Online conduit tutorials

[7029 dave]

Perhaps it's an age/training thing, but the moment I see conduit being cut with a grinder....

The video gets stopped, or I walk away shaking my head from side to side vowing to get a professional company in on the next job...

Yep, how long does it take to cut conduit with a hacksaw seconds too, the new breed are just lazy.
Steel Gas pipe different story, much thinker so grinder fair enough.

 

[7029 dave]

Hope the client is prepared for a grave yard full of scrap metal conduit.
IMO this skill has to be taught, one to one, remember some guy telling me on here its only labourers work anyway.
The only tip I can give is when pulling sets leave plenty of length on the tube then cut to required measurement until gained confidence and mastered, I know it might be a bit wasteful on the tube, but better than having a complete wasted length.

 

[Zerax]

all you need is a bundle of conduit, bender, hacksaw, stock and dies.

No lube ??

 

[i=p/u]

Not easy when learning, and going onto job and lots of metal containment, pressures on to hide malfunction of the rookie

 

[Rockingit]

Hope the client is prepared for a grave yard full of scrap metal conduit.
IMO this skill has to be taught, one to one, remember some guy telling me on here its only labourers work anyway.
The only tip I can give is when pulling sets leave plenty of length on the tube then cut to required measurement until gained confidence and mastered, I know it might be a bit wasteful on the tube, but better than having a complete wasted length.

He's the engineering type anyway - made a tonne of money with oil drilling in places foreign, now in retirement with a large workshop.... etc.

 

[ipf]

We did, much of the 50's wiring was done with very thin walled tube welded, or sometimes still split, too thin to thread; the bends, tees, boxes etc were clamped to the tube.

It was rubbish, and dropped pretty quickly I think.

It was similar but worse than slip conduit of the 40's

For domestic work.
I can't remember seeing the stuff, except in houses.

Look at 60's schools (state owned, of course) and local authority work. It was generally decent conduit or MICC. All done with well qualified, experienced C of W.

 

[ipf]

I am amazed that we haven't adopted EMT which can be cut with a pipe slice, bent over a block and coupled with fittings that use a grub screw. NO faffing about with threading.

We really haven't moved with the times with conduits imo ,

Sorry pal, but that's horrible.

....and no saddles?

 

[Lister1987]

I am amazed that we haven't adopted EMT which can be cut with a pipe slice, bent over a block and coupled with fittings that use a grub screw. NO faffing about with threading.

We really haven't moved with the times with conduits imo ,

Our conduit can be cut with a pipe cutter, as for bent over a block etc I could get behind that just based on how bloody expensive pipe benders are and no handle version like the colonials

 

[Rockingit]

Our conduit can be cut with a pipe cutter, as for bent over a block etc I could get behind that just based on how bloody expensive pipe benders are and no handle version like the colonials

pipe cutters often leave a contoured burr inside the pipe, though

 

[Lister1987]

pipe cutters often leave a contoured burr inside the pipe, though

So ream it? Most pipe slices have inbuilt deburring tools.

 

[Pete999]

I am amazed that we haven't adopted EMT which can be cut with a pipe slice, bent over a block and coupled with fittings that use a grub screw. NO faffing about with threading.

We really haven't moved with the times with conduits imo ,

Not all it's made out to be Mate ,when I worked in the USA my boss was in Awe of my skill with a Pipe vice and Bender, and I'm not that much of a conduit expert either

 

[Rockingit]

So ream it? Most pipe slices have inbuilt deburring tools.

Well obviously, but my point is that it's still the same number of processes as with a hacksaw.

 

[Kuba]

I found this one quite useful:

 

[Soi disant]

I am amazed that we haven't adopted EMT which can be cut with a pipe slice, bent over a block and coupled with fittings that use a grub screw. NO faffing about with threading.

We really haven't moved with the times with conduits imo ,

You'll be asking for wirenuts next.

Get a grip, man!

 

[Soi disant]

He's the engineering type anyway - made a tonne of money with oil drilling in places foreign, now in retirement with a large workshop.... etc.

Tell him about pyro.