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Old 04-15-2013, 03:43 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by COcyclist View Post
I find aluminum starts out fairly soft and work hardens and becomes brittle. Try the thinner metal just for the compound corners or piece it together like a beach ball or both??

Your work up to this point looks great.
Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

It's also true that the corners can have equal strength with thinner metal (not sure how much thinner) just because of the compound curvature.
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