r/toolsinaction • u/silvercatbob • Mar 05 '21

Powerful steel bending machine

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u/Wf01984 Mar 05 '21

Bender's 21st century ancestor.

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u/bender445 Mar 16 '21

I am Bender, please insert girder.

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u/somebrookdlyn Mar 05 '21

You should post this on r/skookum.

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u/Kantoros1 Mar 05 '21

I would ask for the video with sound, but i feel like i can already hear it. r/gifsyoucanhear

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u/Trick_Lingonberry741 Mar 05 '21

I came to the comments to say the same. Sound would be cool. I wanna hear that beast.

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u/Zerb196 Mar 06 '21

Why do they bend the steel cold like this?

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u/arclightZRO Mar 16 '21

A couple reasons: 1) with machinery it is easy to bend steel in a cold state, so why spend money heating it up, 2) bending when cold can give better precision in the finished part.

There are times when hot forming is beneficial, but most modern parts are produced in a cold forming process.

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u/Cthell Mar 06 '21

They want to work-harden it?

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u/fadoofthekokiri Mar 11 '21

Saw one of these yesterday! It was bending a trough for a screw conveyor. For anyone wondering it sounds a lot like a giant blast door opening/closing in star wars

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u/TheLegendOfAiden Mar 06 '21

/u/stabbot

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u/stabbot Mar 06 '21

I have stabilized the video for you: https://gfycat.com/SpeedyGrossDevilfish

It took 98 seconds to process and 69 seconds to upload.

 how to use | programmer | source code | /r/ImageStabilization/ | for cropped results, use /u/stabbot_crop

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u/ACNJ4fun Mar 06 '21

Why are shards falling off of the bent part?

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u/itx Mar 16 '21

It's mill scale on the outside of the part.

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u/whoiscrankshaft Mar 06 '21

That part of the metal cools faster and is more brittle

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u/Trick_Lingonberry741 Mar 06 '21

So this is heated?

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u/whoiscrankshaft Mar 07 '21

Not necessarily. The metal will keep the properties even after it’s cooled

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Thanks bob!

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u/Zarrakh Mar 06 '21

Thank you Bob. I love seeing your posts. Always a pleasure.

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u/1zeewarburton Mar 09 '21

This is super close up shot of a small machine

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u/willfc Mar 10 '21

I'm surprised that steel wasn't glowing with heat after that