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[f569]

OK what does it do?

It's a press brake. Currently it is shown in the down (closed) position.
We use them to bend metal but depending on what tooling is installed they can punch and form metal as well.
This one will bend 1/4" plate up to 8' long.

 

[f569]

The green Piranha was the first one I purchased in 2000 when I started the company. 10 foot bed, 100 tons of force. The Strippit on the flatbed (10 foot, 90 ton) was one I picked up from a gentleman in Auburn NY a few years ago, he was retiring and glad to see his "babies" going to a good home. There is a 12 ft shear capable of cutting 1/4" plate hiding under the tarp just in front of the brake on the trailer.

 

[f569]

Yelow/brown Strippit in the 3rd pic is a 30 station, 30 ton cnc punch press.
Basically a punch press version of a six shooter revolver.

 

[Islandkent]

That's what the young fella does where he works. Runs the Allsteel press brake for doing trim on steel clad buildings. And anything else they need bent.

 

[65Bel]

Shadow sculpture art by Tim Noble and Sue Webster . . .

 

[65Bel]

The rarely seen Rainbow Snake is nonvenomous and harmless to humans . . .

 

[65Bel]

Military bicycle with spring wheels, from the 1900's . . .

 

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[Photon440]

The first image ever sent from another planet, from the Soviet Venera 9 Lander on Venus in 1975. They had earlier successful landings but this was the first photo.
With a planned life on the surface of only 30 minutes, the craft managed to survive the 90 atmosphere pressure and 457 degrees Celsius heat for 53 minutes before failing.

In 1982 their Venera 13 captured the first color picture of Venus, showing its yellow atmosphere.. This one lasted 127 minutes before being destroyed, the longest lived of the 9 different Soviet craft that actually landed on the surface (as opposed to burning up on entry or crashing due to parachute failure). These are the only successful missions to land on that planet, the last being in 1984.

 

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https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/agnyzXq_460svvp9.webm

 

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