CNC Bender Ties Knots in Iron Pipe

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This Nissin 3D bender is kind of like a PlayDoh Fun Factory, except it squirts out 1.25″ steel pipe instead of soft non-toxic-but-funny-tasting dough. Looks like most of the magic is in the bending-die head. [via Boing Boing]

13 thoughts on “CNC Bender Ties Knots in Iron Pipe

  1. fboness says:

    This machine is bending steel tube. I did a lot of that in a previous life with much simpler tools. Short rule of thumb, if it bends then it’s tube. If it doesn’t bend then it’s pipe.

    1. Kieran Taylor says:

      A pipe and a tube are generally the same thing, for the exact differences in their definitions check out the second paragraph in this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_(fluid_conveyance)

      I think you may be confusing pipe for pole, which is a solid cylindrical object.

  2. Christian Brink says:

    And then it stole my wallet!

  3. JayDub says:

    I can’t see the knot I was promised.

  4. JayDub says:

    I can’t see the knot I was promised.

  5. Anonymous says:

    Looks like Superman may have a bit of competition.

  6. Thomas Reese says:

    Am I the only one thinking that this may be Bender’s grandfather?

  7. Thomas Reese says:

    Am I the only one thinking that this may be Bender’s grandfather?

  8. Thomas Reese says:

    Am I the only one thinking that this may be Bender’s grandfather?

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  11. Gordon McLellan says:

    Neat… faster than the pipe bender at my muffler shop I guess.  Unless that dude has huge hands, that pipe looks a lot smaller than 1.25″

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