap. The tube bender I was going to use wants $45 a tube.I don't get any kind of price break until 30+ pcs.These guys are good thou. My family's known them for years & they do alot of work for NASA.Add the cost of the stantions($30-35pr) & material costs add up quick.Now add fit up/welding & grinding/polishing & it's hard to break even, let alone make a few$$$. Would anyone have an interest in a grab bar w/ square tube? I can buy sq. tube rings fairly cheap. Not sure how it would look ? I have a job coming up requiring sq. tube rings & will order xtra rings to experiment with. While I haven't given up, w/ resent back surgery & work really picking up, there hasn't been much free time   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #237121 smhowse (Moderator) Book em Dan-o! Moderator Posts: 3354 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Yeah, I'm tossing around using solid round (which would be very heavy) or maybe 3/8" flat bar... What do you guys think? I'm still doing this run with tubing but future??? Steven   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #237156 Flashback (Moderator) Just the facts, Ma'am.. Moderator Posts: 9186 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   How about solid aluminum round...? you could sell it un-finished relatively cheap and let the buyer polish it...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #237157 smhowse (Moderator) Book em Dan-o! Moderator Posts: 3354 Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Aluminum would be a good idea but, I would be concerned with tapping the threads and my aluminum TIG welding leaves a little to be desired Steven   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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