AL, warm bend, or cold bend

Found a broken treadmill today outside the lifeline store.
I asked if there was anything wrong with it and the clerk said "must be something but I dont know what which is why its left out there"
I asked if I could buy it or take it away.
He said no, I'm not allowed to let you have it or sell it in case you injure yourself.
Crazy.
 
Aukai said:
New piece is being ordered, and fatigue is a concern. I had hoped to use the press, thanks for the responses so far.
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In essence someone's life might depend on the structural integrity of that gurney? I would wait for the new part. If you repair it and it appears to be working fine there always seems to be a very good chance that the new part never gets installed when it comes in.
 
The work has my name on it so it will get done. I retired from 911, gurney maintenance is my new gig. I'm digging us out of a backlog of undone servicing, there are loose roll pins that need replacing too, going one size up.
 
kb58 said:
The metal can first be annealed by marking with a black Sharpie pen, then heated with a torch until the marks are gone. It's now safe to bend, but that's because the metal is now dead soft, rendering it no good if it has to bear a load. So yeah, ordering a replacement or making a new part is most efficient.
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KB58 nailed it. Magic marker trick is what to use. If I do heavy aluminum, I mark the opposite side of what I am heating until the marker disappears.
 
savarin said:
Found a broken treadmill today outside the lifeline store.
I asked if there was anything wrong with it and the clerk said "must be something but I dont know what which is why its left out there"
I asked if I could buy it or take it away.
He said no, I'm not allowed to let you have it or sell it in case you injure yourself.
Crazy.
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Go back at night and get it ;)
 
That was his other answer, If your not worried about the police just load it up when I'm closed.
I always seems strange to me you can get arrested for taking rubbish.
 
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