How to bend
Angle Aluminum
Bend aluminum angle using wood!
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I'm gonna try to replace this wheel well
trim it had some aluminum trim here
originally but it was a so mangled when
I pulled it off the trailer
uh-huh so I got some 1 by 1 by 16th
angle aluminum and I'm going to try to
bend it to match this profile it's going
to be difficult but we're gonna add some
heat I'm gonna try to make a form out of
this piece of wood so I'm gonna get this
piece of 2x8 clamped in here and we'll
draw this shape out on it
got a couple clamps put in there so it
is try to keep this top edge of the
board about flush with the the bottom of
the framing here so I don't to cut this
straight line so we can leave that so
I'll go ahead and mark this out mark the
curve on here
not too bad you have to be a perfect
I guess but a little bit off down
here they're gonna work a cut a four
foot section of the aluminum angle drew
a center line on it its center line on
the wood I've got I've got two C clamps
on here on here holding it down on top
of the wood got it chucked up in my
Rockwell Jost and you know this thing
was pretty it seemed kind of gimmicky
when I first bought it but I use this
thing all the time it's pretty awesome
and it's got a little clamp here that
tightens up in the two dimensional
lumber fits right in here so I'm gonna
get some heat try to still gonna bend
this angle down and around
so I've got my burns ematic torch here
go ahead and fire it up and I'm gonna
try to heat this leg because this leg
actually has to stretch this leg in here
has to bend the easy way this leg has to
bend the hard way which means it has to
stretch the material around the radius
so we'll see how this goes I don't
really care if the wood burns
this picture twice it burns a little bit
- not a bit yeah
a little bit of weight on it
nanoo
keep following it down that the heat you
want to keep the heat behind the Ben
samarium on your part
I'm going to need to keep a hammer out
ball peen hammer
Pete it and I had to put the coke down
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so it's you need exactly bending that
leg underneath there it's not warming to
the wood
I can do here
you get a plenty hot
before the court
get in there and hit that sharp get
right inside this and we grab a dowel
piece of wood block
exactly get that last little bit to form
in there
what I'm wondering is if that's good
enough so we're gonna end up cutting it
right here guys I gotta say I think this
turned out pretty dang good
so I slam I plant it up in there with my
hand and you know I kind of took some of
the bend out actually that was right
here just with my hand I kind of put
some more Bend on that side and I think
it looks pretty good for my we paid nine
dollars for this eight-foot trunka
aluminum angle at the steel shop you're
gonna pay a lot more for that if you get
it at Lowe's or Home Depot but so what
I'm going to do is trim off down here
mark this off cut it throw some screws
in it next and you'll see now if I had
to do it over and maybe down the road I
might do it again I might go with inch
and a half angle because if you look
here it almost doesn't cover the staples
that are holding the skin on right there
in there but I'll tell some butyl tape
in there and I think I think it's gonna
cover it okay but if I figure that I'll
have a problem later I might go with
Anton half cuz it was pretty easy to
bend that so I you know another half
inch on the leg I might make it a little
more difficult but I think I'd go with
inch and a half next time but it does
match my paint stripe pretty good with
that that's an inch so anyway you'll get
this trim debt cut off the excess put
some holes in it from Melanie and let's
throw some butyl tape on it I'm gonna
get it mounted in there nice strip butyl
tape in there now I consider not even
putting any bo tape because well that's
just trap moisture in there but there's
some staple holes here on the trailer
that go up on against this so I think
it'd be a good idea to put that butyl
tape in there let's get it Monday
well there it is installed I think it
looks pretty good pretty good so I'll
get to get up there hubcaps on there get
that finished out yeah what was on there
before I don't know if they had a couple
of flat tires blowouts or what but it
was mangled it just wasn't savable so I
think this looks a lot better let me
know what you think hit that like button
alright guys thank you
