Thread: Pounding Aluminum
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Old 02-23-2009, 03:18 PM
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I think that the originals were made from aluminium alloy sheet of 0.062". That's 16 swg (standard width gauge), meaning that 16 thicknesses of the sheet make up a 1" thickness, if you see what I mean.

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