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.090 Aluminum Sheet
Posted:
Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:37 pmby Chaos Smurf
Hello All,
I've been lurking for awhile soaking up all the great information. I've read the skinning threads and know .040 aluminum is the sweet spot.
I have an opportunity to buy .090 aluminum sheets.
5x12 .090 Aluminum Sheets
5052 Thickness is .090 and is an 11 gauge
for $75 CDN per sheet
Would I be able to bend this around a 54" bend radius?
Re: .090 Aluminum Sheet
Posted:
Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:58 pmby bobhav
That sounds like a heck of a deal. While I have not worked with .090" 5052, that radius is doable. 5052 is stiff. It may require a form of sorts to bend around. It will take some help. I would make a 54" radius template and find a fab shop with a roller to bend it.
BobH.
Chaos Smurf"]Hello All,
I've been lurking for awhile soaking up all the great information. I've read the skinning threads and know .040 aluminum is the sweet spot.
I have an opportunity to buy .090 aluminum sheets.
5x12 .090 Aluminum Sheets
5052 Thickness is .090 and is an 11 gauge
for $75 CDN per sheet
Would I be able to bend this around a 54" bend radius?[/quote]
Re: .090 Aluminum Sheet
Posted:
Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:34 pmby Redneck Teepee
That's pretty close to a 3/32" thickness, just under, if that's the only radius you need any sheet metal shop with a 5' wide roll could pre-form it with no problem. Hell for stout, not to mention heavy if your looking to keep it light. Like Bobhav say's take a template to make one accurate trip out of it.
Good luck on your build!
Re: .090 Aluminum Sheet
Posted:
Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:12 pmby Chaos Smurf
Thank you,
I'm going to think about it some more.
Re: .090 Aluminum Sheet
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Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:55 pmby Gunguy05
Chaos Smurf wrote:Thank you,
I'm going to think about it some more.
Please, don't buy this.
Long after you have forgotten about what the Al for you build cost, it's weight will still be there..
I used .040, and really could have gone .032. .090 has got to be insanely hard to work with, not to mention over twice as heavy.
Just my 2 cents.
Re: .090 Aluminum Sheet
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Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:29 amby dustboy
Agreed. Unless you are building a zombie shelter, it will be needlessly heavy and you'll be fighting it on every curve.
Re: .090 Aluminum Sheet
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 1:52 amby mjewell5
We use .090 on some of the structure of the A-10's that I work on. That stuff is extremely stout! In fact, we walk on it! It would be a real bitch to bend without using rollers, and would be about 3 times as heavy as .032. Except for the great deal, I can't see a reason to go with something that thick. Stick with .032 or .040.