Strength of aircraft grade versus 6061 aluminum?
The boss got me a ten foot sheet of aluminum to make some odd shaped cargo
boxes for his 61 Land Rover. I laid out a nice pattern to make them with as
few riveted seams as possible, thought it seemed a bit tough to cut but has
no grade markings on it. I test bent a piece and it cracked. I called the
office and asked what was on the receipt. He got 1/8 6061 T6 on sale. I
guess I will be annealing all the bend seams in the morning with a rosebud.
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