I had to bend some aluminum ears on mounting plate for my underwater camera and lights.This is how I did it the wrong way, a costly mistake, and then how I did it the right way.
nothing like learning how to do things from an older person, I do the same with my kids: "this is the right way and this is the wrong way" sometimes you have to dumb things down for people 🙂 thanks for making this and dumbing it down for me
Another neat trick for heating is your torch flame with no oxygen get the part sooty then as you heat the soot will burn off and you know your hot enough
I've had a lot of success by bending aluminum plate in a vice by accompanying the piece with a socket, such as a 1/2" or9/16" socket. Thisproduces agood uniform minimum radius, rather than an abrupt bend which wants to fracture the aluminum. I've done this bend cold many times with 100% success.
Great video thanks! I love that wood trick. It inspires me to look up melting and boiling points of common items/fluids to serve as a reference if I don’t have a fancy temp indicator.
Aluminium will work harden, making it even more brittle. Sometime just heating and quenching it quickly (opposite to ferrous metals) will anneal it enough to allow it to bend easily.
Good job, I would bend on a radiused pc of oak, also have the crescent wrench in your hand opposite of the torch and bend it while the flame is applied, the force you apply, it will bend when ready, though your char test tells you when to get the crescent in your hand, keep the flame on the metal as you bend on a wood radius. When your remove the flame your temp drops rapidly and you tear the steel instead of mall it over the aluminum molecules stay intact and stretch when heat is applied till the end of the "stretch bend". Thank you, cool video. John.
I like your trick with the wood marking. I take it that will work with 3/8" bar stock as well. I have to bend some 3/8"x 1 1/2" about 70 degrees. Thanks,.................................. Cheers, Jim
This is a great video!! I found an aluminium bar that i was going to use as sliced dowel pins, but now i need to figure out how to bend it to a 8.84 in radius. I don't have a blowtorch... Could i use a hest gun to soften the bar at it's bend point?
The type and condition of the aluminum alloy will have more to do with bending capabilities than pretty much anything else... stay away from 6061,7075, basically they are already in a condition generally speaking too which they won't readily bend without a large IC radius if at all, however 5052 or some of the other lower condition alloys we bend in house with near a zero IC radius and quite often well past 90° all the way to a 180° planished bend creating a rolled double thickness edge.. The condition and alloy are key.
I love this hack/trick using wood to mark Al at around 400 deg F and ( BTW I use to say aluniemin that way too)......I still think the way the British pronounce it is more odd than the way we say it....lol great hack!!!!! Not a diver only reason I am not subscribed.
All aluminum is not the same. Without knowing what you are doing, you have come up with a solution that works for you, but anyone trying to learn something from this will be lacking any real information. It looks like you are trying to bend 6061-T6, which will bend but only with large radius. If you bend it too short, you just proved that it cracks and often fails catastrophically. Try using 5052-H32 for bending aluminum. Minimum bend radius for ¼" could be as low as .09 (without temper removing heat) but you won't get anywhere close to that with an adjustable open end (aka "crescent") wrench. If you examine your bends, I'll wager you have tiny cracks throughout, which are failure points waiting to fail when you put two lights on or when the camera starts to wiggle around. Good luck to you. You need it.
Hi Bruce. How are you? Wow. This video of your was a success. I hope you gain a lot of subscribers. Your videos are all worth watching. Take care always.
@@lonenightdiver6041 this video about right/wrong way to bend aluminum. Anyways, im from the Philippines, in Olongapo City. Im the eldest daughter of Agnes
The name Joy did ring a bell, I do not check this sight that often. No travel Philippines cause Covid -19, but I have Covid -19 vaccine shot so maybe in Apr. Lost Agnes phone #?@@DonezaJoy
The wrong way is against the grain. It will crack every time, unless your radius is large enough. You are suppose to bend with the grain. Heating up Aluminum will take away the heat treatment. If you have a very sharp bend you can use 0 type material and get it heat treated. What he is showing is ok for home use not per say aircraft.
Impossible to find how to message you directly... 🙄 So hope you see this... It's for my tray too 🤔 I need to bend this aluminum tray... But it's thick & ridged... See the photo here... Any suggestions?
Acetylene + pure oxygen burns at close to 3000 C. Butane/propane + air burns at about 2000 C. The melting temperature of aluminium is a bit above 600 C if I remember correctly. I reckon you can even melt the aluminium with a plumber's torch if you're not careful.
