Starting to fit the sliding canopy frame - 5 hours

 After some head scratching moments, I figured out one important item that I wished I knew from the beginning. Make sure at least that the forward canopy bow tubes are the same length. Mine were out about 0.158" out of perfectly level. So factoring the width of my pen line, I made some measurements and made a cut reference line with masking tape. Again, I used a hacksaw rather than an angle grinder to cut the tube as I do not want to introduce heat into the metal.

Now that I have the frame trimed, the fit is much better.

A little work with the 3/4" conduit bender and I have the front bow following the curve of the roll bar.

 

 P.S. If the one side of the canopy bow is sitting high, you want to introduce a bit of bend on the opposite side. Putting bend on the side that's high only makes it worse.

Now, I need to start work on the Aft canopy bow. I can see the pilot side fits well, however the co-pilot side needs work to fit correctly.