[Shop-talk] bending c channel, what are the miter angles?

[Richard George]

If you're already welding it after you bend it, is there a reason you 
want to bend it at all? Just cut off the ends, miter at 45 degrees and 
weld them back on....

Best,

rkg
(Richard George)
On 2/15/2014 8:45 AM, John T. Blair wrote:
> At 10:49 AM 2/15/2014, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>
>   >I need to prove my neighbor that the inter is full of
> answers.  (and complete the
>   >repair to my snow blower.)  Here is the question...
>   >
>   >I have a 6" c channel piece of steel that needs to be bent at 90
> degrees on both
>   >ends.  So, I need to cut the 'sides' (Leg) of the channel to allow
> the bend and
>   >then to weld the mitered sides back together.  (this is really
> simple, but I can't
>   >explain it well.)
>   >
>   >Think of just folding a c channel into a 90 degree.   I need to cut
> the sides to
>   >allow the bend and be able to reweld it.
>
>

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