adh2000
Titanium
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2005
- Location
- Waukesha, WI
Trying to bend 7/8" DOM tube with 0.065 wall to a 2" radius. Should be possible, but yes it is tight. I could change to another tube alloy. Is there a chart showing minimum bend radius by alloy? Comparing say DOM, Seamless, ERW? Is there a way to anneal this DOM tube? Tube is cracking on the outside radius when bent with Woods metal. Collapses unacceptably with no filler. Don't have a mandrel bender but not seeing how that would be better than Woods metal. It's a Parker bender.