[SPAM] Re: bending an aluminum header

[Chris Moon]

Thanks Nat -Rick -Brian.  I'll try it tomorrow unless I can sneak out 
tonight and steal a stop sign.
Chris

Nat Penton wrote:

> Brian, roadsigns are cheap. Sometimes it takes a few minutes to get 
> them loose. The one I've been using for years sure is hard aluminum. 
> I'd be curious as to the designation. BTY you can bend a 2024 wing 
> tube across the front wheel of a low pressure tractor tire without 
> collapsing it for a dihedral change.            Nat
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: brian young <mailto:brian_w_young at yahoo.com>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:42 PM
>     Subject: Re: bending an aluminum header
>
>     Ive done something similar to NAT, except I used drywall screws w/
>     washers and screwed it to the leg of my work bench. That way I
>     didnt have to run down the street and steel the stop sign.
>      
>     If your going sideways with it Ive screw blocks to my bench and
>     put the header in between...If you havent guessed I dont have a vise.
>
>     Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net> wrote:
>
>         Chris, I bolt the header tightly to a heavy 5/32" aluminum
>         plate ( road
>         sign ) held in the vise. Heat with a Monocote gun and bend.
>         Does not have
>         to be too hot.Use a wood dowell for leverage. Have not had any
>         problems with
>         Mueller's headers. Nat
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: "Chris Moon"
>         To:
>         Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:30 PM
>         Subject: bending an aluminum header
>
>
>         > Since we are on the topic of aluminum, what is the best way
>         to make a
>         > slight bend in an aluminum header? I need it to move maybe
>         1/4" to 3/8"
>         > at the outlet end of the header. Thanks!
>         > Chris
>         >
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