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    Posted: 16 Mar 2017 at 4:32pm
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If you are really going to have these made and it will work in a 2016 177HRE, I would like one.  I'll pay the postage to have you ship it to me in Colorado :)

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Stephan,
My sheet metal guy says 1/2 hour labor ($47) and $8 materials for a total of $55 plus tax, So $60 ish. This does not include the frost king wrap I got at Home Depot($11)  If I did 10 of them it would drop the price of each one by 20%. He thinks it's a perfectly good design and wouldn't change a thing,(Yay, me!).
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Posts: 6472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 5:13pm
Okay. Thanks.
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Sorry, I'll go by today after work. But since the twin bed thing looks like it may work,I may not need it and happen to be coming your way!
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Posts: 6472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 10:52am
Were you ever able to get up with a shop and get a price to have these made?
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Thank you for the additional information. You obviously did think this through. Great work!
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Stephan,
 I saw your thoughts  in another link on the deflectors some built and thought , "challenge excepted"! 
The furnace grill openings are 48 sq inches and the front facing opening on this one is 52.5 sq inches (5"X10.5"). 
No break, I used a square edge 1 x 6 screwed to my work bench flush with the front edge. with the metal under it for the large 2 bends and these for the small bends, I'll add a few more pictures to the op.
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Posts: 6472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 9:33am
I think you covered the essentials of having the return air free. That was the problem with some others I saw. This looks good, and I will be thinking of using your example also. Thank you for posting it.
Do you have a sheet metal brake that you used to make the bends in the sheet metal? If not, what did you use?

I think the only thing I would make sure of is that the area of the air output of your duct is equal to the area of the output on the grill so that there is no restriction in air flow.
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Posts: 3393 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 6:53am
Make that 2 !  If you aren't going into production, guess I will have to copy your idea and make one.  Looks great.  Thanks for sharing.
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Such a great idea. If you were selling them, I would be buying one!
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