Russell Kent wrote:

Ed Anderson wrote:

    As you know, the BurnsStainless bent aluminum tubing is annealed to "O"
condition before bending - leaving it somewhat softer than desired for our
applications.  See extract below, it appears that by sticking it into a
regular electric (not microwave) and baking it for 8 hours you can get it
back to T-6 condition.  (hate to think what the electicity cost would be).

What, you don't have US$1.28 lying around?  See:
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/atid/House%20Facts%20Newsletters_files/housefacts%20apr%202001.pdf

You'll probably spend *way* more trying to get the waste heat out of the house (using
your air conditioner); possibly as much as US$5.00.  :-)

Russell Kent

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