Bending that piece of alluminium with that adjustable wrench is not the right way to bend it - you're not applying equal pressure across the surface being bent. I'd bet the side you bent from is now lower than the side you didn't and it's all now slightly twisted. You could also do with a curved radius to bend the metal over so that the bend comes out uniformly.
nothing like learning how to do things from an older person, I do the same with my kids: "this is the right way and this is the wrong way" sometimes you have to dumb things down for people 🙂
thanks for making this and dumbing it down for me
Another neat trick for heating is your torch flame with no oxygen get the part sooty then as you heat the soot will burn off and you know your hot enough
You're an amazing teacher!
I snapped so much aluminum last night trying to make 90 degree brackets...
This video answered all my questions!
Thank you!
I've had a lot of success by bending aluminum plate in a vice by accompanying the piece with a socket, such as a 1/2" or9/16" socket. Thisproduces agood uniform minimum radius, rather than an abrupt bend which wants to fracture the aluminum. I've done this bend cold many times with 100% success.
Thanks bud.
Great video thanks! I love that wood trick. It inspires me to look up melting and boiling points of common items/fluids to serve as a reference if I don’t have a fancy temp indicator.
Thank you, you have passed valuable experience to the next generation.
It is very nice of you to share your knowledge. Thank You
Needed to bend 1/4" aluminum bar and thought about heating it first...You confirmed my thoughts! Thanks for a straight forward video my friend!
Three gun guy-5/7 two 45"s.
Man this guy is the real deal! He’s waving that torch every which way, Highly combustible cans of fluid threw out his whole shop and now one accident
If there is a fire I have 15 years drills and training.
Aluminium will work harden, making it even more brittle. Sometime just heating and quenching it quickly (opposite to ferrous metals) will anneal it enough to allow it to bend easily.
Good job, I would bend on a radiused pc of oak, also have the crescent wrench in your hand opposite of the torch and bend it while the flame is applied, the force you apply, it will bend when ready, though your char test tells you when to get the crescent in your hand, keep the flame on the metal as you bend on a wood radius. When your remove the flame your temp drops rapidly and you tear the steel instead of mall it over the aluminum molecules stay intact and stretch when heat is applied till the end of the "stretch bend". Thank you, cool video.
John.
I like your trick with the wood marking. I take it that will work with 3/8" bar stock as well. I have to bend some 3/8"x 1 1/2" about 70 degrees. Thanks,.................................. Cheers, Jim
Thanks very much for this demo it's appreciated.
Very informative video, thank you!
Thank you, your wood trick was very helpful
Worked like a charm. You are the Man! thank you.
This is a great video!! I found an aluminium bar that i was going to use as sliced dowel pins, but now i need to figure out how to bend it to a 8.84 in radius. I don't have a blowtorch... Could i use a hest gun to soften the bar at it's bend point?
Great! Thanks! I already screwed up two thinner pieces by trying to cold bend!
Thanks for the information!
How bend an aluminium bicycle frame to a smaller axle wheel?
Is it needed for 2mm aluminum?
So heating is genuinly better than not doing so before bending?
Great help, Bruce, need to make up protectors. Thanks
Can 1/4" aluminum rod be bent the same way? Just heat it up, as per instructed? I need to make some aluminum "U" bolts. Thank You.
That was legend!
Would this work ok for Alloy Grade 6060 / T5 want to do a 45 degree bend?
thanks for the wisdom.
The type and condition of the aluminum alloy will have more to do with bending capabilities than pretty much anything else... stay away from 6061,7075, basically they are already in a condition generally speaking too which they won't readily bend without a large IC radius if at all, however 5052 or some of the other lower condition alloys we bend in house with near a zero IC radius and quite often well past 90° all the way to a 180° planished bend creating a rolled double thickness edge.. The condition and alloy are key.
Thanks for the tip.
Thank you very much for the hit hint... Same me lot's of time :)
thanks a lot for the tip sir
I needed to end some pretty heavy aluminum and didn’t know how. This was a huge help , thanks.
nice move pops, that was wise, thanks
I said.....hmmmm, what if I mess this up? let me go see the youtube, and here you are, telling me how to do it right. Good thing I looked. Thanks
I love this hack/trick using wood to mark Al at around 400 deg F and ( BTW I use to say aluniemin that way too)......I still think the way the British pronounce it is more odd than the way we say it....lol great hack!!!!! Not a diver only reason I am not subscribed.
thank you so much!!
