conduit bender

[LarryFine]

. . . those new Greenlee line pliers are the bomb. I didn't think I would ever leave Klien but I'm sold forever.

Please tell us why.

 

[electricalperson]

Please tell us why.

everyone is entitled to there own opinion but i think they are terrible. the grips are way too big for my hands and plus they like to slide off. dipped handles are the way to go. the journeyman 2000 pliars are a lot better but i prefer these

http://www.amazon.com/Knipex-090124...f=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1226961080&sr=1-41

thats probably the most perfect pair of pliars too me

 

[nolabama]

i checked my gb benders today and they all had 30 deg when the handle was up - as for my offsets i guess i need more practice

 

[William1978]

They are all Benfield style and equal.

GB sucks

I agree GB does SUCK. I like Ideal benders myself.

 

[mattsilkwood]

I purchased an Ideal 1/2 bender from Home Depot on Friday so I could practice bending some at home. We use Greenlee on the jobs. The Conduit bending manual I am using says to use the teardrop for 3 point saddle bends. The bender I bought doesn't have a teardrop. How do you guys with Ideal benders do 3 point saddles?

use the notch for saddles or center of your bend

 

[480sparky]

i checked my gb benders today and they all had 30 deg when the handle was up - as for my offsets i guess i need more practice

How 'bout a pix? I've never seen one of those in captivity....

 

[nolabama]

no problem - i will get em tomorrow - i bought three ( 1/2, 3/4, and 1 inch) from lowes a while back - red handles, big foot pad, degree marks, star and a notch, little square for your pipe to be cut with a hack saw - and about 30 to 40 percent less than the ideal - if i remember the 1 inch was almost half
here is there pdf
http://www.gardnerbender.com/pdf/products/Conduit_bending.pdf

 

[480sparky]

no problem - i will get em tomorrow - i bought three ( 1/2, 3/4, and 1 inch) from lowes a while back - red handles, big foot pad, degree marks, star and a notch, little square for your pipe to be cut with a hack saw - and about 30 to 40 percent less than the ideal - if i remember the 1 inch was almost half
here is there pdf
http://www.gardnerbender.com/pdf/products/Conduit_bending.pdf

They must have changed the design in recent years then. It's a whole lot easier to multiply offsets by 2 than 1.414 when you're in the field....

 

[nolabama]

i looked thru their pdf and i found what i think you guys are talking about - a page after the big ben series - yea they look like they suck - foot broke off the ideal bender that the contractor i work for has and i dont think i could break the foot off my gb

 

[busman]

My only problem with GB is that handle straight up is 45 degrees. Easier to multiply by 2 for 30 degrees. I don't have my 1.4745 times tables memorized.

I had the old GB benders (with 45 degrees straight up) and hated them too. But, I got the 1/2 GB big-ben (the new model) and love it. I now have the 3/4 and 1 inch also.

Mark

 

[Greg Swartz]

Hmmm... which bender to use...

Hmmm... which bender to use...

A bender... a bender... my kingdom for a (good) bender.

Once upon a time, my Journeyman had benders... he named them: Bread & Butter... The End!

I asked such journeyman why he did (because 1st year apprentices do not know much, and ask such questions like: Why is the sky blue? Why do you name your benders?)
He replied: That bending conduit is an art, and it is the mainstay of many electricians. So, one's my bread, and the other's my butter...
'nuff said!

So, I chose my benders very carefully... Hello HD... what do ya got? Ideal? Ideal it is then...

So, I grew up with Ideal benders... and I think they're great.

Some companies I worked with had Binfield, others Greenlee... to be honest, I just don't like either one as much.

I have Ideal 1/2", 3/4", 1", and even 1 1/4" benders... I won't go back.

One company ordered a bunch of Greenlee benders, and everytime ANYONE (not just me) bent a 90, it got a kink in it. Brought my own Ideal back in... no problems.

Now, on Conduit... yes, there are reports of bad conduit. Once we got a shipment of conduit in (not the EZ stuff) from Columbia... it totally sucked... I think it kinked if you threw a box offset on it...

We used to joke and say it was a new form of drug that they could disguise as conduit and get through customs...

 

[Hoppi]

Hi Guy
Glad you like the Hoppy bender< I invented it @ would be glad to answer
any questions or concerns you might have.
Thank you
Hoppy

 

[Hoppi]

C'mon now.... isn't that sorta like saying using a screwgun over a screwdriver is cheating? and for the record I do not own a hoppy bender, but I want one!

HI Mr. Sparkle
Just joined your forum today,[don;t know what I;m doing ; no good with
computers]. Anyway, I invented the Hoppy bender @ would be glad to
answer any questions anyone might have. Retired now, have 38 years
in L.U. 229 York Pa .
Thanks again Hoppi

 

[macmikeman]

Who made the hand bender with the two little bubble levels built in? I stlll have one someplace in one of the gang boxes, bubbles long broken. It was cool when it was new.

 

[ultramegabob]

Who made the hand bender with the two little bubble levels built in? I stlll have one someplace in one of the gang boxes, bubbles long broken. It was cool when it was new.

GB benders have levels in them, the ones I used, the levels were not set in properly or somthing and you couldnt trust them. I dont like GB benders because they make a 45 degree angle when the handle is straight up and down instead of 30 degrees like most all the other brands.

 

[sii]

I have one of these for 1/2" instrument tubing. It makes some beautiful bends.

 

[LarryFine]

I have one of these for 1/2" instrument tubing. It makes some beautiful bends.

I want to see you pull some wire in that.