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SavannahLion:
Anybody work with sheets of this stuff? I'm thinking of trying my hand at hammering a sheet into shape but I don't see a lot of talk about it outside of aircraft circles.

Samstag:
Never worked with it but looking at the info it seems to be a pretty easy alloy to work with.

Almost all my experience is with 6061 and I've never played with sheet forming, but in my opinion aluminum is a really forgiving metal.

SavannahLion:
According to http://www.anodizing.org/Reference/reference_guide.html 6061 anodizes well but if I recall, it work hardens like the 3003 and needs to be annealed? I don't have any welding or heat treating equipment which is why I'm thinking 1100 is a good option.

geomartin:
For forming, 5052 is the preferred grade of sheet metal houses.  6061 is too hard and cracks easily when formed.  5052 is bound to be cheaper and more available than 1100 series.

SavannahLion:
I can't tell if 5052 work hardens and needs to be annealed.

Probably would be better to find some place to get small samples from select series so I can get a better idea of how each series behaves. Kind of hard to work out the logistics just by reading about it.

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