FlatBeltBob
Stainless
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2007
- Location
- central WI
I am trying to make a part for a customer out of his supplied aluminum sheet .
16 GA 6061 T6 ( I think)
Customer said it was from a semi trailer side wall.
Every time I bend it in the brake it snaps off clean .
Tried to bend it in another direction , and also set the apron top back so it makes a rolled bend .
Still no luck .
Is there a way to anneal aluminum ?
this is just a small 8" long bend .
Seems I saw on one of those fabricator shows where they heat with a rosebud ,
then quenched with a wet rag .
Simple as that ?
Thanx
FBBOB
16 GA 6061 T6 ( I think)
Customer said it was from a semi trailer side wall.
Every time I bend it in the brake it snaps off clean .
Tried to bend it in another direction , and also set the apron top back so it makes a rolled bend .
Still no luck .
Is there a way to anneal aluminum ?
this is just a small 8" long bend .
Seems I saw on one of those fabricator shows where they heat with a rosebud ,
then quenched with a wet rag .
Simple as that ?
Thanx
FBBOB