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Old 06-01-2021, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by B T Dudley View Post
My name is BT and I live in Houston, Tx. I have a very unusual requirement for louvers on an aircraft engine cowl. The louvers need to be formed on a 5" W x 22" L piece of 18ga aluminum. The workpiece will have a 6.5" radius perpendicular to the long axis and the louvers will be stamped into this curved panel. Wish me luck.

Hi BT,
Good Luck.
(ps, are these "innies" or "outies"?)
I see a lot of louvers on old aeroplanes.
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