Which skins have you guys found it necessary to roll the edges of your skins? Wing skins?
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Skin bending
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at7000ft
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Re: Skin bending
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Lowrider
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Re: Skin bending
Could you use a hand edge roller to get just enough bend to slide the rear piece under the forward one? Or on a bead roller you can make a joggle to accomplish the same thing...I waited way too long to get a cheap Harbor Freight one and I use it for a variety of things. I do have a lathe and make my own dies to match what I want to do but you can offset a cutting die and accomplish a nice fit for up to 0.025 2024-T3. It also works nice for kydex panels....just a thought.
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Re: Skin bending
Here's a 24" no need for 2 of them. They just call it a folding tool
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Wiss-24-in-Fol ... /204158831
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http://m.homedepot.com/p/Wiss-24-in-Fol ... /204158831
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stevegawler
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Re: Skin bending
Not seeing that on their website. What is it?
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Ryanfscs
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Re: Skin bending
I hung mine off the edge of a table and clamped a piece of 2x with about 1/16" more than required sticking out and used two of these I got at Home Depot to cover full length at same time.
They also make cheap hand brakes, not sure on how much width they will accommodate.
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They also make cheap hand brakes, not sure on how much width they will accommodate.
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stevegawler
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Skin bending
Anybody have tips on bending the forward edges of the TC skins?