[PSUBS-MAILIST] bend test

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank
Did you look up all the spacifics the labs do for that spacific type of
test and replicate it?
Rick

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 5:03 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
> I tried sending pictures of my bend test from my Elementary 3000 sample.
> I was rather confused and thought I may have not bent it sideways but in
> fact I was right the first time and it is bent sideways.  I cut my sample
> into a square so it will clamp into a band saw.  I took a piece off the
> side and cut it 3\4 inches wide, so the sample is 2\4 by 1 inch thick.  I
> bent it over a 1.5 inch mandrel and there is no cracking at all.  There is
> a wierd thing though,  before the bend you could not see where the weld was
> but after the bend you could see a slightly raised area where the weld met
> the parent metal.  I filed that tine bump smooth and there is no cracking
> or anything.  Wierd.
> Hank
> I will send a picture separately
> Hank
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