All aluminum is not the same. Without knowing what you are doing, you have come up with a solution that works for you, but anyone trying to learn something from this will be lacking any real information. It looks like you are trying to bend 6061-T6, which will bend but only with large radius. If you bend it too short, you just proved that it cracks and often fails catastrophically. Try using 5052-H32 for bending aluminum. Minimum bend radius for ¼" could be as low as .09 (without temper removing heat) but you won't get anywhere close to that with an adjustable open end (aka "crescent") wrench. If you examine your bends, I'll wager you have tiny cracks throughout, which are failure points waiting to fail when you put two lights on or when the camera starts to wiggle around. Good luck to you. You need it.
I think that's a little to technical for what most people are considering doing from this 4min video
@lonenightdiver What would you recommend in bending bent aluminium back to original position?
You don't. Toss it
wow.. thanks for your sharing (subscribed)
Thanks for the sub!
LOL!!!! The WRONG way and the RIGHT way to say the word " aluminum ". 😂
Authentic :)
thanks mate!
Glad it helped
bike hangers on stove l heated till soft then bent, yours seem not so soft, guessing harder bending can make cracks, at least it does when cold.
Aren't you supposed to put it in water after you heat it, then bend it?
Back 50 plus years a go possibly/
How to make a curved aliminium window profile at home
Hi Bruce. How are you? Wow. This video of your was a success. I hope you gain a lot of subscribers. Your videos are all worth watching. Take care always.
Which video was it and Where are you from?
@@lonenightdiver6041 this video about right/wrong way to bend aluminum. Anyways, im from the Philippines, in Olongapo City. Im the eldest daughter of Agnes
The name Joy did ring a bell, I do not check this sight that often. No travel Philippines cause Covid -19, but I have Covid -19 vaccine shot so maybe in Apr. Lost Agnes phone #?@@DonezaJoy
@@lonenightdiver6041 you do not have any contact with her anymore? anyways, takecare especially now there is covid. Good thing you had the shot.
Hopefully I will be able to make a Dive and seashell collecting trip in Apr/ May to Philippines if the Travel restrictions are lower. @@DonezaJoy
The wrong way is against the grain. It will crack every time, unless your radius is large enough. You are suppose to bend with the grain. Heating up Aluminum will take away the heat treatment. If you have a very sharp bend you can use 0 type material and get it heat treated. What he is showing is ok for home use not per say aircraft.
Aircraft Aluminum is high tenia or does not like to bend
I don't think anyone watching a 4min video is building a airplane lol
Alunamin??
Yeah your not first?
Impossible to find how to message you directly... 🙄 So hope you see this...
It's for my tray too 🤔
I need to bend this aluminum tray... But it's thick & ridged... See the photo here... Any suggestions?
Need to go back45 years?
Didn't you train Flipper?
wtf is alunemin?
It's like aluminium but harder to bend.
Say what you want but I can’t tell you how long I’ve been looking for some advice on working with alunemin. Great info here!
Can I use a gas torch?
Probably?
Acetylene + pure oxygen burns at close to 3000 C.
Butane/propane + air burns at about 2000 C.
The melting temperature of aluminium is a bit above 600 C if I remember correctly.
I reckon you can even melt the aluminium with a plumber's torch if you're not careful.
Bending that piece of alluminium with that adjustable wrench is not the right way to bend it - you're not applying equal pressure across the surface being bent. I'd bet the side you bent from is now lower than the side you didn't and it's all now slightly twisted. You could also do with a curved radius to bend the metal over so that the bend comes out uniformly.
Alunamin
Close your eyes and imagine you're listening to Bender from Futurama.
2:25 fancy crayons x)
allunimen?
are you a English teacher? ok I failed.
Awesome video need to make aluminum bumper for one of my radio controlled cars check us out and subscribe
Are you rich halls dad? Asking for a friend
What is the right and wrong way to pronounce Aluminum?
Aluminium*
Spell it right first
Ok you right
No one cares we just wantto bend aluminum
Thank you, you have passed valuable experience to the next generation.