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Adventures in Laser Kerf Bending…Steel

The combination of a laser and a CNC lathe yields some wicked results

By Rain Noe - June 12, 2015

in Digital Fabrication

Judging by the traffic it looks like you, our readership, like reading about bending wood. Whether it's the plastic bag method, the hot-pipe method or the laser method.

Speaking of that last one, an Italian company is using a laser to create bends not for wood, but square stock metal tubing. Check out the flyness created by Taglio Laser:

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While they're targeting customers who want to built chassises and structures, I want to see furniture and experimental bike frames made this way. Do you think there are any production efficiencies to be gained by making the cuts, leaving the stock straight, and shipping it to a far-off welding and assembly facility closer to the end user market?

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adam tripp

9 years ago

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Saw this new french company at a show in at a show in Belgium.. no website other than their Facebook page...https://www.facebook.com/HandBendFurniture

Definitely focused on using the aesthetic outcome of the process for stools, tables, chairs etc..

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Rodrigo Lauret

9 years ago

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Looks clean and nice. I think that would work great for not-so-structural-requirements and the shipping advantage takes the major credit. Loved it!

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Jason Moore

9 years ago

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There would be some efficiencies in shipping to a destination for welding, but depending on the joint needed, you may not have to weld. It could be a "locking joint". Check out a technology from Industrial Origami with sheet metal. I have worked with them in the past. Both technologies could contribute to a KD philosophy for metal.

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