mdshunk
Senior Member
- Location
- Right here.
jason said:Can someone at least tell me where I can find a video (or book if no video) on the net. I have looked, but haven't had any success. .
Video or DVD:
http://www.benfielddirect.com/
jason said:Can someone at least tell me where I can find a video (or book if no video) on the net. I have looked, but haven't had any success. .
Bending pipe is an art. The best pipe bending electrician I've ever known was a Journeyman Pipefitter before he became an electrician. He didn't do anything "by eye" . He was extremely precise in his measuring and his work was beautiful. It also took forever and no one liked working with him.:smile:celtic said:I "learned" how to "bend" pipe on the job....what a mistake that was!
The guy who was "teaching" me had no training in the art of pipe bending (yes, it is an art). Eventually, I had formal training and some top-notch JW show me more than a book ever could....but these guys also had formal training and years and miles of pipe under thier belts.
I was talking to someone about bending just today....
He says: 4" RMC is easy
I said: Yup...even easier han 1/2" EMT
...at that point a helper walked by and started laughing (at me)....the helper says: "You guys are right...I watched Celtic bend 3 bend saddles in some big pipe w/no problem....and also saw him mangle a stick of 1/2" EMT"
LOL
iaov said:Bending pipe is an art. The best pipe bending electrician I've ever known was a Journeyman Pipefitter before he became an electrician. He didn't do anything "by eye" . He was extremely precise in his measuring and his work was beautiful. It also took forever and no one liked working with him.:smile:
I agree. Efficiency is brought about by knowing when dead-nuts accuracy is needed, and when you can just eye the situation up. If I get an offset within a 1/4 inch or don't have a few dog legs above a drop ceiling or in concealed spaces, that's good enough, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.emahler said:that makes him not the best pipe bending electrician...
iaov said:It also took forever and no one liked working with him.
e57 said:Neither would I - time is money even if it not my money... And if you're on a crew under me - it is my pride and reputation if nothing else. Fantastic and slow doesn't cut it - good at a moderate pace is the minimum. Real good - real fast is optimum.
Some time back I had some guys that would take forever to do what you see below. Not complicated or big pipe or anything, they would just get stuck by over thinking it.... I bent and cut all of that in under two hours with only a few measurements - numbered it all, and literally threw it in the room for two of them to install. Done by lunch...
I couldn't agree more Marc. :smile:mdshunk said:I agree. Efficiency is brought about by knowing when dead-nuts accuracy is needed, and when you can just eye the situation up. If I get an offset within a 1/4 inch or don't have a few dog legs above a drop ceiling or in concealed spaces, that's good enough, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
jrannis said:Two 90s and a kick. Looks like it could be done really fast. Nothing complicated. Mix together a few different pipe sizes and 6 different directions with a demand for concentric bends, then ya got something.
TwinCitySparky said:... there are few things to me that seem more stressful than having the boss walk by, stop and watch as I'm starting that 1" EMT 4 point bend. . . Pretty hard to hunch over your work and hide what your doing when your working a fresh 10' stick and dont know for sure. Gotta love it! :grin:
celtic said:I'll be the guy yelling "THE OTHER WAY!!!" at you while the boss is watching you .....it doesn't matter to me that you have the pipe and bender in the right configuration, I'll always say "The other way..." ....it's amazing how many people fall for that :grin:
jrclen said:That was you? :grin:
but why not just run the trough to the box rather than 25 pipes??jrannis said:Two 90s and a kick. Looks like it could be done really fast. Nothing complicated. Mix together a few different pipe sizes and 6 different directions with a demand for concentric bends, then ya got something.