1/2 right Westie!
If you undo it the screw comes out of the anvil the anvil doesn't raise up with it.
Yep its Aloe Vera we use it quite a lot but you're supposed to be looking at the Hilmor
Yeh in fact this one did, thats it at the bottom with the 25mm former.
, and instead of bending they used 90 degree bends to screw into, no wonder they could not get the wires through.If you undo it the screw comes out of the anvil the anvil doesn't raise up with it.
Yep its Aloe Vera we use it quite a lot but you're supposed to be looking at the Hilmor
Yeh in fact this one did, thats it at the bottom with the 25mm former.
Good point about less damage @westward10 I haven't yet made any marks with my other hilmor which has a brand new vise, but then I don't tighten up past what is necassary.
I was doing an installation recently involving galv, and had a wry smile at some other units doing the same. They had to tell the client they would have to use plastic conduit as they can't get the wires through
Get a new one on ebay or summat as the former is really the key element if forming a good bend.
Yeh apparently the guy had umpteen calls about it after I called. I thought on the way there mmm old guy retiring maybe he does not know what its worth and my conscience was going to offer him more like what it is worth. Then when I saw the house he lived in I thought okay £20 it is then. He just wanted to get rid and clearly knew the worth and was in no way short of money.
It was a steal trust me.
I know the first one, reconditioned was £245 delivered
Think I just learnt something - it happens occasionallyI was doing an installation recently involving galv, and had a wry smile at some other units doing the same. They had to tell the client they would have to use plastic conduit as they can't get the wires through
All bends, very rarely a jointed bend. It is very difficult to get cables around a jointed bend. The pic is 20mm conduit and the most interesting challenges with bends is screwing them into the joint boxes as you have a massive crank handle so to speak, so how do you wind the thread as you need plenty of space to do it? So that is why people use jointed bends and of course it is easier to measure and get right as opposed to making a bend fit to two different points. I use a piece of crate packing tie, you know those bands made of some kind of nylon? Just use a long one. Very good at snaking around the bridge even in the picture. And of course you really have to consult your conduit/cables tables to make sure before you start you have the right amount of cables allowable and doable!
Because they are cast corners the quality means there are loads of bits that obstruct the cable going around. When you remove the inspection plate there is not a corresponding hole it is filled in with badly cast metal, you could not even get anything in there to get hold of a cable on the short bends anyway, the sweeping bends are better.
we wont go there then eh?
