bending steel conduit!! what tool..!!

[DurhamSparky]

guys what tool / make do you use when bending conduit!

ideally any links would be mint as i seen a few but seen as i never bent any (apart from plastic) im looking to invest!!


steve!!

 

[Amp David]

The best ones around are the Hilmor/Irwin ones.

Heres a link Hilmor 090700B EL25 Portable Electricians Stand Bender 20mm-25mm (EL-25)

Don't know if this is the cheapest one.

 

[Davey101]

Does anyone else even make benders?
Apart from the big blue ones, I've only ever seen the yellow Hilmor's on site.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Bend it over yer knee yer big girls blouse...32mm is a bit of a struggle though....revert to an apprentices neck for 25mm and above.

 

[pennywise]

Record Power which is a direct copy of the Hilmor and it cheaper.

Record Power Woodworking Machines and Accessories including Woodturning, Grinding, Bandsaw, Dust Extraction, Routing, Drilling and Mortice machinery.

benditnow, conduit and copper pipe bending machine specialists - CONDUIT BENDING

 

[cside]

Bend it over yer knee yer big girls blouse...32mm is a bit of a struggle though....revert to an apprentices neck for 25mm and above.

ive never had the pleasure of bennding 32mm, would sort the men from the boys though

 

[scotsparky]

Biggest i have wrestled with is 50mm but pnumatic benders and electric threaders though

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Did do some 32mm once by hand....we had to borrow the formers as we only had 20/25's.....yes it was...er ....not easy.

 

[ghost]

The hilmor ones are a good bit of kit.
I picked a Conduit bender up at Sedgefield booty last year for 30 quid, bit of a bargain. Has all the formers and stop. How much pipe have you to do?

 

[DurhamSparky]

got two jobs!! with 5 bends in total!! im a cheapskate and dont want to buy one if i dont need to, plus i cant be bothered to thread the ends or i would use corners

steve


you interested in lending me it

 

[pennywise]

The hilmor ones are a good bit of kit.
I picked a Conduit bender up at Sedgefield booty last year for 30 quid, bit of a bargain. Has all the formers and stop. How much pipe have you to do?

Wonder which site that came from

 

[markysparky]

How about a bending block?!?!?!

A bit of 4x2 about waist height in length with a 22mm hole drilled in it at a slight angle and the rest of it is about levers.

Thats how I was first trained!!

Brilliant

 

[DurhamSparky]

cant be bothered with making some thing i can pinch or borrow!!

 

[ghost]

Wonder which site that came from

I asked no questions. The fact it was all there made me think it wasn't hot, in bloody good nick too.
It's in my possession now!

got two jobs!! with 5 bends in total!! im a cheapskate and dont want to buy one if i dont need to, plus i cant be bothered to thread the ends or i would use corners

steve


you interested in lending me it

LOL.
Yeah, no bother, I can give you a crash course in conduit bending. Piece of cake once you get the hang of it. Where's the jobs at?

 

[DurhamSparky]

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