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Old 21-06-2009
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Originally Posted by jameswilkinson7 View Post
3mm Stainless wont "tweak"!
you need it made from a material that will 'give' a little, but after that little, fail. With any alloy, it will give a little, then return back to it's correct shape, but you bend it past that point, and it will not return back to the original designed shape.

so it is better to have a material that will give a little, then break if you push it too far, than a material that will bend.
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