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TOPIC: Progress.....Grab Bar!
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Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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.
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Steven
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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Excellent! You're an artist with steel! I'm still in for one!
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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.
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Ride hard Die hard
Ron
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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 
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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.
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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???
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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How about solid aluminum round...? you could sell it un-finished relatively cheap and let the buyer polish it...  |
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Re:Progress.....Grab Bar! 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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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 
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