Bending 1 4 Aluminum Plate

Hi everyone i am planning on building a new bumper for the front of my 96 ram i would like to replicate one from buckstop bumpers here is the address to the classic style bumper that i plan to fabricate.

Bending 1 4 aluminum plate.

Bending 1 4 thick aluminum one of my readers suggested an interesting way of solving the problem of needing to bend 1 4 aluminum into a hexagon. The stress of bending the diamond plate causes cracks to form at the bend location. I could use my vertical mill and an 1 8 diameter end mill to put a 1 16 deep 1 8 wide notch in 1 4 aluminum plate then bend the aluminum on the. From a bending perspective it s always best to bend these parts in an annealed state and then temper them to the correct condition.

Although aluminum diamond plate is a soft metal problems arise when attempting to bend the thick aluminum. Notch the aluminum where you need to bend it. Lightweight aluminum diamond plate does not corrode when subjected to water and the raised diamonds give the diamond plate extra strength.