world's most overdone job light....
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mark32
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Nice bends man, what kind of connector is that where the cord enters the emt?
Fulthrotl
~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
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it's made by 3M company... their model 33+......
apply model 33 connector to cord until it just slips
inside conduit, slip it half way in, and apply three
layers of model 33 connector to outside of conduit.
bends are made by a rigid bender for copper and process pipe.
see attached photo with overenthusiastic bending exercise. :smile:
7 90's in 4 feet. bends are a tighter radius than nec permits, truth be told.
rise on 90 is 3 1/4". shrink on 90 is 1 1/4"
it works well for conveyor work, where things get cozy.
it also works well when you have to get into a pipe on a rack without
taking it all apart. cut the pipe, bend two offsets to get above or below
the rest of the conduits, and cut the ends enough to slip in a t condulet.
it'll do nice tight offsets up in the air.
ok. i admit it. i'm a pipe freak. i like nice pipework. so there.
mark32
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Ah yes, the good old model 33+ 
Yeah I'm into bending pipe as well, when I was doing commercial work I was the only guy on site that owned their own benders, I like Greenlee benders by the way.
That pic you sent looks like one of those optical illusion images. You know, the one that looks like the steps on a stairway keeps going up.
Yeah I'm into bending pipe as well, when I was doing commercial work I was the only guy on site that owned their own benders, I like Greenlee benders by the way.That pic you sent looks like one of those optical illusion images. You know, the one that looks like the steps on a stairway keeps going up.
Greg Swartz
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Beautiful pipe work!
And I love the 3M model 33 connector... do they sell those, or do you have to make your own?
So... how much for a light? :grin:
And I love the 3M model 33 connector... do they sell those, or do you have to make your own?
So... how much for a light? :grin:
big john
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If you have a surplus of those fixtures, I'm envisioning a tree... Mount four (or six, or EIGHT!) of those fluorescents on a telescoping pole... You could make them all facing different directions for 360 degrees of imitation-daylight. Or maybe you could have a battery of them all focused on one spot....
It would be the brightest portable light... KNOWN TO MAN.
Oh, you could get so carried away with this.
-John
It would be the brightest portable light... KNOWN TO MAN.
Oh, you could get so carried away with this.
-John
lbwireman
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- Long Beach, CA
Which mfr. made the ones you friend liked so well? Ideal? Greenlee? ??? Do you know if they're offered as refills for existing reels? Thanks.
Sean
bjp_ne_elec
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I thought the same - both EMT and nice work! Never tried a 180 degree bend before. Did you do that with a hand bender?
I do like the light. You going to market those bases?
Fulthrotl
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there's a couple.....
Klein Tools Silver Speedway Stainless Steel Fish
Greenlee Silver Streak Stainless Steel Fish
he was using the greenlee's.
Fulthrotl
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If you have a surplus of those fixtures, I'm envisioning a tree... Mount four (or six, or EIGHT!) of those fluorescents on a telescoping pole... You could make them all facing different directions for 360 degrees of imitation-daylight. Or maybe you could have a battery of them all focused on one spot....
It would be the brightest portable light... KNOWN TO MAN.
Oh, you could get so carried away with this.
-John
welcome to the internet, and applied compulsion...
for people with obsessions with bright portable lights,
there is always the candlepower forum.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com
these folks get seriously into their portable lights. seriously.
see?
Fulthrotl
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Beautiful pipe work!
And I love the 3M model 33 connector... do they sell those, or do you have to make your own?
So... how much for a light? :grin:
like marc, i also have a retarded man who i give simple assembly work
to.:wink:
unlike marc, however, i live in california, land of sensitive awareness,
so the proper terminology is a handicapable helperson.
as for asking the light's price......
you're mean. pffffttttt.....
LarryFine
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I'd have been really impressed if the coupling hadn't been in there.
Greg Swartz
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like marc, i also have a retarded man who i give simple assembly work
to.:wink:
unlike marc, however, i live in california, land of sensitive awareness,
so the proper terminology is a handicapable helperson.
as for asking the light's price......
you're mean. pffffttttt.....
Man, you have some really nice pipe work... you really do.
When someone asked what kind of connector you had on the end there... it was all I could do to not burst out laughing...
And, even though they do sell the non hot CFL type of work light, I like your approach at "eating" a job... You made something good out of something that was much less. I say Kudos to you!
So, how much for one??? :grin::grin::grin:
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