tomcas wrote:

Terry Keeley wrote:
Steve Lusardiwrote:

If you don't need the temper, why did you use it in the

first place?
Steve



Machineability...

And availability, and maybe he doesn't need high strength in the bend
area, and maybe he had it kicking around, and maybe.....
I would just go ahead and anneal it, hot form it , or use a larger bend
radius.

An easy way to put a bend radius in is to put another scrap piece on
top of the other piece when you put in in the brake. I would try a
couple of scrap bends before I went for the final one.


John