NEW MEMBER: advice on wire forming

**JAZZCNC** · 20-09-2016

Not sure what your asking here.?

Are you asking the part is suitable for CNC manufacture.? if so Then Yes very much so.

Or are you asking is it possible to make CNC wire bender to make this part.? . . Again answer is yes but quite complex to achieve and not something I'd recommend taking on for someone with no experience.
I've never made one but can 100% say that with all my experience of CNC I'd have to sit down think long and hard on how to achive this. It's not just or really the mechanical design either.? It's software side and how to program the bending that will thrash the brain.!!

So which or what is it your asking.?

Here's good example of Diy CNC bender but look at the complexity and what happening.!!

**Clive S** · 20-09-2016

I find them fascinating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2xuLz6XObA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoSDiiZx6U

**A_yates** · 20-09-2016

Thanks for your replies guys, I could watch those videos all day!

For clarity, yes i was planning on outsourcing them, as there's no way i'd be able to manufacture them myself...

I was really wondering whether the general shape might be unachievable using CNC manufacture, for which the answer seems to be yes. It would seem those machines can do almost anything, but having said that i haven't seen anything that doubles back on itself fully like my "wire 1" part.

Do you guys have any guesses at what i'd be looking at cost wise if i outsourced this to a wire bending specialist?