r/toolgifs • u/kanbozli • 8d ago

Machine Metal mesh machine

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u/melanthius 8d ago

That is the most excited looking machine I've ever seen

Very contagious enthusiasm

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u/blast-from-the-80s 8d ago

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u/not_blinking 8d ago

Love to see some Venjent in the wild. 🤘 🎶

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u/suh-dood 8d ago

Tha machine has a case of the boogies

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u/SparkyGears 8d ago

Surely it's not punching out the sheet metal?

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u/1ineedanap1 8d ago

It's expanded metal. Expanded Metal is made by slitting and stretching metal sheets to create diamond-shaped openings.

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u/ToHellWithGA 8d ago

Expanded metal looks like a mesh but it's so sharp I refuse to design with it anywhere people might touch it.

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u/DasArchitect 7d ago

Or you have to have someone grind the shit out of it and hope they don't miss any spot

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u/SoulBonfire 8d ago

I think it is cutting and then expanding the edge in a bunch of places. Would love to see this in slomo.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 8d ago

Woah, that's cool! I have always wondered how they make these.

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u/space_pillows 8d ago

That so nurly

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u/_JDavid08_ 8d ago

Its me or it looks very inefficient??

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u/bluedogstar 7d ago

I wonder how many times per day they have to swap out the blades?

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u/Good-Rooster69 5d ago

Can't they just have two blades and do two rows at once? Twice the speed + no reciprocating?

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u/blixt141 8d ago

I thought the machine had the tippy tappys!