heat bending aluminum how to bend aluminum

[@cwmson8381]

Thank you for the video. It was great to learn that Aluminum alloys can be bent fairly easily - information available online seemed difficult to find. I was thankful for this as I needed to make upper support braces for a couple rear bicycle racks. I got a 36" x 1/4" aluminum rod from Home Depot. They don't advise the alloy, but I found a reference that the flat bars from same supplier is 6063 T5, which has small amounts of magnesium and silicon (

[@williamsantiago7303]

Thank you for the video sir. If it wasn't for this video I would of had to pay someone to fix my auxiliary fuel tank. The mounting tabs are plate aluminum and in shipping these tabs were bent closed and they were originally at a 90 degree. I knew you could heat metal and bent it back but I didn't know you could do aluminum the same. I was fixing to take my tank to a shop to have new tabs welded but I said let me look on you tube to see if there's something else that could be done and that's when I came across your video and I'm glad I did. After watching your video I grabbed me a torch and did what you did in your video and bam, I bent both tabs open to a 90 degrees like they were suppose to be and without cracking them. Ya saved me some money buddy, thank you. Take care buddy.

[@dxdtengineering]

Thank you. This helped me a lot. I’m sick of breaking my aluminum. I bent with a bending brake and I added about 90 seconds of heating to account for the heat dissipation through the brake. Thanks again and happy New Year!

[@adrianhawryluk8534]

When you say "if you have to bend it twice, it'll probably break", do you mean without reheating it, or even if you attempt to reheat it?

[@Mikefngarage]

no if you dont heat it. but even if you do it will break after a few times bending. it.

[@json8172]

super helpful - need to make a similar shape and was not sure if it was doable. Now I got a game plan, ty

[@Emtbtoday]

Love this kit wish someone would make a new one in today's standards but that is still very good for italiri! They do put alot effort in to the larger scale kit's to 1.35 thats for sure!

[@waynedavies3185]

I have 1/2 inch dia. aluminum tubing that has a sharp 90 degree bend in it (due to a high wind storm), and I would like to straighten the pipe back out as much as possible, because it is part of an antenna receive/transmit leg. Have you ever had to straighten out aluminum tubing, maybe using a wee bit of heat to make the straightening easier?

[@90struckscene75]

Thanks for the help I’m going tho make a phantom grill insert for my 1996 Sierra

[@moishemgrinberg]

ThanksI need to bend flat alum bar 1/2" thick x 3" wide x 6" length into a 90 degree angle like an "L" bracket, can I install it after this process and what kind of weight can it hold in comparison to before or can I harden it and what would be the process to harden aluminum?

[@bodeine454]

Thanks for the video! 👍 This is good to know and learn. I'd like to make a custom flag mounting bracket for the back of our Harley-Davidson but what I'd like to try to find out now is how to re-harden the aluminum after it's been annealed so that it gains it's rigidity back? Not that this bracket wouldn't necessarily work in the annealed state but with a short flag blowing in the wind at 65mph it might bend the bracket out of shape, not sure.

[@chrismihatov6154]

Hi Mike, can I also use this method to bend that aluminium sideways? as in not up and down in the direction you are bending it but if you lay it flat and bend it around say a window frame?

[@landmark4928]

Thanks brother with out trying I doubted it for all I have are street sign type of sheets I need to make a fender for my bike it should bend to make one I see.

[@kakapoopooh3ad]

So quick guestion. If i do this to aluminum round bar 7075 . Will it hold its strength still?

[@jimjakosh2506]

i like the propane torch head. what kind is it?? It needs to be 400 degrees. A piece of wood will black mark it when it is hot enough.

[@Mikefngarage]

one from harbor freight. the flame is pretty large they work the best.

[@jimjakosh2506]

@@Mikefngarage I will have to buy one. My old one of 40 years gave out and I bought one at Menards and it has a real spread out flame. I like the pointed one on the HF torch.............Cheers, Jim

[@Jodyrides]

I need to bend a cast aluminum bracket for hand guards on my motorcycle. they are cast on one and two can you go to the bars, then they wrap under the hand controls/master cylinder to hold a plastic brush guard, but the angle is wrong at the brush guard or at the bars.. I don’t know if this will work because the casting is not made of flat Aluminum

[@Mikefngarage]

I have bent cast aluminum the same way in this video. I bent some rock guards for my vw bug.

[@GioSinatraFan]

Thanks... need to make a sleeve for my 7/8" handlbars to use 1" controls and this is perfect as I have 1/16" flat aluminum bar.

[@am-qd6sq]

Wie viele mm sind das? How much mm?

[@pranav9339]

Does this decrease the strength of bar after cooling?

[@TheErsatzMode]

If it's been heat treated then heating it again, with a blow torch, will anneal it, or create a Heat Affected Zone (HAZ), which is an region where the heat treatment has been undone, and thus it has been weakened.

[@richardpcrowe]

Thanks - just what I needed to know. I need to bend some 1.5" x .25" aluminum into a "C" shape. I was thinking about putting it into a vice to facilitate the 90 degree bending...

[@Mikefngarage]

without heat it will break Just remember it usually only bends once. so be sure you bend it in the right spot.

[@danielsaucedo7439]

Very helpful video ... thanks so much for uploading that. I have questions where I can buy or order some aluminum on 1/4 X 1/4 ?

[@Mikefngarage]

check IMS metal supply they have lots of aluminum and rems cheap rems.

[@FTF96]

If the aluminium is thinner, do you heat it for less time?

[@arnoudvdm8867]

Yes

[@joeclarke9782]

Thanks. I assume that's propane?

[@Mikefngarage]

yes if you want you can use map gas too.

[@jasonmosler]

how does this impact the structure of the aluminum compared to cold bending?

[@lawlerzwtf]

depending on the grade, cold bending aluminum will break it. the typical 6061 T6 is too brittle to bend cold. heating the metal not only softens it, but also anneals it. it's less brittle, but the annealing process removes any work hardening done on the metal.

[@jeffbettez4355]

HA! As soon as I saw the screenshot before clicking on the video,I knew what you were making.. Westy curtain rods..

[@miamiwax5504]

Will a heat gun work?

[@falls450]

Thanks for sharing

[@TiMCoop3r]

thank you great lesson

[@TiMCoop3r]

I'm going to look up different ways to punch holes in aluminum

[@dutchmountainsnake5379]

Oh. Nice!

[@sopir_bajaj]

Oke saya sudah mengerti

[@ryanhamilton9709]

Damn u must be really bodied