Conduit Bender

[RDB85]

Did you have any luck @RDB85 ?

Nope, no luck unfortunately.

 

[RDB85]

Anyone used one of these? I’ve seen this on eBay. I’m not sure if they are any good? It seems a good price too as brand new they are quite expensive.

 

[Lister1987]

Anyone used one of these? I’ve seen this on eBay. I’m not sure if they are any good? It seems a good price too as brand new they are quite expensive.

Designed for copper pipe, very doubtful it'll take steel very well, Klien do a tool that is basically the former on a pole and you force thr bend in, may work with our steel conduit but will require more work as our conduit is thicker than EMT

 

[telectrix]

bargain here. just needs a scrub down and a coat of paint.

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bargain here. just needs a scrub down and a coat of paint.

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Bit of a trek though, 6 odd hour round trip and that's provided you don't get caught in traffic with people glued to the road

 

[telectrix]

Bit of a trek though, 6 odd hour round trip and that's provided you don't get caught in traffic with people glued to the road

surely you could arrange for courier pick up.

 

[nicebutdim]

surely you could arrange for courier pick up.

Depends on who's selling it. Some people are happy with that sort of arrangement and some don't want to know. Unlike deliveries, no courier will give anything more specific than a day for collection. It means someone being available until whatever time they turn up to collect - that's if they turn up when booked.

 

[Lister1987]

Depends on who's selling it. Some people are happy with that sort of arrangement and some don't want to know. Unlike deliveries, no courier will give anything more specific than a day for collection. It means someone being available until whatever time they turn up to collect - that's if they turn up when booked.

I got lucky with mine as they were fine with it, so long as I did thr legwork arranging it ?

 

[Lister1987]

Ultimate goal is to replicate this

 

[Vortigern]

I have arranged courier pick up a few times with conduit benders, cheap as it goes and no problem if the seller can be in which has been ok most times. About £30. They just need to strap it together with cable ties basically so nothing moves and the address attached with a label has been done and worked fine.

 

[Lister1987]

I have arranged courier pick up a few times with conduit benders, cheap as it goes and no problem if the seller can be in which has been ok most times. About £30. They just need to strap it together with cable ties basically so nothing moves and the address attached with a label has been done and worked fine.

To Be fair most will have a lockable transport position, I didn't know about it until I saw it but not a bad shout on the zipties ? Reminds me I need some R clips

 

[Lister1987]

An aside; You're welcome to borrow mine if youre wanting to practice @RDB85 , Drop us a line and I'm sure we can work something.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Bender...

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Not mine but looks a nice one

 

[daviddarwin]

IDEAL Electrical is best bender I’ve used to date. Good weight and nice balance. Despite this bender’s higher price, I would still recommend it if you’re looking for something that will last you through many years and projects. If you’re someone who values reliability, then I suggest that you go for this bender.

 

[Julie.]

IDEAL Electrical is best bender I’ve used to date. Good weight and nice balance. Despite this bender’s higher price, I would still recommend it if you’re looking for something that will last you through many years and projects. If you’re someone who values reliability, then I suggest that you go for this bender.

You mean the USA style hand bender (half moon former on the end of a tube), if so that's really only suitable for emt , for normal thickness conduit it really isn't strong enough, they quite quickly fail/bend along the tube.

Also it doesn't give proper bends, as there is no guide/control on the end of the conduit, hence holding the conduit far enough away to get the leverage results in an arc in the conduit immediately after the bend.

They can get away with this in the USA as their conduit is just thin emt, so sufficiently week that it doesn't deform.