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Old 06-12-2009
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Recommendations for a Stern Rail Fabrication/Options

After 3.5 years I am starting to seriously work on my Katrina damaged boat. The stern rail/pulpit was ripped off with many other deck items. It is now time to have a new one fabricated. Since the old one was claimed by Davey Jones my options are limitless but controlled by budget. I would like to hear about DIY options as well as quality fabricators, I can go either way it depends on what seems to work.

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I picked up a Harbor Freight tubing roller:



It does a real nice job on 1" stainless tubing. I've gotten down to 8" or so bend radius with no kinking. (It could go tighter, but I had no need to do so.) A trick is to be rolling the tube as you crank down the upper roller to prevent a dimple on the tube surface.

If you don't have a TIG welder, you can bend up and notch the ends of the tubes where welds are needed, and pay someone to do the welding. If you can get away with standard fittings you can avoid welding:



For tubing, try different chandleries. I've found a 2 to 1 difference in price between different marine stores.

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We found enough 316 stainless at a nearby junkyard to replace our bent stanchions for about $1.50 per pound. (A local hospital was doing renovations, and the pipe we bought still had the factory inkstamp, showing #316). Retail would have been closer to $10/lb. Keep your eyes open and your checkbook shut!
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I just happened to be in my local yacht surplus store the other day and they had a whole room full of stanchions and pulpits. It's always my first stop for expensive pieces, got a genny car for $24 I'd have paid MORE for.
http://www.minneysyachtsurplus.com/
They are pretty knowledgeable but don't think they could identify the right parts pver the phone. Some of the boats in that pile on your video must have ended in salvage somewhere near you.
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Thanks to everyone who replied. Some good ideas here and I plan on taking advantage of them.

The boats in the pile ended up being crushed and carted off in dumpsters. They all had the same issue I have lifelines and stanchions pulled off or bent. Some boats were stripped by thieves and the salvage pirates tried to get anything of value the could get away with.
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Bacon and Associates

It might also be worth a call or email to Bacon & Assoc. in Annapolis. They have tubing, rails, pulpits, new/used-you name it. THeir inventory is online at their store so they should be able to tell you what they have available that might work. A good place to look for misc. deck hardware too. You kind of have to know what you are looking for, but they have always been very helpful to me.
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