tutorial, making an exhaust hangar bracket from scratch

RedFish said

The problem with this tutorial is your having a sample to work from where others do not. If you really want to help me and others.. hammer the OEM bracket out to flat. trace it on paper, add all dimensions. Then anyone can copy it to 16 gauge ( OEM might be 11 gauge ) sheet metal, bend it up and be done. No welding. No possible cracked welds.

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The reason it cant just be bent up, and yes i do have access to a metal brake is the bend on the face side where the clip nut holes are. If it was just a U channel with tabs off of it for the mounting holes then yes you can hammer it flat and make it out of one piece.

Take a look at the pix again you will see what i am talking about. I have done sheetmetal fabrication on aircraft for 19 years,, and i can tell you, there is no way to put this type of a compound bend in this part with a metal brake. The only way to duplicate the compound bent is with a hydraulic press as the factory has done, or make it out of multiple pieces and weld it together.