You shouldn't be using 7075!

"James Lerch" wrote in message
...
| Sigh....
|
| Ok, it wasn't much of a home made metal brake, but it worked great
| till the last crazy idea...
|
| It is amazing how much force it takes to bend a 4 foot long piece of
| 0.06" thick aluminum sheet metal.. Guess its time to rebuild a bigger
| and better version, but first I have to finish the project I'm working
| on now..
|
| So, here's the question, Anyone know of anyone with a metal brake near
| Tampa, Florida area or South that might like to barter some powder
| coating, welding, telescope building, shop floor sweeping work in
| exchange for bending 6 piece of 48 x 2 x 0.06" aluminum?
|
| (Oh and the broke brake story... First it started bowing, so I clamped
| the crude out of it with addition angle iron. Then the hinges bent,
| which I beat back into position and welded in additional support. The
| grande finally led to the handle bending, which caused me to lose my
| grip and smack my elbow into one of the clamps I added to hold the
| angle iron in place, then in moment of angered stupidity, I kicked it,
| it fell over and promptly cut my OA torch hoses in half... To add
| insult to injury, the piece of sheet metal was just as flat as when I
| started! )
|
|
| Take Care,
| James Lerch
| http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction, Testing, and
Coating site)
|
| Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
| Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
| Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
| Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
| Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
| Calvin Coolidge