I've already tried Burns Stainless. They do not carry - nor will they make -
90deg bends in 321 stainless. They only have "U" bends and straight. I don't
want anymore weld joints than needed and cutting a "U" and welding in a
straight leg means at least 2 more welded joints than I really need.

I haven't had good experience with welded joints - I want to minimize them
:)

Joe Hull
Cozy Mk-IV N31CZ (65 hrs - Rotary 13B NA)
Redmond (Seattle), Washington


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
> Behalf Of Blake Lewis
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:25 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Stainless 321 Tubing
>
> I know you guy have been dissing Paul lately, but his web site has
> links to many resources:
> Burns Stainles has .065
> "http://www.burnsstainless.com/321tubing/Ubends321/ubends321.html"
>
> Blake
>
> On 8/2/06, Joe Hull <joeh@pilgrimtech.com> wrote:
> > I'm having a heck of a time finding 321 Stainless mandrel bends in
> anything
> > larger than .049 wall. I'm trying to get 4 - 4" Center Line Radius,
> 90deg
> > bends in at least .065" wall. I've tried calling 4 places and
> researching a
> > hundred others online and my last hope appears to be Woolf Aircraft
> Products
> > (http://www.woolfaircraft.com/).
> >
> > Is .049" wall beefy enough? If I recall, it seems that most people are
> using
> > material that is larger.  RacingBeat/MazdaTrix sell .125" wall but only
> in
> > "mild steel" not stainless.
> >
> > Anyone else have any suggestions?
> >
> > Joe Hull
> > Cozy Mk-IV N31CZ (65 hrs - Rotary 13B NA)
> > Redmond (Seattle), Washington
> >
> >
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