How to Bend Conduit with Parallel Offsets

[@curtisblake8025]

First video I’ve found explaining this perfectly. Great job

[@WestBuilt323]

4th year apprentice here , thanks for the smooth video 👌

[@AccessToPower]

Glad the video was helpful, and thanks for commenting.

[@rwat1106]

I'm a JW with almost 20 yrs experience. I can recall exactly once, about ten years ago, I actually used this. I wanted to use it recently, but couldn't remember it for anything. Thank you for the refresher.

[@darthbane4980]

I was sent to do 6 pipes into a pull box all parallel offsets(17.75” offset with 5.25” kick). I have never done parallel offsets before. I went into the bathroom and watched this video and taught myself how to do it. 2nd year apprentice. Thank you very much for the video.

[@AccessToPower]

That is exactly why I made these videos. Glad they helped you.

[@400080vikkash]

That's why apprentices are on the toilet so long😂

[@yellowflash5555]

So sad no ones being taught​@@400080vikkash

[@Krackeno_]

Thanks a lot. I was running 2 sets of 2" EMT today side by side, and I did both of my offsets the same and I had to make my gap before and after my offsets way bigger than I wanted to in order for my pipes to not be so damn close during the offset. I was curious to why and knew there was a better way, I will use this in the future all the time!

[@multitutorialguy5735]

Hi Walter, from one tutorial maker to another, I want to encourage you. It is obvious that you care and are attentive to detail. Every video could always be better, but with enthusiasm and a solid plan (vision), you've made a video that can help many, many electricians to become more skilled in the trade. Well done man.

[@AccessToPower]

Thanks Matthew! I really appreciate the comment. We are trying to create tutorials that are helpful and hopefully enjoyable to watch and learn. It means a lot to get comments from another KZbin creator. Keep up the good work!

[@jharknessxrp]

Sir, where were you for my 5 year elec. apprenticeship? Great teaching voice/the way your videos explain things make the light bulb turn on!!!

[@matthewthomas6643]

Yes! Please more pipe bending videos. This was very well explained. Thank you.🙏

[@jasonfierro]

Man this is the video I've been looking for!!! Please make more videos about conduit with the tips and tricks, matching couplings, matching couplings on 90's, rolling offsets, 3 point saddles, 4 point saddles. Sorry to ramble on I just like learning about the art of conduit bending and this is the only video I've found someone using an electric bender. Awesome video!!!

[@TRUTHproJects]

Excellent video. Not many people are doing these sort of videos for the electrical industry. Keep it up!

[@AccessToPower]

thanks for the comment TRUTH!

[@sayedgfary2340]

Perfect understanding for Electricians

[@DrummerDude5645]

Please make more of these videos! Do a 3 point saddle and a 4 point saddle bend. Its helpful to see the process and which way to flip the pipe in the electric bender.

[@annquach6613]

Push through method bending on centers. Multiplier 3

[@terryroberts6687]

Thanks, Walter, for a very clear and concise description of this process. A note for all of you aspiring technicians out there-learn your math, especially trigonometry (I know, it’s a more advanced course!). You will be able to use all the shortcuts while having an appreciation of the math behind it and not be totally confused.

[@AccessToPower]

Thanks for your comment Terry! Right angle trigonometry is very helpful for understanding so many different aspects of electrical theory, such as reactance. Thanks again!

[@chrisfrost8320]

great video. in the trade for 20+ years. never had a real opportunity to work with rigid pipe. that's where the true masters work. a lot of younger guys don't want to learn and a lot of contractors don't want to pay the time it takes to do good looking work.

[@jasonokane496]

Great videos sir,, please keep putting content out! The industry needs it

[@christopherbrennan4858]

Clear. Concise. Perfect instructional style for me. Thanks!

[@myboysanji]

Well explained as a pre-apprentice this helped a lot! We did a parallel offset today but my journey did a pretty shitty job. He didnt use tangents, shrinks and angles. I think he just wanted to finish the job. Didnt really learn anything from him.

[@nicknamednickify]

I'm curious what kind of techniques he used. There is an old timer method for eyeballing offsets with minimal measuring, but it doesn't work well for paralleling. Keep trying to learn and hopefully you'll find someone in the field who likes to teach.

[@1986BBG]

I was using this for some parallel Kick 90s and the formula was not working for me. Figured out that since it’s just a kick and not a full offset you use the tan for the full degree times your center to center distance. So for my 30° kick I used the tan of 30° instead of 15° like I would for parallel offsets and it all worked flawlessly. Great video.

[@IVAN2233]

Nice good to know. This is what I was wondering after the video.

[@Robert-qw7ex]

Amazing video access to power is golden

[@ellenmontiel845]

You are going to be my teacher.

[@michaelgerik8730]

Very helpful. As a freaking union 3rd year apprentice who has yet to do this in the field, this was very helpful to know

[@salvadorgaleano7124]

great job at explaining this!! thank you. It has taking a great effort for me to take on this challenge out in the field without this information on hand. The way you have explained it, it's really black and white.

