OH, I see the problem now. This... person, is overwriting the vanilla function that creates the pipes for entities and reroutes them to his own directory, which doesn't contain the proper files for all entities that use pipe covers.
This problem is most definitely on their end, not mine. I need that vanilla function so I can properly copy machines, there's no way for me to fix it on my end if he is overwriting the function before I can use it. If mini machines hasn't worked for you in a while, then it must be because of this other mod screwing things up.
I suggest reporting the issue to them, telling them to rename this pipecoverspictures function, or (what I recommend, because that mod author doesn't seem to be very active) just using bobs mods instead. If you don't want the recipe overhaul that comes with bobs mods, then just use bobmining. The recipe overhauls are optional references, not required to use the higher tiers of mining drills, assembling machines, etc that come from his other mods.