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In a message dated 5/5/2006 11:51:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Pounding will work harden it in short order. Better if you can bend
it on a brake, or form it with a press. If you must pound it, try to
do it with a minimum of blows.
Hello All,
If making something like a sump baffle out of 5052 or 6061 alloy
and hammering on a shot bag or beating in some other manner,
smoke the part with a candle, burn off with a PROPANE torch
and viola you are back to annealed condition and soft again -
won't work with 2024 T3.
John
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