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Pops

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Anyone have any ideas for homemade tools they made in building a homebuilt airplane.

My 12" homemade heavy duty brake to bending fitting. Been used to build 6 airplanes.

Made from scrap steel. For the thickest 4130 I use a larger C clamp to keep the same radius for all the bend.
 

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