555 greenlee shoe "IPS" work for rigid ?

[searlest]

Hello

I have a chance to buy a shoe for my 555 bender .....It has 1 1/2 IPS and 2 IPS on it.......Will this shoe work for rigid conduit?

Thanks in advance

 

[cadpoint]

Seems not, and even for the wrong Bender!

• Application : For Bending 40 Mil PVC-CoatedRigid Conduit, 880 And 884 Benders
• Capacity : 1.000 IN IPS/40 MIL PVC Coated Rigid Conduit And Pipe
• Centerline Bend Radius : 5-3/4 IN (146.100 MM)
• Degree Of Bend : 90 DEG

Google's answers above is from the 1st listing

 

[searlest]

I checked some Pipe size charts ...

I checked some Pipe size charts ...

I checked some Pipe size charts and they appear to be the same O.D. ?

Exp. 2" IPS O.D. = 2.37
2" Rigid O.D. = 2.37

Why do you say not even for the right bender??

 

[cadpoint]

Did you note that it's for the wrong bender?

A 555 is a spiral bender and a 880 884 looks like a press bender shoe.

Plus it's PVC coated with a rubber - compression type out protective shield.

I was reading and placed the Spec's of that shoe. from Greenlee...

 

[Smart $]

I checked some Pipe size charts and they appear to be the same O.D. ?

Exp. 2" IPS O.D. = 2.37
2" Rigid O.D. = 2.37

...

AFAIK, they are the same O.D.

The shoe should work for rigid.

IPS (which stands for iron pipe size) is an old standard, precursor to NPS, hardly used by anyone nowadays, by name. I recall seeing IPS marked on Greenlee shoes. Don't know if they still mark their shoes as such or not.