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Starting with aluminum
Hey guys I've been playing around with steel forming 16g and got a big sheet of 16g 6061 from work. Now I have a few questions because I don't have a torch set up.
Is annealing necessary or is it just to make the workability Easier or am I running the risk of work hardening the material to the point of failure. Also on the topic of annealing I've seen most people use 3000 series aluminum for working with how's 6061 compare as a product for doing forming? I have great ease of access to 6061 that's why I ask.
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Wes
You are starting out wrestling the 800 lb gorilla . 6061 is not considered very workable . Most 6061 I see is T6 and would need annealing to be workable . 6061 typically will crack if bent 90 degrees very tightly . Even if annealed, it is not very workable , it would be worth the investment to find 3003 . |
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Ya kinda finding that out been practicing forming with the 6061 and it doesn't seem to want to shrink as much or where I want mechanically or with the tuck method it's at the point where it's like working with steel. No such think as a waste of material though. I'm kind of learning things as I go.
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6061 is a structural alloy and is not designed to be shaped. You also can't annealed like 3003 and 1100 series. If you heat it and then try to bend it you will crack it.
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Joe Hartson There is more than one way to go to town and they are all correct. |
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I would build so many awesome tool boxes if I had lots of 6061 sheet. 🙂
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Lewis Meyer Falls City Ironworks Louisville, KY |
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Try some 1050 for messing around with at first, then work your way up the grades.
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