Re: Bending Aluminum Tubing

[Monte NZ]

I have melted lead in thin walled brass tube successfully when doing model work.
I don’t know how you would get on with aluminium …….might be worth trying on and old bit and see what happens.
When I made haws pipes for a model 1466 Landing Craft years back I put bits of lead into the pipe, sealed it a one end,heated the lead until melted, let it cool ,made the bend and then held the pipe up and reheated it until all the lead ran out.

It worked well…….the most important part was to only heat the pipe enough for the lead to run out…….if you got it to hot, the lead would tend to fuse to the brass.

Cheers
MonteNZ
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