Originally Posted by
LesUyeda
"you can bend 6061-T6 fairly easy, "
I will have to admit that I have bent T-6; very carefully, and I would not consider it "easy", and the potential for degradation in the bend area is enormous.
Les
Les,
6061-T6 is soft compared to 2024-T3 or 7075-T6, and so you know, one of the divisions I am in charge of includes break press bending and joggling upwards of 7000 6061 condition T-6 parts a month in support of the aerospace industry. Did you know that most all the landing gears that are bent metal on our toy airplanes are 6061-T6, Even the landing gear I designed manufactured and placed on my 70% Staudacher back in 1999 was bent from .500" thick 6061-T6. The simple fact is 6061-T6 is the engineered choice for most break press bending operations in aerospace. I think maybe you should do some research and get your facts in order before posting.
Bob