stonewhite
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hello--
Please enlighten as to bending two-inch rigid with a sidewinder. Specifically, when bending, say, a 3/4" offset, the 30 degree bend is not possible as the multiplier of 2 will not work on the sidewinder--i.e., the 'hook' will not permit that second bend 1 1/2" from the first mark. So, the solution is to use a smaller degree bend, say, 7 or 8 degrees and a corresponding larger multiplier (luckily my tool buddy had an app in his i phone that provided all the parameters for any bend, any conduit, etc.).
There is, I believe, another remedy--using the 'pull through' measurement on the right side of the sidewinder--at the small wheel where the conduit sits while being drawn into and around the shoe. You would mark the conduit whatever the 'pull through' figure is, and when it reaches the wheel support, you stop. Turn over the conduit and repeat to create the offset (use a 'no dog', please).
Does anyone have the 'pull through' figures handy so that I might make a 3/4" offset on 2" rigid without using the 'degree-and-multiplier' method?
thank you
Please enlighten as to bending two-inch rigid with a sidewinder. Specifically, when bending, say, a 3/4" offset, the 30 degree bend is not possible as the multiplier of 2 will not work on the sidewinder--i.e., the 'hook' will not permit that second bend 1 1/2" from the first mark. So, the solution is to use a smaller degree bend, say, 7 or 8 degrees and a corresponding larger multiplier (luckily my tool buddy had an app in his i phone that provided all the parameters for any bend, any conduit, etc.).
There is, I believe, another remedy--using the 'pull through' measurement on the right side of the sidewinder--at the small wheel where the conduit sits while being drawn into and around the shoe. You would mark the conduit whatever the 'pull through' figure is, and when it reaches the wheel support, you stop. Turn over the conduit and repeat to create the offset (use a 'no dog', please).
Does anyone have the 'pull through' figures handy so that I might make a 3/4" offset on 2" rigid without using the 'degree-and-multiplier' method?
thank you