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Bimini tops
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:24:39 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote: I, well, my wife actually, wants a bimini top for my Lund 16. Comes in at around $500 for frame and canvas. I'm a metalworker, and have a welder and an industrial Singer walking foot sewing machine. A friend of mine used to do boat work, and I've seen him make lots of tops. Not a lot to them, actually. Hardware seems to be the costliest thing, all being stainless steel. The tubing was probably special, too. Went looking for boat part the other day, and noticed some hardware, and IIRC, it was for 7/8" OD tube. In all of your vast experiences, what would be your opinion of making one of these out of conduit, or a light wall round tube? Possibly custom making some of the hardware pieces out of steel that I can have powder coated. The canvas could be Sunbrella, or even the cheap shadecloth material at Home Depot is decent shade. I have a couple of big shadecloths of that material, just had to resew the edges after about four years of 24/7 outdoors exposure. Anyone ever do this type of DIY project? TIA Steve Uncle Joe. It'll look as good as the material you use. If you're going to go through the time and expense of making the thing, you should use decent materials. You don't want to look at it when you're done and say "****, wish I'd have..." You can likely find a steel tubing outlet that can sell and bend the pieces to spec. I did that with stainless rod a while back but it was easy since there's a steel plant right in town. I'd spend the $500 and find another project to save $. |
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