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bending .25" x1.5" aluminum by hand - what alloy to use?
I'm trying to make something like this:
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/121...44194919ClRBmi http://sports.webshots.com/photo/121...44194919EvrnCe and am not sure what sort of aluminum to use. The person who made that descibers it as: "I carefully and gradually bent them over my thigh. The material is 1/4" x 1.5" aluminum that I bought at a hardware store and the bases are just two layers of 3/4" plywood laminated together. When I bent them, I just eyeballed the curves and left the ends longer than I needed, so I could adjust the shape." I have the choice of buying 2024-T4 or 6061 T6 -- will either of these work? What would be more durable? Thanks in advance for any advice. JT |
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