How to bend steel conduit to an exact measurement. - Apprentice electrician essentials

[@marksayers9968]

All this plumbing up with spare pipe to back of bend all well and good in the classroom. Teach with full lengths so they have to bend up as well. If you want say 300mm add on 47mm and put that mark to back of former to allow for the bend. No messin with bits of pipe and squares.

[@shanebyrne6404]

Each bending machine is different so this measurement can be different ,on mine you have to add 25mm

[@fitnessfanatics9644]

"make sure you put it in exactly like it was before." -Puts it in with the short side towards him instead of the long part which he did at the beginning.

[@accessfm]

Well done lads more of this please it's really hard to believe that apprentices still don't get proper on the job training and get shown things like this properly in their day-to-day work. A lot of bosses just won't take the time to show them anything like this. well done.

[@fredrickwelch5678]

Most people aren't competent enough to teach it. Those that are, think they're making themselves less valuable by passing on the knowledge. The construction industry is full of these idiots. I love teaching people how to do new things!

[@rozzer8290]

Stuck on domestic work as well don't get to use it

[@Sparklife-UK]

Interested in seeing the video getting the back of the bend a metre in, I had to do this the other day. I bent it as much as I could with the conduit the right way in the former then turned it upside down sat the bend in the underneath of the former and bent it upwards, thought there has got to be a better way!

[@ja_adam_]

That vid will be coming up very soon!

[@jollyfinequality9865]

Jake is clearly skilled at bending tube. It would be good for my learners to see how to bend long lengths of conduit as mentioned in some of the earlier comments. I think you spotted it Gary when Jake inserted the tube the other way around when he had to get a further bend in it. Still did a perfect job mind.

[@raychambers3646]

I used twist the marked piece round to line up scrap piece .

[@Dog-whisperer7494]

Brilliant video. I wish I was still that good at bending steal conduit, the last time I did any conduit work was back in the 90s .

[@DannyHaddad-g8e]

Thank you for the helpful video. Can we bend 100mm steel conduit to use through a fire lobby?

[@ladcjd1]

The roller on the handle is too high for 20mm tube it should be low as possible to the former, that is in the 25mm former hole.

[@alanmarriott9216]

Can you explain what happens or what you have to allow for if you insert conduit into bender from opposite direction please?

[@jackgower3606]

Great video lads. I was lucky personally done my time with a commercial/industrial firm with a lot of old school sparks so got taught the right way. Surprises me how many sparks can’t bend tube but I get it’s not their fault, it depends what type of firm they done their time with. Do they teach this in college now or is it still purely house bashing?

[@pnxelectrical]

When doing practices with learners, what is your preferred length to give them to practice with? 600mm? 1m, 2m, whole stick at 3m?

[@ryanjones7921]

“better to be under bent than over bent” Great quote Gaz

[@Lineandsinker87]

I’m sure James Charles would disagree 😂

[@sergiofernandez3725]

Good video. What brand is the measuring stick? Where did you buy it from?

[@alanmarriott9216]

Could you do a video showing how you bend bits which are too long amd won't Bend 90 degree please. Also does the end you insert into former make any difference when bending? Thank

[@nevermind824]

Bend it with the arm at the bottom and bend up

[@alanmarriott9216]

@@nevermind824 So your doing exactly same with scrap piece and set square but upside down?

[@CGill40]

How do I determine the measurement of the back of bend please? I’m working with different measurements so I need to know how to determine where on the conduit to mark my back of bend…

[@stephencarroll1771]

Good little vid, only one thing that jumped out, when I was an apprentice ( when Jesus was a lad) my spark used to boll**k me when I left the "roller arm " up after a bend and of course I never paid any attention, until the day that it swung down and hit me on the back of the head. Future note, always return the roller arm back to a down position after a bend.

[@ja_adam_]

Fair point Stephen, thanks for the constructive criticism and thanks for the support! Jake

[@radua.1421]

Is the same procedure for 25 mm emt

[@shanebyrne6404]

Is that what America calls conduit?

[@radua.1421]

I tried but sometimes I got the desire length and most of the times noo

[@shanebyrne6404]

Same

[@deviantslice]

Further evidence that sparkies shouldn't be allowed anywhere near pipe.

[@JS-zm6hd]

All these new tools let's have a new conduit bender, where it bends it sideways and we are looking down at it.

[@grahamturner6119]

Never done it that way turn tube other way around

[@charlesbirchett7059]

Dang, y’all do it completely different than the USA. Interesting.

[@moodophile]

Worth pointing out, in case it wasn’t obvious in the vidjeo, that UK conduit is far thicker in wall thickness than EMT in use stateside. This is why we can’t use those floor-bender type tools. You’d maul the floor….

[@efixx]

👍

[@charlesbirchett7059]

@@moodophile well aren’t you just a genius

[@radua.1421]

Floor benders are more easy to use than UK IRWIN bender. You have degrees on it

[@radua.1421]

To use european ones you have to be litle genius

[@stuartcraigon2003]

You don't, you cut it and use the fittings the manufacturer has spent time developing for that purpose! 🙄🤦‍♂️

[@daic7274]

Very fussy and time consuming method, learn your tools and either learn by trial cuts or calculate the amount you need for the bend. Most formers have marks for this. Once you have your reference mark and you know the offset just remember that number and add or subtract it to the required dimension (add or subtract according to reference mark location). A good reference and surface to measure from is the pipe clamp. This method also works mid pipe...measure your long straight, mark close to bend(eg 2.2m) mount in bender,now use that mark to measure the final length for bend,easier to handle a foot of tape than it is 3m of tape dangling on the end of a pipe.

[@conorgray848]

I see when you put the conduit back in to add in a wee bit, you put it in the other way? Not that it matters much.....OCD is alive and well in me!!

[@cj-rb8fz]

Was 30.5cm , cut video clip and put ruler at angle , if measurement to too accessories I cut 15 m off 🤦🏼‍♂️you just put coupler on first and measure from that

[@ja_adam_]

It’s not though is it … I look forward to seeing your video you upload soon on how to do everything perfect 👍🏼

[@cj-rb8fz]

@@ja_adam_ I don’t need to upload videos of how to do my job , and don’t need some kid not long out of school telling me what to do

[@ja_adam_]

@@cj-rb8fz 😂 with that attitude You’ll never learn a thing. Do you subscribe just to comment negative things? Take care anyway fella From the kid not long out of school (12 years ago)

[@cj-rb8fz]

@@ja_adam_ don’t need to learn how to bend and thread conduit to length , I’m quite capable of doing that , if I point out inaccuracies then it’s negative comments 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️