Good idea Bill, I'll try that out.

One note, as the bars are made from aluminum, the welds will be pissy fussy around 1/4" rod. If was stainless it would be fine, just fusion welding. But I think I have to add rod with that aluminum joint and it won't be pretty with such a small radius.

So why not make the entire thing from stainless? Yeah I could, and I should try. The rod bending is no problem and welding the rods to the plate would be so much easier in stainless ( with aluminum welding the 1/4" rod in 1/4" hole in plate, and hole very close to edge of plate, needs fussing with heat sink and caress to not blow out on the sides)

But it was so much easier to make the prototype plate form aluminum, I mean cutting and hole making etc.

Alistair

PS thanks for that suggestion Bill, I didn't see that at all.

> On Jul 23, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
> 
> Alistair,
> 
> My suggestion would be a vertical bar/post fore and aft, between the two existing horizontal bars at the the start of the outboard bend.   This post would deter things from sweeping down between the two horizontal runners and would not obscure the marker light to any significant amount.
> 
>> On 23-Jul-2015, at 23:17, Alistair Bell wrote:
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>> If there is enough interest I will make a dozen pair.
>> 
>> And I'll incorporate, if they make sense, any suggestions.
>> 
>> Alistair
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:30 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Alistair:
>>> 
>>> When you move on to the next version of your prototype, I stake dibs on this pair.
>>> 
>>>> On 23-Jul-2015, at 18:53, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I made some prototypes, really just copies of what I've seen on the net. 1/8" aluminum plate, 1/4" aluminum rod. Spray bomb trim paint.
>>>> 
>>>> What do you think, silly or sensible? Maybe not for everyone, but I like how they look on the van.
>>>> 
>>>> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/vanagon-rear-side-marker-light-guards/
>>>> 
>>>> Alistair
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