Banding Headers

[rcaerobob at cox.net]

The correct leverage is determined by how soft the screws are that bolt the header to the sign.  If the sign bends before the header, then
a: bolts are too strong
b: dowel is too long
c: header is not made of "conventional materials"

If the HEADER bends too easily - then the sign is too rigid, although the vise could be too firmly mounted.  A LOT of variables, there.

If the bolts BREAK - then the dowel was too long, fer shure, DON !!!!  :-)
> 
> From: AtwoodDon at aol.com
> Date: 2004/10/19 Tue PM 12:29:55 EDT
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Banding Headers
> 
>  
> In a message dated 10/19/2004 9:18:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
> natpenton at centurytel.net writes:
> 
> The headers are made out of very soft alum. I  have had 100% success bolting 
> the header to a peice of hard 5/32 alum (highway  sign), placing the sign in 
> the vice, heating with the monocote  gun in the specific area I want the bend 
> and using a piece of dowell for  leverage (whew).
> 
> 
> 
> For Pastorello's benefit, how long a dowel did you use, 4-5 feet?   ;-)
>  
> Don
> 
> 

Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
rcaerobob at cox.net
www.rcaerobats.net

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