[Public-List] Dodgers

[Jeffrey via Public-List]

Gord,

I remember that! For the price of tubing, I'd at least try to make it fit.
$50 sounds like a great deal, compared to $5000, even if you can't use it!

-Jeff

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> I think I've already brought this up last year, but it may be relevant to
> the discussion of making one's own dodger.
>
> I exhibit at the Maine Boat Builder's Show in Portland each March.  A while
> ago one of my clients had a brand new dodger they were going to put in the
> flea market sale... It was complete with tubing and it looked pretty close
> to what would fit SURPRISE.  I bought the dodger for $50; but declined to
> take the tubing because I didn't have my roof racks and getting them home
> seemed complicated.  I reckoned with what I'd saved on the new dodger I
> could spend a lot having new tubes made up and still be ahead of the game.
>
> Well I got home and found that one cannot have tubing made for existing
> canvass.  Normally the canvass is made to fit the tubes.  You have to do
> that part first.  Argh.
>
> Gord
> 426 Surprise
>
>
> On 10/09/14 11:03 AM, "Jeffrey via Public-List"
> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Guys,
> >
> > I've looked at those Sailrite kits. I don't know enough yet about the
> > details to know if they are any good or not.  Anyone on this list
> actually
> > seen one in person?
> >
> > Bill, thanks for the advice on the tubing. I bet I could handle making up
> > something to bend tubing. Good idea. We don't have a Metals Supermarket
> > around here, I'd need to shop online or look for an alternative.
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > Seagrass. #116
> > Boothbay Harbor, Maine
> > http://sailboatseagrass.com/
> >
> > <http://instagram.com/jfongemie>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Bill Wallace <wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> You could consider sailrite - they will bend the frames to your
> >> measurements and send them to you, cut into appropriate length pieces,
> >> which get re-assembled.
> >>
> >> Alternatively, I have bent SS tubing from metal supermarket successfully
> >> using a home made pipe bender.  It is possible a bender for conduit
> would
> >> work (about $80 from Lowes).  The problem with this is that you need to
> >> bend to the right angle the FIRST time - no real second chances, but the
> >> cost isn't unreasonable to buy enough pipe to learn on.  You could also
> >> consider starting with metal conduit to get the angles/learning right,
> then
> >> move to SS.  It is just that SS is MUCH harder and the spring back
> amount
> >> is different.  If the conduit bender doesn't give you enough leverage, I
> >> would guess that putting a pipe over the handle to form an 8' handle
> would
> >> work.  I have a spare piece of pipe at home and the conduit bender, so
> let
> >> me know and I can try and let you know if the conduit bender is strong
> >> enough to manage the SS.
> >>
> >> After you have the frame built, then there are lots of instructions on
> how
> >> to make the covering.  Basically you tape a cover together out of rolls
> of
> >> pattern paper, then cut along the tape lines and use the paper as a
> pattern
> >> for your dodger.
> >>
> >> Bill.
> >>
> >>
> >>   On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:20:18 AM, Jeffrey via Public-List
> <
> >> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I'd love to have a dodger for my boat, but the cost makes my hart stop.
> >> I've just been quoted $4800 for a dodger!
> >>
> >> Anyone have dodger frame they would be willing to part with? I may try
> to
> >> make my own.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> Seagrass. #116
> >> Boothbay Harbor, Maine
> >> http://sailboatseagrass.com/
> >>
> >> <http://instagram.com/jfongemie>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Jeffrey Fongemie

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