Don't want to pay for a CNC bender?

[BAILEIGH INC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fprXfEp_LY


We now have a solution

[claytonisbob]

holy crap.

I'd have to say those guys probably have a bit of practice. I guess that bender would work if you needed to make a whole bunch of the same tube.

[John Wright]

..quality around every bend.....(neat slogan)

[BAILEIGH INC]

Good reason to stay in school. Show your kids this movie.

[mc84_zz4]

I thought that was a circus act for a moment....
Remimds me of a joke: ...and shove a broom up my xxx and I'll sweep the floors at the same time.... lol

[724tim]

9fprXfEp_LY

[Joey_H]

Pretty cool! But for some reason I think of that "I Love Lucy" episode where she was working at a candy production line.

[Kenova]

Imagine having to do that for eight hours a day, five days a week untill you have enough seniority to get on a bender with two less levers.
Welcome to the world of production/assembly lines.

Ken

[The WidowMaker]

thats pretty sick. i never would have imagined all of that actually working that well.

[sunkistcamaro]

Holy Crap!
That must have been one hell of a challenge setting up that jig.

[Scott Parkhurst]

Let's see 'em make headers...

[Samckitt]

WOW, like a rubik's cube on steroids.

[novaderrik]

it looks complicated to someone just watching the video, but i'm sure that it becomes intuitive after a few parts. each bend can only be made after the bends that come before it and pushes the tube into the next set of mandrels, so it would probably be almost impossible to do it wrong..

i've seen videos of cnc controlled benders that spit the tube out between a set of jaws that can do each bend as the tube gets pushed out thru the jaws without spinning the tube. they can do anything from brake lines to exhaust tubing on those machines.