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Default Bending 1/8 inch thick 7075-T6 aluminum


"MrFightGuy" wrote in message
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On May 26, 7:20 am, "Jim Wilkins" wrote:

-Interesting idea, but I'm not seeing anything in the right
-configuration on those sites, and I'm guessing that buying a tankhead
-and then modifying it is going a heck of a lot more expensive than
-trying to find a machine shop to spin/roll some pre-cut sheets of
-aluminum.

If one of those tank head makers is near you maybe you could convince
them to press small blanks in larger dies.

jsw