To make the 1/8" bends, a bending anvil was required. I used a piece of caterpillar track bushing I had laying around and cut it in half. I then disc sanded flats on the outside, and ground a clearance groove on the inside.
T-25 RIBS
| I was able to get all of the T-25 ribs from one 36X36 sheet of .032 4130. I sheared the ribs on a 4' shear, and then bent the vertical legs on an 8' brake. I was able to get both legs bent to 90 degrees on the 7/8x7/8 ribs no problem. On the ribs with a taper, the brake shoe interfered with the second leg bending all the way to 90 degrees. To fix this, I used a piece of 1/4"x3" flat and used that for the brake shoe by adjusting the set back and height of the brake to clamp on the 1/4" flat. This worked well, and I was able to make all of the vertical bends without interference.. | |
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To make the 1/8" bends, a bending anvil was required. I used a piece of caterpillar track bushing I had laying around and cut it in half. I then disc sanded flats on the outside, and ground a clearance groove on the inside. |
This worked very well, and would have been even better if it would have been longer, say 4-6". But it was what I had laying around. |
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| Completed T-25 ribs for the tail group | |