[sdiy] Sheet metal alloy....

[Peter Grenader]

this depends on who's doin' the bending...

This sounds like an attack, but it isn't meant that way.  I've worked at
companies, Terminal Data specifically, that had 1/8 inch bent in long arches
of about,  visual memory withstanding,  I'd have to say 10 inches in
diameter.  In any event, my officemate (sounds weird) was a mechanical
engineer that worked with the machine shop guys on doing that and this info
I passed is straight from his yap, although he said it15 years ago.

It's my understanding from this is that it all can be bent, it just matters
on how thick and how severe the radius.


James Patchell wrote:

> No, not all aluminum is bendable...one of those alloys is very brittle and
> will crack when bent...I just can't remember which one is which...and can't
> make a mistake...
> 
> At 09:51 AM 9/12/2004 -0700, Peter Grenader wrote:
>> All alluminum is bendable - what gage are you talkin'?
>> 
>> james Patchell wrote:
>> 
>>> I need to make a chassis real quick...and need to order some sheet aluminum
>>> that is bendable....
>>> 
>>> Which alloy is the one I want?  The choices are 5052 or 6061.
>>> 
>>> Thanks....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Jim
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> -Jim
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