[@AccessToPower]

Thank you for your comment!

[@yofithetofi]

Thank you for this video! Makes way more sense than when my teacher went over it.

[@yukongoldenergy164]

teaching this to 1st years thanks

[@diegojones2481]

This guy explains everything so well

[@DrummerDude5645]

Nice idea with the strap and strut for the no dog level. If i forget my no dog on the job one day im gonna remember this. Thanks.

[@hondarebel3572]

Please make more conduit bending videos. They are extremely helpful

[@glennmann634]

Great job! Simple, concise, clear explanation. Look forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@monsooncaps6741]

great video by a great teacher

[@grassroots9304]

Thank you for the time and effort to make and post this video. The offset calc for parallel runs using the tangent trig function is what I needed.

[@AccessToPower]

You’re welcome! Thanks for commenting.

[@MarioHernandez-hb8eh]

Great job, continue the great work

[@AccessToPower]

Thank you for the comment. I appreciate the feedback.

[@MarioHernandez-hb8eh]

I very been ibew electrician, I don't know if you union or not. But your very knowledgeable. If not, you might want

[@MarioHernandez-hb8eh]

Want to join ibew, we could use a great hand like yourself

[@FoxEmblem01]

as a first year about to do his first performance evaluation this was extremely helpful, the only thing I am not confident about is parallel offsets so this helped a bunch

[@foresttulsi-davis1828]

Really great video . Now if you are bending conduit that’s in a wall you probably don’t need this but if it’s exposed this video will make an apprentice look like a pro Thank you

[@marcomontoni2386]

best video so far

[@johnsmith-qe2fd]

In the field no one uses this book, maybe in the shop but dog legs are the norm on 1” and below. There’s offset hand benders for box terminations, that tool saved me so much time as an apprentice. If you’re off on measuring the run we just used our hacksaws.

[@JPerez-ld6nb]

Thank you for this great explanation. Really easy to understand. 👍👍

[@franksuarez5221]

I have problem with a paraller offset but now I start to understand with this video

[@tyronebennett401]

I needed this ....thanks a million

[@josephbrown7730]

Hey man I appreciate the video, I just started my third year of an apprenticeship and was never shown this before. Im sure I'll be able to make good use of the info.

[@seanb2491]

By far best explanation

[@lancerudy9934]

Very nice bender, you make it look so easy!

[@michaelhinchey]

This guy rocks.

[@koarivera9151]

Excellent tutorial keep up the great Work

[@andymeneses72]

Wow this is great for our new guys learning. Cant wait to see what's next. Very useful.

[@AccessToPower]

Thanks Andy. Glad the video is helpful.

[@patricktelfort]

Perfect please more parallel bends. With other angles.

[@Jmanji12]

Never knew the tangent of half the angle method that’s pretty cool. way easier than the way I was taught haha thanks

[@stevendaniels1322]

Good job with these videos I used to work with you guys back in the early 2000s when Pon came over from Walter Electric

[@Bri11ante]

That’s a cool idea strapping a deep unistrut to put the level on top 😊

[@Bri11ante]

Seems like it was fiberglass too

[@AtotheA25]

Thanks for this video. You did a great job in explaining it.

[@michaelfogarty7921]

Great video always wondered how that was calculated.

[@joev597]

Just found this great video really explaining and more importantly showing how simple these bends can be! Thank you & please keep making these great video’s👍🏻

[@AccessToPower]

Joe V Thanks for the great comment. More videos on the way

[@ThatOneGuy-jd3jn]

thank you, I needed this lesson

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

Like I’ve seen others say, you don’t use it you lose it. I recall a man who grew up with Hebrew as his mother tongue and learned Greek and because he was over many years without speaking or reading his mother language, he had forgotten it. I think this is true for whatever you may think you know!

[@gusc6785]

Great video!!! Def keepem coming

[@Davest420]

I’ve been an apprentice for about four months. I started bending pipe today and did pretty well. Thank you for giving me the knowledge and formula to improve. If you can do a video on kicks and matching kicks would be awesome

[@eliteelectrician7709]

Great job, very helpful video

[@0786RICARDO]

Great cristal clear content

[@josericardomarin6911]

Excelente , good for everybody , so we are on the same pague AND use the information . Thanks.

[@luis_ayala_134]

Great video. Please make more videos using the hand bender also.

[@steamwork5570]

hell yeah i like this video very helpful, thanks for teaching!

[@lampoyo]

I leaned something today :)

[@georgie_the_cockatiel4232]

Make more! cool video really informative

[@davidortiz7120]

You have a new suscriber maestro

[@AccessToPower]

David Lopez thanks David

[@nicknamednickify]

Very interesting! Tangent of half theta is the same formula as for the shrinkage multiplier (to multiply by the height of the obstacle and compensate for the shortening of the pipe due to bending). Thanks for explaining this in a non-technical way. I like how you used Uglies because I think it will be less worrisome to newbies than trying to teach them trigonometry.

