Originally Posted by
Steve K
Hit a snag, unexpected. Have several parts to fabricate for a Buccaneer 2 project. several tight bends required in 6061-t6 1" dia, 0.049" and 0.065" thick walled tubes. As this sort of thing quite common on many ultralight designs, I figured living in Portland metro area home of Van's aircraft and several other kit aircraft businesses, I should have no problem finding a shop to bend thin wall aluminum tube. found one shop in St. Helens OR that advertised mandrel tube bending and they just told me "no can do". My first choice, have Aero Adventure (FL) do the job, they said they can. I sent a part sample as pattern before Christmas and now I can not get them to answer emails or phone calls. Still need the parts, project completely stalled till I do.
Can anyone in this forum point me to a company local or even not local that can do the job? Or identify a tool or method that I can use to bend these myself?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Steve