Specialized manual conduit benders..

[PowerLimited]

conduit bending...

specialized benders (manual)

What say you regarding any of the specialized manual conduit benders out there ? I am referring to any of the manual benders that are other than the regular, standard type manual conduit bender. For example, I think it is rack-a-tier that sells a so called 'hoppy' bender, a manual bender that differs fromm the basic design of the manual conduit benders well have our job sites ( i.e., Gardner Bender GreeLee, Klein, etc ). There are some different manual benders out there, some purporting to give a better, or easier, or more accurate, or more repeateable, or faster conduit bending result. Anybody have any observation, report, etc, about these different manual benders. Do they have any advantages?

 

[peter]

I have an Ericksen bender. It bends 1/2', 3/4" and 1" all to the same radivs. Probably not good for box offsets. Bvt very good for rack installations where yov have a mixtvre of 1/2", 3/4" and 1". Since all the bends are the same radivs, it doesn't matter the order. It costs $150.

 

[jumper]

I have seen the hoppy bender, I do not think it would survive well in normal everyday construction.

IIRC, it has some tab thingy that you set that could easily be bent.

 

[ceb58]

I have seen the hoppy bender, I do not think it would survive well in normal everyday construction.

IIRC, it has some tab thingy that you set that could easily be bent.

Its bad when your tab thingy gets bent :slaphead:

 

[GoldDigger]

Its bad when your tab thingy gets bent :slaphead:

But it was really some tab thingy while it lasted. :angel:

 

[ActionDave]

Back when I did some instrument fitting I used benders similar to this.

I have often wished I had some for 1/2 EMT but have never wanted them bad enough to spend any money.

 

[RichB]

After looking at the tittle of this thread I would also assume you would need one that sstutters too:angel:

 

[masterinbama]

This is the only one I need.

 

[K8MHZ]

My favorite manual benders are the Lidseen Chicago benders.

Not real portable, but they do have wheels!

 

[GoldDigger]

After looking at the tittle of this thread I would also assume you would need one that sstutters too:angel:

People reading your post will be very confused now that a Mod has edited the title.

 

[Blaer]

I have never seen that Ericksen bender ... looks interesting!