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HS-714 - Bending/Work Hardening

RV701775

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I have a quick question for the forum. I am building the forward spar of the HS. I was required to bend the ends of the reinforcement angles to 6 deg. I bent one end and while bending the other, accidentally flattened out the first bend. This resulted in essentially having to bend the left side twice.

Since this is a critical piece and will be hard to replace once the build progresses, should I be worried about fatigue/work hardening on the bend line? It's only 21 bucks to order a new one but will slow me down. There is no obvious physical damage.
 
For how critical this piece is, I would start over, I made a mistake on this piece also. Are you doing the SB? easy at this stage.
 
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