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This is a discussion on bending job within the Problem Solving forums, part of the Blacksmithing category; help me please i have a production bending job and i have no experience with this typ of operation i ...
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04-27-2008, 04:15 PM
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 bending job help me please i have a production bending job and i have no experience with this typ of operation i have a 48 inch piece of 1/2 emt conduit i need to bend at the middle 180 degrees with a 4.5 inch radius but it must be robust i need to make about 200 pieces for the first run and hopefully many afterward will one of those hossfeld machines you guys talk about work for this i can make dies i am a machinist thanks chuck
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04-27-2008, 05:28 PM
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| Electrical supply houses, the ones you get the emt from have benders. I don't know about the radius. Most benders need a die for the specific size material and the specific size bend your doing. A little practice is needed due to spring back, etc. There has been talk about making wooden dies for short runs (small amounts) of bends. If you know a machinist, making the dies should not be a problem (hint - hint)
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04-27-2008, 06:46 PM
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| I have a tubing bender from these guys Pipe Bending Machine (not this model bender, mine won't do 180º bends, but this one will) they sell dies sized for tubing (based on actual O.D. & wall thickness) or sized for pipe. PROTOOLS 1/2" pipe has the same O.D. (.840") as thick wall conduit, the thin wall conduit is .820", I'm not sure how the bend quality will compare with the mismatch in diameter, but I doubt it will be a huge difference. they do sell the die's in the 4.5" radius and are available in 240º bends (to complete a 180º bend) PROTOOLS this is the model I have and have been happy with it. (hasn't gotten much use lately though) |
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04-27-2008, 07:20 PM
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| all right ,THANKS SLOB. i can work this in my job i have to do made a hand bender this weekend and i had no idea a piece of conduit was so hard to bend i need a 5 foot pipe as leverage looks like a very nice tool i can rapidly bang out some parts my client has assuerd me of other needs for this type of operation also so i am going forward thanks again, and THANKYOU GLENN for this site chuck
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04-27-2008, 10:34 PM
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| Did anyone notice? The question was ask at Today, 04:15 PM and by Today, 07:20 PM (3 hours later) hdwarner had the information he needed.
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04-27-2008, 10:59 PM
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