"Searcher7" wrote in message
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I have a metal bracket that is rusted and bent. I will need to restore
it by first straightening it out and then sanding and either painting
or powder coating it.

But it's the straightening part that will be difficult. The bracket is
used to secure a 1/4" thick plexiglass marquee, and therefore is
shaped to "cup" the bottom of the marquee and hold it in place.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...eeBracketA.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...eeBracketB.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...eeBracketC.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...eeBracketD.jpg

I'd appreciate any ideas on how to best accomplish straightening it
out. (Would heating it be necessary?).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

I'd look for a piece of plate that would slip in the groove, then put the
groove over the edge of the plate and use a dead blow or a rawhide or some
other soft headed hammer to work if back into place. Slow and easy does it.
It looks like it could be salvaged.

Steve