Fittings: annealing, bending, hardening?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:28 am
I think I'll start making some of the many metal fittings we need on a Piet. When I built the Corben Jr. Ace, I didn't pay too much attention to what state the metal stock was in before I bent it; I just cut it to the required width and length, stuck it in the vice and took a hammer to it until it was bent to 90degrees or 45 or what ever I needed. Didn't try to harden it either. Installed it on the airplane and called it good.
Now, I've been reading a little more. Learning about annealing before bending. Then heating to a certain temperature (or color) and then quenching to harden. For a guy who doesn't work in that field every day, it's a bit of a mystery.
What have you guys been doing...if anything...before and after you bend the various fittings we all need to make? If you tell me you've been annealing before bending and/or hardening after, please tell me what steps you've used. Thanks in advance.
Brian
Now, I've been reading a little more. Learning about annealing before bending. Then heating to a certain temperature (or color) and then quenching to harden. For a guy who doesn't work in that field every day, it's a bit of a mystery.
What have you guys been doing...if anything...before and after you bend the various fittings we all need to make? If you tell me you've been annealing before bending and/or hardening after, please tell me what steps you've used. Thanks in advance.
Brian