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JeffDM

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The video and photo were by a Wisconsin company that wants to sell you custom made tubing. It doesn't look like they're trying to sell the bender.
 
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Watching that video makes me curious... Do you need a CNC programmer for it?

In any case, that thing is sweet, and I want one!
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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Carl B said:
Limited to 1.25" dia. - - - - so no automotive use. I wounder what you would need it for?
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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.
 
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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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ewe0006 said:
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.
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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.
 
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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
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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