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Is there some trick to bending metal while lowering the risk of snapping it? Alternately, if there's something I'm not considering here, please let me know.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594744/6820989.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594744/6820989.page GMT Cephalyx Overlords -- Please help (AKA How to bend metal without breaking it.)
White metal is quite malleable, but it work-hardens very quickly. Have you ever dropped a metal model with skinny projecting parts? They don't usually snap upon landing, but when you try to straighten them back out. Don't know enough to go into the techno-babble about grain structure, but I'm quite confident that they won't snap at shallow angles under hand pressure, unless flexed repeatedly.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594744/6821619.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594744/6821619.page GMT