Bending 90 in 20mm or25mm conduit

[shanky887614]

If your a weed like me try and nick a 4ft scaff tube from somewhere and use it as extension bar on the handle, stops you from just doing press ups on the bar :joker:

there was a guy at college he tried to bend a bit off tube but it kept lifting him of floor

he needed to jump up then hang onto it to move it

 

[GLENNSPARK]

If your a weed like me try and nick a 4ft scaff tube from somewhere and use it as extension bar on the handle, stops you from just doing press ups on the bar :joker:

i just drag that bar over me....no probs...lol..

 

[Stroppy]

there was a guy at college he tried to bend a bit off tube but it kept lifting him of floor

he needed to jump up then hang onto it to move it

You've seen me at college then!

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Hahaha happened to me so much when I first had a go on 25mm! I've been doing me push ups since and now don't struggle so much...............honest!

 

[somersetsparks]

Hahaha happened to me so much when I first had a go on 25mm! I've been doing me push ups since and now don't struggle so much...............honest!

Well you better start the chin-ups as well if you want bend 32mm lol

 

[shanky887614]

Well you better start the chin-ups as well if you want bend 32mm lol

i had to bend heavy guage steel (plumbers crap) at college.

now that was hard work compared to conduit

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Well you better start the chin-ups as well if you want bend 32mm lol

Pahaha I can't wait for the day I get to use that! Bet I'll have an audience waiting to wet themselves watching me struggle!

 

[itselectric]

You have to remember to put the conduit in the bender the right way (ie the bend would be wrong if your measurment was from the wrong direction). You measure to back of bend and put the measured end in from opposite side of bending handle. Take a set square and hold the pipe in place possibly using the handle to keep it in place put the square on the pipe with the edge on the measured mark. put the pipe with the set square to the" former" face, bend conduit and it should be" right on".
this sounded right when I typed it so hope it comes over right.

As a foot note I worked with a sparky years ago who could take a full length of conduit and bend it into the shape of a toboggon with a running thread on one end and was able to get it so right that he could couple both ends together. I had one try and failed lol.

 

[shanky887614]

You have to remember to put the conduit in the bender the right way (ie the bend would be wrong if your measurment was from the wrong direction). You measure to back of bend and put the measured end in from opposite side of bending handle. Take a set square and hold the pipe in place possibly using the handle to keep it in place put the square on the pipe with the edge on the measured mark. put the pipe with the set square to the" former" face, bend conduit and it should be" right on".
this sounded right when I typed it so hope it comes over right.

As a foot note I worked with a sparky years ago who could take a full length of conduit and bend it into the shape of a toboggon with a running thread on one end and was able to get it so right that he could couple both ends together. I had one try and failed lol.

it threw me at college at first because i had one day using this



then next using proper bender


surely you guys measure it with piece of tube and set square if you are unsure on the bender?

here is a download link to a pdf with it in and other info ive just found on google

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecollege.ie%2Fsite%2Fliu%2Felectrical_notes%2FLL231.pdf&ei=h-V6Uc5niaXTBcqYgJAI&usg=AFQjCNECCMZatWcAP98fL8TsgB83VGixQg&bvm=bv.45645796,d.d2k&cad=rja

 

[i=p/u]

Can only be 50mm wrong hahahsjakaja

 

[i=p/u]

So if I'm bending up I use the edge of former but 50mm back I.e say 1M to back of bend I actually mark it at 950mm

 

[44ALLAN]

That looks nowt like my SWA bender !!

 

[shanky887614]

That looks nowt like my SWA bender !!

thats cause its for copper

 

[44ALLAN]

thats cause its for copper

A copper bender........................you said it not me

 

[GLENNSPARK]

A copper bender........................you said it not me

now now...

we`ll have less of that saturday night fancy dress in here if you please sir...