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The Sad Demise of the Brake Line
The brake line was hard, difficult to bend smoothly, and being a tube, hollow from inside, developed sharp crease at bends, where it reached to point of breaking. It was formed into "Franklin" in such inaccurate dimensions & such a poor shape, I decided not to proceed further.
Please see below the picture of the ill-fated brake line converted into mutilated Franklin....sigh.....another failed experiment.
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I will now purchase from a local metal store (Metal Supermarket), a solid rod or wire of soft copper (grade C110) which is easy to bend & shape, and being solid, will not develop sharp creases at point of bending.
Metalsupermarket branch in Mississauga (City Adjacent to Toronto, where CYYZ, the Toronto International Airport is located)
http://metalsupermarkets.com/mississauga/metals/
Various Grades of Copper - C110 is suitable for antenna making as it is malleable and ductile*** & is not very costly:
http://metalsupermarkets.com/metals/...-guide/copper/
*** ductility is a solid material's ability to deform under tensile stress; this is often characterized by the material's ability to be stretched into a wire. Malleability, a similar property, is a material's ability to deform under compressive stress; this is often characterized by the material's ability to form a thin sheet by hammering or rolling. Both of these mechanical properties are aspects of plasticity, the extent to which a solid material can be plastically deformed without fracture.
The brake line was hard, difficult to bend smoothly, and being a tube, hollow from inside, developed sharp crease at bends, where it reached to point of breaking. It was formed into "Franklin" in such inaccurate dimensions & such a poor shape, I decided not to proceed further.
Please see below the picture of the ill-fated brake line converted into mutilated Franklin....sigh.....another failed experiment.
DSC03211-R.jpg
I will now purchase from a local metal store (Metal Supermarket), a solid rod or wire of soft copper (grade C110) which is easy to bend & shape, and being solid, will not develop sharp creases at point of bending.
Metalsupermarket branch in Mississauga (City Adjacent to Toronto, where CYYZ, the Toronto International Airport is located)
http://metalsupermarkets.com/mississauga/metals/
Various Grades of Copper - C110 is suitable for antenna making as it is malleable and ductile*** & is not very costly:
http://metalsupermarkets.com/metals/...-guide/copper/
*** ductility is a solid material's ability to deform under tensile stress; this is often characterized by the material's ability to be stretched into a wire. Malleability, a similar property, is a material's ability to deform under compressive stress; this is often characterized by the material's ability to form a thin sheet by hammering or rolling. Both of these mechanical properties are aspects of plasticity, the extent to which a solid material can be plastically deformed without fracture.
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