Hello everyone!

I have question about bending pipes. I am working for small electrical contractor mostly we do residential jobs but if we do bigger job like restaurants we work with MC wires. I always wanted to learn how to bent conduit do you guys have any good books or tips to learn how to bend? Thank you for help :-)

 

Benfield Conduit Bending Manual is a handy reference.

 

Check on youtube there are some good videos on there ,just Google pipe bending.
Geo

 

Welcome to the forums.

I can see it now...... dead soldiers everywhere.
(that's what we call mistakes)

Does your company have a 1/2" EMT bender ?
They're about 25.00 from depot.
Pickup a few pieces of 1/2" EMT. It was around 1.50 per 10' length.

There are markings and measurements on the bender that help you make specialty bends. The best way to learn is to either watch someone do it or try it yourself. Don't be afraid to experiment. The hardest thing about bending EMT is remembering all the tricks you've learned along the way.

One hint..... always keep the pipe tight in the bender or it will kink.

Gardner-Bender has a two page PDF that's pretty handy.
Gardner-Bender media Fresources documents bender_how_to_guide.pdf

 

Thank you so much for help :-)