Looking for a tube bender with super natural capabilities? Introducing the Nissin... No really, check it out in action...
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Looking for a tube bender with super natural capabilities? Introducing the Nissin... No really, check it out in action...
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grizzlyToolz
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Who can afford that? It is a sweet bender though.
NASTYZEN
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Wo! I want one!
Shipfittin
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I don't know but if I win the lottery I might have to get one.
Frank The Plumber
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Sort of reminds me of a gal I dated. Ow.
Very cool thing though. Ow.
Very cool thing though. Ow.
Outlawmws
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That is nearly as cool as the part printer in the other thread!
Vernmotor
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Thats insane ! way cool ! I want one LOL
six-T-seven
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It's CNC controlled, so it will need to be programmed.
Absolutely at some level, I guess I'm more thinking about how, like the software and the methodologies... I would definitely love to see how that part of it is done.
Doing a Google search of "nissin tube bender" yields the Popular Science article Mesmerizing Tube Bender Looks Like It's Pooping Steel. Sounds like some top-notch journalism.
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six-T-seven
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Most specialized CNC machine tools such as this use proprietary software where the engineer/designer/programmer either draws the finished part or imports 3D models into the software and it then generates the code.
Very much like CAM side of CAD/CAM software generates G-code/M-code programs for chip-making equipment (lathe, mill, etc).
I will be at FabTech in Chicago in November and will give you guys a report back on this equipment as they are sure to be there.
Very much like CAM side of CAD/CAM software generates G-code/M-code programs for chip-making equipment (lathe, mill, etc).
I will be at FabTech in Chicago in November and will give you guys a report back on this equipment as they are sure to be there.
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I guess it would make more sense if I prefaced that by saying, in order to pay the bills, I work for an aerospace company where I program CNC lathes and mills using CATIA, Esprit and G-Zero, CMMs (fancy measuring machines) with PC-DMIS, and develop front-ends for all of these applications using Visual Basic for automation purposes. Not bitching or arguing, as there's no way you would have known any of that...
In any case, I think it's better that I just be quiet.
In any case, I think it's better that I just be quiet.
POS Racing
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Yep the Machine is made in Japan - http://www.nissin-precision.com/index.html
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Carl B
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Limited to 1.25" dia. - - - - so no automotive use. I wounder what you would need it for?
Why not automotive? Maybe not for exhaust, but maybe fluid lines for ******, p/s, etc? I assume it can do many sizes up to the max.
slip knot
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1.25" wouldnt do header tubes? looks pretty cool to me!!
Omphaloskeptic
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We used similar for hydraulic line manufacture at Boeing. Machine computer was fed CATIA, NCAD, and other 3D sources to produce critical dimensioned tubes.
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Good stuff. I too programmed for about 10 years but now sell CNC equipment for a living.
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Holy ****, the bike stuff I could make with that. I might have to give Sharpe a call -- I've already got some projects in-mind that could be pretty amazing.
Our Nissin 3D tube bender offers extradoridnary advantages over convetional tube bending machines. Yes, it is a CNC programmed bender that needs perameters programmed into it in order to make the bent parts correctly. Our machine is set up to bend tubing up to 1-1/4", but there are other Nissin benders that can bend larger O.D. We are just not set-up for that at this time though. We manufacture parts with this machine for various OEMs such as the medical, handrailing, and retail industries. Click on the link below for more info 
http://www.sharpeproducts.com/capabilities_services.html
-Sharpebending
http://www.sharpeproducts.com/capabilities_services.html
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maxwedge
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It's funny how perspectives vary. In a previous life, I spent several years programing and tweaking tubing benders for TI automotive, a supplier of (among other things) brake lines, fuel lines, transmission lines, etc., for several different automotive manufacturers. At this point, I really don't think there is a subject that's any less interesting for me than the programing of tubing benders. Sheer boredom, unless you like typing numbers and measuring things all day...every day. Honestly I hate the damn things so much that I would rather bend tubing by hand for the rest of my life, than ever see another one, LOL
hilld
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That video gave me a woody.
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uhhhh. OK.
qubit
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Some 'how it works' info...
Skaal-tel 79
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Very cool piece of machinery. Would have been nice to have something like that when I was making the coils in my brake line.
That's one of those miracle tools that you dream about when you're under the engine up to your armpits in grease bending tube around headers.
That's one of those miracle tools that you dream about when you're under the engine up to your armpits in grease bending tube around headers.