Grovel time (Fife Electricians)

[Dave Appleby]

Morning all.

Does anyone in Fife have a tube bender and die cutter I can hire from them for 2 weeks in December?

Just seen the prices to buy and had to take blood pressure medication early ??

Ta

 

[7029 dave]

Have you looked into hiring one.? here we go fifty words again.

 

[Dave Appleby]

I have looked at hiring.

Roughly £150 per week for a bender and die kit. So. Approximately £75 more to buy one.

Just thinking to bung some drinking vouchers to a fellow sparks...,

Probably going down the buy route, you never know!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Keep an eye on Ebay , plenty olf Hilmor benders pop up for sale there

 

[Dave Appleby]

Thanks.
Oh. Minimum character problems, stuck for words?

 

[Julie.]

I am not in Fife, but near bathgate, I have a Hilmor you may borrow, a couple of die stocks, guides and dies for 20mm 25mm, 3/4" and 1".

 

[littlespark]

I am not in Fife, but near bathgate, I have a Hilmor you may borrow, a couple of die stocks, guides and dies for 20mm 25mm, 3/4" and 1".

You’re sending your own equipment into Fife??? You’ll never see it again.

Or so someone from Dundee once told me

 

[nicebutdim]

Keep an eye on Ebay , plenty olf Hilmor benders pop up for sale there

Seen a brand new EL32 on there a couple of days back for £250 or best offer, with 20, 25 & 32mm formers. Would have been sending a courier, but they're just about on the 30Kg limit for NI that most apply.

Edit: Here it is

Hilmour/Irwin Pipe Tube Conduit Bender with Vice EL32 | eBay

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[pc1966]

A conduit bender and clamp are on my wish list, but have practically zero need for one. Just would be nice to be able to do conduit if the situation occurred.

I have other things on my wish-list, but this is not the forum for discussing those...

 

[Dustydazzler]

Very very rarely do I get asked to install galv conduit these days , same with pyro , I don't carry any of the tools as standard so would need to make a special trip to my dads house to borrow his.

if I can get away with using swa or pvc conduit instead of galv I will do my best to avoid galv as above it would mean a special trip to borrow all the gear

 

[stevethesparks]

The satisfaction of installing your pre formed galv tube into the saddles - Once upon a time I done almost nothing but steel conduit, Trunking, and Pyro.
Now retired, just gave away a pipe vice/bender with stocks and dyes to a mate. It wasn't a Hilmor though, I think it used to belong to the Russian weight lifting team.

 

[Dave Appleby]

I have other things on my wish-list, but this is not the forum for discussing those...

Please tell me it's not the bucket of soapy frogs AGAIN!

 

[Dave Appleby]

I am not in Fife, but near bathgate, I have a Hilmor you may borrow, a couple of die stocks, guides and dies for 20mm 25mm, 3/4" and 1".

Thanks.

The buy/borrow decision is still to be made, but nice knowing I have the option.

 

[Julie.]

Thanks.

The buy/borrow decision is still to be made, but nice knowing I have the option.

No problem, I am away diving Mull this weekend but will be back Monday.

 

[Dave OCD]

Just as well there wasn't a typo on that post where l got mixed up with f. ??