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Stainless steel forged pendant

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Stainless steel forged pendant Dec 5, 2022 13:47:47 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 5, 2022 13:47:47 GMT -5

Dec 2, 2022 12:40:19 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

With aluminum try bending your scrap first to see what tight bends do, they might have checking/cracking if you don't do a partial anneal first. Aluminum anneal is easy,
mark the top with a sharpie,
heat from below with a plumbers torch or even butane until sharpie marks pretty much disappear,
and immediately quench in water.

My aluminum sheet will be delivered today so I did some quick research about the annealing process. The article below is very in depth. The material I ordered is 5052 series. According to the chart it may not need to be annealed. I'll try some test bends to see if the corners turn white.

makeitfrommetal.com/how-to-anneal-aluminum-the-beginners-guide/

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