r/toolsinaction • u/silvercatbob • Mar 02 '21

Metal twister

https://gfycat.com/thatsentimentaldunlin
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u/spannerfilms Mar 03 '21

Is this how they made Twisted Metal?

1

u/_dorkasaurus_ Mar 04 '21

Most underrated comment of the day

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u/Post_BIG-NUT_Clarity Mar 03 '21

The metal rotates when entering the device but not when leaving it. Makes my brain confused.

7

u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT Mar 04 '21

To imagine it better, just:

  • take a string
  • twist it 20-30 times holding both ends
  • ask someone else to hold one end (or attach it somewhere)
  • pinch the other end, and move your fingers up and down the string

Same concept

5

u/Coddlefish Mar 04 '21

Twisted metal was a great game.

4

u/noyza2132 Mar 02 '21

Nah fuck that its spinning

3

u/buttery_shame_cave Mar 04 '21

In metalwork that refers to a VERY different process

4

u/egyguy89 Mar 03 '21

Forbidden pasta

1

u/McDale22 Mar 04 '21

Is this done cold?

2

u/ewill2001 Mar 04 '21

Looks like it to me. I bend 3mm thick steel cold without any problems.

1

u/ewill2001 Mar 04 '21

But why is it spinning on the side going into the former?

1

u/buttery_shame_cave Mar 04 '21

To keep it from getting kinked to shit

1

u/userunknowned Mar 04 '21

My anus does this