conduit bender

[electricalperson]

who makes the best conduit benders? ive only used ideal but i have my eye on klein benders. greenlee looks nice too

 

[mdshunk]

They are all Benfield style and equal.

GB sucks

 

[76nemo]

They are all Benfield style and equal.

GB sucks

DITTO!!!, and yeah GB sucks:roll:

 

[electricalperson]

they sell GB at lowes and home depot and ive used them before and hated them. the one in the van as no degree marks

 

[76nemo]

they sell GB at lowes and home depot and ive used them before and hated them. the one in the van as no degree marks

With ALL due respect to the company, can anyone say anything good about any GB products?

 

[mdshunk]

Appleton sucks too

 

[electricalperson]

With ALL due respect to the company, can anyone say anything good about any GB products?

i dont like any of there tools but some of the electrical parts are alright

 

[Rockyd]

Marc,

I prefer Crouse and Hinds for classified space work, but Appleton makes a lot of high quality, explosion proof gear. Somewhere they get cross threaded with you?

 

[mdshunk]

Marc,

I prefer Crouse and Hinds for classified space work, but Appleton makes a lot of high quality, explosion proof gear. Somewhere they get cross threaded with you?

We're talking about benders here.

 

[76nemo]

We're talking about benders here.

Actually Marc, can we hijack the thread here? I asked if anyone could say ANYTHING good about any GB products?

 

[mdshunk]

Actually Marc, can we hijack the thread here? I asked if anyone could say ANYTHING good about any GB products?

I was talking to Rocky, when he mistakenly thought I was trashing Appleton fittings. You can talk about whatever you want to.

I've used a couple GB jamb switches that weren't too bad. They are just a repackaged Edwards, though.

 

[Mule]

Did you know?

Did you know?

A bit OT, but I found this a very interesting read about Benfield himself...

http://www.benfielddirect.com/aboutjackbenfield.html

 

[GilbeSpark]

GB makes a decent box heater. Other than that I don't know of anything, and I wouldn't buy squat from them if given any choice for another brand.

 

[Rockyd]

Marc,


Thought Appleton name was being added to the trash pile. My error, standing corrected.

 

[JJWalecka]

I like Ideal benders. Feels weird using Greenlee or Klien, though I think they are quality products. As for GB Bender. I never had the pleasure.

JJ

 

[76nemo]

GB makes a decent box heater. Other than that I don't know of anything, and I wouldn't buy squat from them if given any choice for another brand.

Thanks for the input, I have not used their heater. Is it pretty uniform end to end?

 

[Cow]

I like the Ideal and Greenlee benders. I agree the GB's suck too.:smile:

I did find something of GB's I do like the other day though: Their "Quick Fix Spacers," for shimming devices when boxes are set too far back in the wall. Very handy. No more washers for me.....

 

[Jason E De Lorenzo Sr]

conduit benders

conduit benders

GB tools make for good fishing line weights.

 

[whillis]

I have not tried it personally but I saw a demo of the Rack-A-Tiers Hoppy bender and it sure seemed slick

 

[Fulthrotl]

who makes the best conduit benders? ive only used ideal but i have my eye on klein benders. greenlee looks nice too

rigid makes a bender for the process pipe guys.... the largest one
will do 1/2' emt.... the radius is a bit below code minimums, but i'll
never tell... there's only a couple places i use it.... when i have to
interrupt a pipe full of wire up in the air, on a rack, i can do a cut,
offset, and tee without having to take everything apart....

the other place is doing conveyor work, where i need to pipe intricate
stuff for limits, photoeyes, and similar ilk. it'll make a nice tight radius
that you can still fish and pull.....:grin: if you need to put eight 90
degree bends in a 3' piece of pipe, this will do it....

randy