Conduit Threader for drill

[brizospark]

In the wholesalers today the manager said he had seen an attachment for a battery drill that will thread 20 / 25mm steel conduit

Has anyone seen these or know where to get hold of one?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Must be a big battery drill then as once taps/dies start to "bite".....hell of a lot of torque to run em.........

 

[Rockingit]

That sounds like a dangerous recipe for an otherwise simple task to go very wrong!

 

[telectrix]

can you get a battery drill that goes half a turn clockwise, then half a turn anti-clockwise and so on?

 

[stuart569]

Electric conduit threaders are magic but as has been said there is a fair torque in them.Worse if the threader isn't sharp

 

[alarm man]

bending and threading conduit will save you a fortune in gym membership,its a sport in itself..:icon10:

 

[brizospark]

can you get a battery drill that goes half a turn clockwise, then half a turn anti-clockwise and so on?

Most battery drills do have a switch on them that reverses the direction

 

[vernam616]

Could just buy one of these
UNIPOWER 20/25MM ELECTRICAL CONDUIT THREADER 110 VOLT on eBay!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Die stocks!...with a bit of effort behind em..and theres tecknique of course..as above half a turn on then half a turn off to break the cutting.......and a good cutting paste/fat helps....

 

[alarm man]

.......and a good cutting paste/fat helps....

i may be slightly overweight,cheeky basser...:shocked3:

 

[telectrix]

Most battery drills do have a switch on them that reverses the direction

i know,but you need an auto reverse forwards/back/fowward/back. ....... can't beat a stock and die. not like you're threading 2 ft. of it.

 

[alarm man]

laziness,same as those electric screwdrivers and screw bits for drills,use ya bloody hands..

 

[Knobhead]

How much conduit work are you doing? Sounds like idleness to me.

 

[alarm man]

they seem a bit dangerous to me,as most know sometimes dies can stick and bite on the pipe,these things could could snap your arms if they stick.

 

[vernam616]

Would save some considerable time if something like that was introduced, to be fair though it takes a couple of minutes to put a thread onto a bit of galv, also gives you a bit of a workout