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On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:37:24 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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What about shrinking where the damned thing stretched when it bent,
Jim? I've seen body men shrink with a torch and cool wet cloth and
I've seen physical shrinking machines which look like 2 pair of vise
jaws which come together (or apart for stretching).

I think it would be easier (and not much more expensive) to replace
the thing than to attempt derusting and then sand/fill/primer/repair
it. Darren would have many fewer headaches that way.


If Darren can find it.


Isn't this RCM? Um, I was thinking he could make one if he couldn't
buy one. He could even build a brake if necessary. Or one of the
local gutter or roofing guys could bend it for him.

--
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw