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deadsoft trim

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:19 am
by bubba8814
anyone know where i get the deadsoft trim used for the gally door

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:23 am
by Gage
Try Lil' Bear. He has everything you need to trim out a teardrop.

http://www.lilbear.teardrops.net/parts.html#molding

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:53 am
by So-Cal Teardrops
We some of the same and a few that we have extruded for us.

http://www.socalteardrops.com/trimmolding.html

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:58 am
by madjack
Gabe, I was going to add y'alls name to the list but ya beat me to it...you can also check with your local RV dealer to see what they may have in stock or you can use annealing to make box store angle/channel dead soft as well...............
madjack 8)

dead soft aluminum??

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:44 pm
by John Samarin
How do ya all bend this dead soft drip rail, around 15" & 4" and 8 inch curve??
signed; The New Grasshopper on the block

I was told!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:51 pm
by John Samarin
I was told by So. Cal Teardrops, it was easy$$%&&^**((*@# yeah right!!
What's the trick? I ruined 2 sticks of drip rail, not cheap!! Will not dispair and will try again w/ help from fellow TD wizards. :roll: :thinking: 8)

Re: I was told!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:29 pm
by Gage
John Samarin wrote:I was told by So. Cal Teardrops, it was easy$$%&&^**((*@# yeah right!!
What's the trick? I ruined 2 sticks of drip rail, not cheap!! Will not dispair and will try again w/ help from fellow TD wizards. :roll: :thinking: 8)

It is easy, just do it at an inch at a time. Don't be in a hurry to get it in the shape you want. I use a precut piece of wood as a jig to help with the forming.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:44 pm
by doug hodder
Like Gage says....use a template to do it. Cut the profile you want, attach it to your bench, clamp/screw down 1 end of the molding, then work the rest of it across your shape. A piece of wood and a mallet works well to dolly it to the shape you want. On a really tight radius, the mounting flange will want to curl as it is having to do a lot of stretching, so watch that. Just my experience with it all. Doug

What!!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:46 pm
by John Samarin
What do mean don't hurry! Me hurry? I don't hurry! I've never hurried! I might go a little fast sometimes!, and get antsy, but hurry, NEVER!! 8)

Ok!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:48 pm
by John Samarin
THANKS "GUY'S" & HAPPY NEW YEAR