I am thinking about replacing my original screens on our 42. All are aluminum frames, some are fiberglass screen material, some are aluminum screen material, but most of them look like crap. I'm also missing one - a particular one (starboard side, aft window of the salon that is not a standard shape).
I have found the screen I'd like to use to replace - it's a fine mesh 204 stainless, painted black. It would be a great way to update our tired screens and give the boat a nicer look. I don't think the price would be too outrageous for the boat - a couple hundred maybe (I'll measure this weekend), but my question...
How to recreate the screen that I'm missing? I can see on amazon I could easily replace my existing square screen frames with black aluminum if I wanted (I'd probably just paint mine if that were the case to keep the originals), but what about the goofy shaped one? You can only find 90 degree angled connectors... find for two corners, but the others are some sort of a 30-something or 45 degree angle at the bottom, and perhaps 120 degrees or so for the upper part. Any ideas??
Thanks!
Being aluminum you could easily buy a piece of the correct thickness of aluminum and just cut out the shape/angle you need on a band saw.
You could also pick up aluminum tube and have it cut and welded to the proper shape