Bending 22 Gauge Spring Steel Sheet

1095 spring steel sheet blue temper ams 5122 sae 1095 aisi 1095 aisi 1095 0 002 thick 3 width 50 length.

Bending 22 gauge spring steel sheet.

22 gauge 0 030 0 76 mm. These sheets have a softened temper which is also known as annealed so they can be easily formed into shape and then heat treated for. I tried annealing the ends with an oxy acetylene torch. 22 gauge 0 030 0 76 mm 0 5 12 7mm.

I ve tried bending it as is it just snapped. The gauge number 18. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. The steel is 1095 spring steel it s 032 thick by 200 wide.

Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. 4 people found. I also tried annealing with a band blade welder which really didn t work it just made the steel terribly brittle and weak. As an example if you want to bend 24 gauge sheet metal at a 90 angle the calculation would be.

M d building products 56066 1 feet by 2 feet 22 ga weldable steel sheet 4 6 out of 5. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. It will rust in a jiffy though so some care must be given when wetting the wooden side of a guitar while bending.