How To Bend Aluminium Awning Rail

Bending aluminum tubing what you need to know before you begin the first thing that you need to be aware of if you re bending aluminum tubing is that it is commonly available in two different grades 6061 t6 and 6063 t5.

How to bend aluminium awning rail.

After a good read around i annealed it using a blowtorch and managed it ok. You can bend awning rail with a plastic number plate inserted into the awning channel. Bend the aluminum object as straight as you can with your hands. Just draw the shape you require onto cardboard and bend slowly to match template.

You can secure it around a gradual curve by cutting slits in the flange. The traditional style of awning track has very little give since it was not designed to bend. If you want to bend the track away from the flange slits are fine. The traditional style of awning track has very little give since it was not designed to bend.

You probly won t need to. Using a hacksaw carefully saw slits in the flange of the awning track. Step 2 lay the aluminum object on a flat solid surface like a concrete floor. It fits snugly and by screwing one end of the rail down to a flat board it can be slowly teased into shape.

And this is important to know before you start on your project. You can secure it around a gradual curve by cutting slits in the flange. I had to bend a long piece of aluminium extrusion to fix the awning rail on my old caravan.