Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for bending sheet-iron stove-pipe in the operation of making elbows.
- noun A flexible mandrel formed of a strong, closely wound steel helix, which is inserted in a soft metal pipe in order that it may be bent without distortion.
- noun A machine for bending brass, copper, or iron pipe for cooling-coils or radiators.
- noun A concave anvil or block on which sheet-metal is curved to form a pipe.
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Examples
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Brady spent more than a week and $400 worth of materials to build the pipe-bender, which heats metals to high temperatures to make them pliable.
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- When Calallen High School junior Brady Newcomb, 17, saw a family friend's hydraulic pipe-bender machine, he saw how handy it could be in all kinds of shop projects.
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Giuffre grabbed a pipe-bender out of his garage, broke a window and crawled into the burning house to rescue Hilario.
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