In Veeduber wrote:

Wooden brakes work best with aluminum & copper. They can do thin
gauge steel stock but the typically tighter bending radius tends to
crush the leading corner of the clamp, forcing you to use hardwood or
steel. Indeed, If you want to bend steel it's generally best to
start with steel -- using angle iron or CRS for your leaf & bed, with
a heavy duty steel piano hinge welded to them.

How do you think the wooden brake would do on 8 foot lengths of .032
2024t3? I suggested something almost identical a while back on the
Bearhawk list for bending the spar webs and was met with much skepticism.

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