Quote Originally Posted by typhoon_driver View Post
In terms of bend, you should be able to bend 1.2mm by hand. I bent 2mm grade 2 using a vice and a hammer for hornet 2. I had a fairly sharp right angle at the rear of the plate. Grade 5 can fail in a brittle fashion when bent whereas grade 2 is more ductile and will take a bend better.
Binky and Conker 2 are Grade 2 so we can bend them back into shape if we have to. There are people and places we know of that might have an argon tank so its possible but I am now leaning towards just getting it welded.