[@JapRapNipHop420]

thank you. Learned a new trick today I appreciate it

[@temikagibson8377]

I like the explanation.

[@Nico-jb5ej]

Thanks for the video. You got another subscriber.

[@blueoceantraders]

Excellent tutorial, thank you

[@downown]

Thanks, great refresher. Super helpful. Can you do one for matching center of bends with varying angles, too.

[@obertosiciliano1243]

Man thank you so much for this great video, greatly appreciated!!

[@veanwhitcher7867]

Having worked for electrical contractors for almost forty years, and ran enough conduit to cross the State of Pennsylvania, I can honestly tell you if you used these complicated methods and took this much time it would look pretty, but they would run you off! What they want is clean, simple bends through which wire pulls easily, can be fabricated quickly and installed without a lot of fuss.There are much simpler methods which are more practical.

[@AccessToPower]

Vean Whitcher thanks for the comment. For sure there is a time and place for everything.

[@kands8150]

Great video

[@douglasrenaud6459]

Great video. Thanks!

[@daomowon7784]

Thank you so much for the info bro!! Really makes a difference for me.

[@joseserrano8496]

Great job! Thank you

[@kamilkarakaya1887]

Thank you very much.

[@johnsciarrone7245]

Great video, however I have a suggestion. Use a digital protractor on the long side of the pipe , zero it, than after your first bend test the bent end for 30 degrees. Also note the spring back and write it down for the next guy. For example you might have to bend a 33 degree bend for a perfect 30. Thank you for your video.

[@briancurran1140]

Good job

[@hangngoaigiare]

Very nice job. Thx for sharing. Would you do a presentation with multiple difficult bend angle with the pipe pre cut exact length and compensate for all gain and loss.

[@frankgrammatico3827]

I'm confused, aren't you supposed to add some length for shrinkage to ensure the clearance to overcome the obstruction? Did you accomplish your 12" height to clear the 12" obstruction? Enjoyed the video very much. Thank you.

[@geovannyherrera2919]

Can you please make a back to back 90, a 90 with an offset , your videos are very helpful!

[@sohailjanjua123]

Hi, great job. Thanks

[@mcarroll598]

I did this on 4” rigid I was bending. You have to do this or your bends will hit (if you run tight center to center spacing) and you won’t be able to spin on your next bend. If you use this formula, Not only will your diagonal spacing be the same to your parallel spacing and look great, you will be able spin on your additional pipes.

[@mactils]

Wow..nice sir.. .

[@judebelzy5452]

Hi thanks for sharing with us your knowledge and may God bless you for that. I am watching from haiti. Have you ever been to haiti?

[@AccessToPower]

Jude Belzy thank you for your comments. I am glad this is helping you. I have never been to Haiti. Maybe someday I will have the opportunity to visit.

[@abdulkadrahmed7044]

you clip it helps a lot thank you so much

[@lancerudy9934]

More videos please! Thanks

[@lawoull.6581]

Awesome 👌

[@aliahmadlou9192]

Thanks a million for your wonderful training videos. Also I would be thankful if you could let me know if we should use the tangent of half angel of the prior conduit when required to make more consecutive parallel conduits or just the tangent of the half angle of the very first conduit. Thanks again!

[@AccessToPower]

Ali Ahmadlou the parallel conduits would have the same angles

[@davidmendoza2180]

When running a rack with different size conduit, should you bend them all on the shoe from the biggest size conduit in that rack because of bend radius difference or doesn’t matter ?

[@AccessToPower]

If you are running rigid or IMC conduit it is a good practice to use the largest conduit shoes for all your parallel runs. You can’t really do that with EMT though.

[@bigjesskennelz]

Great video. Definitely subed

[@bryancrotwell77]

Great job!

[@knoxewers3766]

Why are you using a protractor instead of the degree markings on the bender...Just curious

[@seansmith4246]

So you add going to the left…and subtract going to the right?

[@nayivisdenis1401]

profesor for conduit 4 " is the same procedures???? or there are other table???

[@mistadreadman]

I know it's a bit off topic, but can someone explain what "typical EMT bend radius" means. For example, the typical EMT bend radius for 3/4" EMT is 5 1/8". A radius pertains to a circle, if I make a 90° bend, is 5 1/8" from the back of the bend towards the center of "the circle" the radius that they are talking about?

[@anelectrician]

Hi I'm from the UK, can you tell me the name of the protractor you are using to set the angles on your pipe work.

[@burgessbrooks4435]

Thanks for the video but let's save some time 1/2 tangent of your degree x gap of pipe. Add or subtract from your 1st mark depending on if it's the shortest or longest your starting with. Also this should work the same for kicks

[@IVAN2233]

Does this formula works for all parallel run? Like kick 90s?

[@dperez-tv1lr]

you're good @ that. how long you been a electrician tech?

[@AccessToPower]

I’ve been doing this for 33 years

[@dperez-tv1lr]

@@AccessToPower it shows. keep up the good work.

[@georgenarso3148]

Brilliant.

[@otoniel31lopez48]

Thank I like that video