On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:55:24 GMT,
(James Lerch) wrote:

Well, today I decided, come hell or high water, I WOULD bend that
silly 0.06" x 2" wide x 48" long aluminum.

After much welding, reinforcing, and bracing, all I ended up doing was
shattering a 4" c-clamp and actually putting a length wise bend into
the 4"x 1/4" thick C-Channel I was using on the handle side of the of
the metal brake...

So, I'm throwing in the towel, its time to sheer the aluminum into 1"
wide pieces, and just weld them back together at the appropriate
angle.

(BTW, I don't know what kind of alloy this aluminum is, but WOW is
that some tuff stuff!) As a test, I was easily able to bend some
1/16" sheet metal of similar size...


Oh well, live and learn, the stuff you find in the scrap bin isn't
always the best idea



Did you try to anneal it first?

Rub a bar of soap on the bend line, hit it with a A/O torch until the
soap burns away, let it cool then try.

Ive never done this...but its supposed to work.

Sure its not titanium?

Gunner

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