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Default working with thick lead sheet, helpful advice needed


"Jason Dobbins" wrote in message
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I am in the process of trying to make a 12"x12" leaded box composed of two
1/8" lead sheets, each 12"x48". The problem I'm having is trying to work
with the sheets. I already had the dimensions of the box and was trying to
bend each part of the sheet in place, but this has proven extremely
difficult. Lead is a lot more inflexible at this thickness than I thought
it would be. Any advice? One option I've been trying to think of is a
form that I could wrap and bang the lead around, but the form would have to
be pretty dense I would think. Looking for the simplest solution here as
I'm already stuck with the sheets and cannot return them (I would naturally
have chosen 1/32" thickness and built up layers if I knew the difficulty I
was going to have).

Thanks in advance,
J. Dobbins


shear it square and solder up the edges?