Make a wood pipe bender for emt conduit

Make a wood pipe bender for emt conduit
Make using some hard wood or ply wood and a metal bracket
Simple tool would make a great addition in just about any garage bending emt conduit to various degrees.
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[@EllsworthJohnson-ui1xm]

Very nice, it is more about making it than cost. Same reason build boats, just for the experience, building up skills, and satisfaction of making it. Well done.

[@sirdouglashowel5thseat776]

sooo epic, i was putting off a project over the cost of a pipe bender / etc.. this was a light bulb exploding in my skull.. thanks man!

[@battleminion]

Very cool idea well done and cheap to build keep up posting good stuff like this

[@RabbitwoodWorkshop]

+battleminion thank you

[@jammi__]

You could use simple and cheap woodworking tools just as well with the tradeoff of time and effort. The main benefit of DIY in addition to price (once you have the tools) is customizability and making spares.

[@eflanagan1921]

Could readily be done with a drill and a jigsaw .It would take more time, but I think doable .

[@greydrifter8232]

How about you go flintknap one. He presented a clean quality product for the cost of time and craftsmanship. Yes, This could have been accomplished with a handsaw, tree branch, and course sandpaper and time. But the execution was eloquently and efficiently. The cost of those tools have already been spread over many projects. They are fairy versatile and common. A conduit bender is specialty and used infrequently outside of installing a specific size emt. Current pricing of a 3/4 inch emt bender $56.76 was going to try sand bending; but discovered Rabbitwood's version. I will be attempting it shortly.

[@alfredomarquez9777]

@@RDCM1008 : All those tools were POSSIBLE thanks to savings when making jigs like this one. Speaking about tools, many times the tool is paid for in the first one or second use, and then keeps paying for itself if th euser knows hot to use it for best result. You completely forgot that a bender of this type is only good for ONE kind of tube... While making it, allows the person to be able to make as many sizes as he or she needs.

[@3DPDK]

A really nicely made tool. Anyone who doesn't understand how to use it, doesn't really need to be bending pipe. *Now for a reality check* : cast aluminum, 1/2" conduit bender at most hardware stores = $35.00. Compare $5.00 for Oak Hardwood + $2.00 steel stock and fasteners + $35.00 per hour (or more - depends on location) for Finish Carpenter's (or machinist's) time and probably several hours of time dedicated to the project + $??.00 for several hours of shop lights, electricity to run band saw, table router, table sander and ware n' tare on hand tools = a $124.99 nice looking wooden tool .... I suggest you shellac it, frame it, and hang it on the wall with one example of bent pipe (copper would look nice) as a testament to your ingenuity, and then buy the $35.00 conduit bender at Lowes for actual use in the field. How-to video was well done also. It was very clear to see how you did this without half a video spent on talking about it. Thumbs up on the video and the work you put into this.

[@aaronstestlab]

I was thinking the same. Great work but that's a lot of work to save ~$50

[@adriansandoval1877]

Very creative but personally for all this work I might as well buy one haha good job though

[@Kyle-ev4fk]

Would work great if you built a quick and dirty version as well

[@MrMobo41]

If I had all the tools you've used on this project, I'd have a damn pipe bender hanging on the wall!

[@Troyster94806]

I need a short radius bender for just a few bends. Not worth paying over $100 for. This looks like a possible solution.

[@arkansaswheeling1742]

nice work

[@abdodagaballo9807]

A good Idea, but you have to test it to be completed ! isen't it?

[@The_Cobalt_Lair]

It would be way less expensive to buy the bender than to buy all of the fancy tools he uses to make his own.

[@joeabad5908]

You are right on. , but, enjoying the build is more of the reason than economics.. Besides such ideas appeal to DIYers who already have such tools in their garages..

[@kirbylee57]

If you didnt have any of those tools it would be expensive to buy all of them, and you may not know how to use them. Buy the bender, and you still have no tools.

[@jonahvimeo4276]

you did not show, how it works

[@fat-hand]

you didnt show it being used lol

[@gusm826]

I'm just going buy a manual conduit bender

[@burrmanchu687]

Is that a special type of sander or just a bench grinder with a sanding wheel?

[@wynnyoder5605]

dude, lower the top blade guide.

[@Mr1981pete]

dip it in gold or bend some conduit?!?! sorry i'm jealous

[@rodneywren3470]

Are you kidding??? I got tired just watching this build. Sorry but my time is worth more than $1 an hour. Just go get a bender and get the project DONE

[@reginaldpetten6678]

U

[@battleminion]

Very cool idea well done and cheap to build keep up posting good stuff like this

[@angelaking4359]

battleminion I would have been