[R-1051] R-1051 Mounting brackets

[Chris Kucera]

How about putting the metal in a vise and whacking it with a big hammer?

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:15 AM, mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:11:59AM -0700, Chris Kucera wrote:
> > I think I will probably try to make my own brackets.  I can go to the
> local
> > Big R and get some metal but the thicker metal presents a problem when
> > trying to bend it to shape.  Does anyone have any suggestions that could
> > help me out?
>
> Get a bending brake that will let you do a radiused bend, go slow, be
> careful, and plan on throwing stuff in the scrap bin. I rather suspect
> that the production brackets were made in a press, rather than a brake,
> but I don't know that for sure and don't see a way to find out.
>
> --
>  Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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