August 31,20011 ..... Well, it's only taking me a month, but after many hours of cutting, grinding, drilling, countersinking, welding, more grinding, polishing .... the bender finally came in the mail yesterday and I could make the loop .... only to find out that the bender wouldn't bend 5/16 S/S rod .... OOPS, I broke my brand new bender !!!!!! .... using the hook part of the bender, heating it glowing red, and my hydraulic press I finally, after two attempts, got a good bend. I repolished it, welded it into place. ..... Not bad looking, if I do say so myself. .... Now only 15 more to do. ..... Oh, ya, I still have all the stantion bases to fabricate around the deck. These, remember, are for the cabin top rail.
