I noticed in the recent steam railmotor thread, that nickel silver etched sides were successfully bent double using 180 degree folds. Having not tried that personally, I wondered if there is a recommend etch fold slot width for 180 degree folds?
I use metal thickness width for 90 degree folds, but presume that would not be enough for a full 180 degrees?
Andy
Etch folds question
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Re: Etch folds question
Use the same width line as 90 deg but it goes on the outside of the bend.
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Re: Etch folds question
Andy,
I've found that using a fold width equal to the material thickness doesn't always produce a clean 90 degree bend. I've since widened it to 1.2 times material thickness and this works perfectly.
Regards,
Geraint
I've found that using a fold width equal to the material thickness doesn't always produce a clean 90 degree bend. I've since widened it to 1.2 times material thickness and this works perfectly.
Regards,
Geraint
Geraint Hughes
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Re: Etch folds question
Guys,
Thanks for the answers. I just did a test 180 deg fold on a handy piece of 0.010" stainless and it works just fine. You just helped me make the N7 chassis even easier and faster to assemble. But I will have to do another iteration to incorporate that.
Cheers!
Andy
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