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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Aluminum Bending Slats? |
Anyone out there using aluminum flashing for side bending with a heating blanket? Pros, cons and opinions would be appreciated! Thanks! Alex |
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| Author: | SKBarbour [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
I use a heavier stainless steel slat on the bottom to help provide some support and use aluminum on the top side to give the blanket some protection. I like the aluminum because it rolls up and stores away easily. It was also a lot cheaper than the alternatives. You have to flatten it out a little after a bend, but not a big deal. |
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| Author: | ChuckB [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
I use aluminum. Pros are, easy to find and cut your own, and does not rust. Cons are, they do not flatten back out like spring steel slats and stains easily. Chuck |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
Alex: Absolutely, the only thing I've ever used. Tom |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
Tom West wrote: Alex: Absolutely, the only thing I've ever used. Tom Thats good to know, Tom. You can get a lot of slats from a $25/50ft roll! Alex |
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
I am a little worried about gassing out of hot aluminum. I'm not sure why. Anybody else? |
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| Author: | John Killin [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
pat macaluso wrote: I am a little worried about gassing out of hot aluminum. I'm not sure why. Anybody else? They make camp stoves and cookware out of aluminum. I’d not be worried about the temperatures we are using. Of course I have no actual scientific research to back that assumption up. I've used flashing and it has worked. I wonder if I'm getting as much support with it as I would with a steel slat though. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
I've always used blue tempered shim stock covered with foil. I don't like slats that deform and have to be straightened. |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
pat macaluso wrote: I am a little worried about gassing out of hot aluminum. I'm not sure why. Anybody else? Pat: I think the temps are much too low to worry about that. Zinc and galvanized metal can be a problem when welding but have never heard anything about aluminum. Tom |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Bending Slats? |
I use scraps of HPL for bending slats. After awhile they take a set, but being scraps they cost nothing and can be replaced. Aluminum shouldn't pose a health risk at the temperatures wood bends at. Aluminum soda and beer cans would probably be more of a health risk, but again I think it's pretty small. |
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