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materials for custom radius arms,

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materials for custom radius arms,

Post by ozy1 »

guys, im looking at building some custom radius arms for the front of my GQ,

what are the prefered material sizes, as im looking to do this at home, i have some hollow bar which is about a 12mm wall, but i dont thin this will be easily bent with my bender, what materials have others used?
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Post by slowhilux »

Thought of 2" OD, 250thou (6.5mm) wall chromoly? Expensive, yes....strong, sh1t yes......bendable, yep.....needs to be TIG'd though. You would be doing well to bend them.
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Post by mickyd555 »

25mm - 32mm plate, that seems to be what everyone else is using.
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Post by Nelso »

40 x 20 Hollow Bar will bend in a 15 T bender....... just.
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Post by benhl »

mickyd555 wrote:25mm - 32mm plate, that seems to be what everyone else is using.
Thats what i've seen too...
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