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Aluminum Stock and American-Made Bending Brake

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Norm Benning's Backyard NASCAR Race Shop: Underdog Favorite Keeping Old School Ways Alive

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What happens here

Norm points out stacks of large aluminum sheets, explaining they originated from the Alcoa flight department hangar at Allegheny County Airport after it closed down. He then proudly shows off a Connecticut Bending Brake (Model U416), emphasizing its American manufacturing origin from W. Whitney Stueck, Inc., highlighting its rarity in modern production. This emphasizes the DIY aspect of fabricating custom parts.

Goal: Showcase materials and specialized equipment for custom fabrication.

Tools and materials

  • All-Terrain Vehicle — Transportation around the property or for recreational use
  • Aluminum Sheets Alcoa — Raw material for fabrication
  • Connecticut Bending Brake — Bending and shaping metal sheets

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Huh. Airport. It still says Alcoa hanger on it. Yeah. You don't see bending bricks manufactured in the United States anymore. Well, none of them are. I really don't want everybody to see my mess. It's not a mess. No, this is not this is not a mess at all over here. This is like a looks like a work gets done here. There's a workbench with nothing on it. That's pretty dang good. I never have a workbench that's this clean. Is that your engine pulling? There's one of them. That arm is 14 ft long. They'll swing 180°. I actually lifted up my hot tub with my hot tub. Did you have a soie deck lid or something? Yeah, upstairs. Oh, I mean if you really really want it bad I think I think people would want to see it. People love old pieces of race cars. Let me let me let me survey the situation. See how hard it look to get out.

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