Bending 1 4 Aluminum Plate

The stress of bending the diamond plate causes cracks to form at the bend location.

Bending 1 4 aluminum plate.

We re having trouble bending 6061 t6 aluminum without cracking and i was wondering if you could give us a few pointers. Bending 1 4 thick aluminum one of my readers suggested an interesting way of solving the problem of needing to bend 1 4 aluminum into a hexagon. Hi everyone i am planning on building a new bumper for the front of my 96 ram i would like to replicate one from buckstop bumpers here is the address to the classic style bumper that i plan to fabricate. From a bending perspective it s always best to bend these parts in an annealed state and then temper them to the correct condition.

I could use my vertical mill and an 1 8 diameter end mill to put a 1 16 deep 1 8 wide notch in 1 4 aluminum plate then bend the aluminum on the. Lightweight aluminum diamond plate does not corrode when subjected to water and the raised diamonds give the diamond plate extra strength. Need tips for bending 1 4 plate 12 10 2008 11 42 pm.