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i have to replace my bow rail and the fittings does anyone know how to bend the rail and could tell me because i dont want to mess it up
the boats, a wait a minute sorry about that. my STEPLIFT was born in 1978, yeah now i got it right and the rail and fitting have to be changed

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Step, seems to me MJ said he or a friend of his could bend bow-rail tubing...HEY, Macojoe!!...are you out there?... :D...

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MJ is peddling his way all the way back from NYC. He's trying to drop a couple of lbs. ;D :-X

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LOL you'll pay for that one lol MJ will get ya lol. Good One.

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;DHe called me from the road. He was beaten da crap outa a spanking new Mustang GT. :o Gotta love rentals ;) 8) ;D

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Yeah...I lost a few pounds in NYC one nite... 8)...

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so all i found out is mj is in ny and somebody kicked a mustang gt *** WOW now how do you bend a bow rail and the only thing i like about ny is the coney island pier because i caught 318 mackerel on it when i was a kid and that was a long time a go ahh the memorys having hot chocolate with my dad on that pier ::)

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The tubing should bend okay with a conduit bender. The type that electricians use. If you can't locate someone with one, perhaps you could rent one for a day.

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I missed all this!!

Yea that Mustang was great!! I got it too 120 and it started to float all over the road :o Thought I was going to lose it!!
Was a fun ride!!

Any how do as CB, says! If you can't get a bender or rent one some times a garage like Midas, Speedy, ect.. will do it for you, I had a friend that had a Midas do it for him.

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I was thinking about muffler shops but wasn't sure if they'd have a die tight enough for the smaller tubing. But yeah, muffler shops use those mandrel benders which are perfect for this.

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If you know an Electrician, he'll have a conduit bender...if you know a painter, He's probably ON a bender... ;D...

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I am an electrician, and I have the benders. A conduit bender will leave a mark on the tube where it starts on the inside. Bill Mc ;D

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Mac, can the end of the bender be padded so as not to leave the mark?... :)...

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Am I missing something? When we are talking about bending bow rail, I'm thinking about the large 3-4ft radius hoop to form the bow. What tight radius bends are we talking about. Stick with me ...sometimes I'm slow ;D

For tight radius bends, thay make tubing benders that are very easy to use, I use them at work all the time for bending hydraulic line (hand benders up to 3/4" O.D. S.S.)

I'm not sure how you would bend the bow radius.

Are you talking about using 7/8" alluminum?

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Yes Rap padding will help. When making a sweep bend mark your pipe in equal increments and apply the same degree of bend at each of these points. Bill Mc ;D

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why dont you make a templet of your bow radius out of plywood an with a friend bend it around it to shape,thats what the canvas shops use to make the bows for the tops.thats why ,no two canvas tops have the same look,they all have there own patern

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Shicks, I imagine stainless-steele tubing rather than alum. ...