Jeff

             Time to join the ranks of those of us who believe in the hobby enough to spend our money and hope we can at least break even on something that we re produce   And bring to market. 
            I have brought a few things to our hobby and most of them have done fairly well . 

                                    Stacy
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> On Aug 19, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote:
> 
> Why has someone not reprod this bar? Couldn't be too expensive?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 19, 2015, at 7:35 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> At 04:57 PM 8/14/2015, PB wrote:
>>> Ok - so in order to repair or replace my pop top frame mechanism without
>>> removing the poptop itself, I would need to support it. That's a simple
>>> concept, but I would like to know EXACTLY how!  I'm envisioning a wooden
>>> jig something like THIS ONE
>>> <http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/Pop%20Top%20Suppport.jpg.html>.
>>> I was thinking that an auto jack might go below the base, but never used
>>> one.
>> 
>> You're working too hard.  2x4 in the middle, padded or secured as appropriate.
>> 
>> FWIW, I discovered my cross-tube was almost sawn through three hours
>> before I had to leave to catch a ferry to Nova Scotia.  I propped up
>> one side at a time, cut the tube short, turned solid ends from
>> bronze, glued them in with JB Weld, and was on the road in time.  But
>> it's occurred to me since that I could have simply shoved in three
>> inches of the largest-diameter piece of round bar I could find that
>> fit inside the cross-tube and been fine for the trip and maybe forever.
>> 
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/117189706757545167023/VanagonPopTopHingeTroubles?noredirect=1
>> 
>> Yours,
>> David