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November 3, 2004: Upon a suggestion from the Locost mailing list, I tried annealing the channel before bending it.
This is accomplished with a propane torch. It certainly made the channel easier to bend but it didn't prevent it from kinking on me. Tomorrow I'll wander down to my local fabrication shop to see what they think about it.

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