Haywood Community College Conduit Bending Offset Bend

Made to teach others how to bend conduit.
Haywood Community College Electronics Engineering Program

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Howto & Style

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• Conduit
• Bending

[harley2die4]

Straight 18" 1/2 pipe, want a 12 degree bend at 10". Mark 10" on pipe, at what inch mark do I put arrow at?

Because the arrow isn't where the bend starts or is it?

Do you have a video showing project requiring specific measurements between bends.

I guess I'm having trouble figuring out exactly where the bend starts using this tool.

I'm getting a headache........

[jfalbo]

@harley2die4 I will work on a video for this,

[zeppelinfromled]

Does it matter if you line up the arrow with your mark? It seems like you should be able to line up any of the points on the bender (arrow, tier drop, star point) with your drawn mark as long as you use the same point for both bends. Is that true?

[jfalbo]

@zeppelinfromled No it's not true. Check out some of the other videos I have. These will help you a lot.

[acdcampm]

simple and straight forward explanation. Good work!

[jfalbo]

@acdcampm thanks

[cltpython]

you can use any mark/point on the shoe for an offset, but you have to use the same mark for BOTH bends. just remember, the greater the angle, the tighter the bends.(you add up the degrees of ALL bends and that gives you the total bend in the run,) the more bend in a run of pipe, the harder it is to pull wire/cable through. anything over 180 degrees is against code (between boxes or openings) and that much harder to pull through, so make your offsets and saddles with the lowest # of bends possibl

[thetrollking124]

37 ppl were too stupid to get into a university.

[QTheLibertine]

@zeppelinfromled Yes, on an offset you can use any mark on the bender, but you need to use the same mark for both. So, centerline, front and back, or arrow front and back, or star front and back.

[ucw458]

Thank for the vid. I've always guessed when making offsets. I don't do electrical work often but this instruction will help me make offsets faster and more precise.