Conduit bender advice

[plantpot]

I do very little steel conduit work and can't justify buying a full bender set up.
My dad has a hand held plumbers pipe bender.Would I be able to fit a 20mm former and guide to it to use for bends and sets etc.

 

[Pete999]

Might be able to fit the 20mm former, but bending steel conduit with it, no chance.

 

[cliffed]

Put a bender in the van add £10 a hour on your rate....I wish

 

[Pete999]

Put a bender in the van add £10 a hour on your rate....I wish

Conduit - Pipe Bender (on Stand) - Mark 1 Hire - https://www.mark1hire.co.uk/product/conduit-pipe-bender-on-stand/
You will also require stocks and dies to suit your needs, I would imagine these hire shops stock them as well

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I dont tend to do much that jsutifies the expense of a full bender at the moment. Did have one but it got stolen out the last van about 2 years back. still got the dies, taps etc.. use them with a foldable tool bench and vice where required. when i did need to install some metal conduit on a garage refurb recently I bought one of these..

cost me £79.99 plus delivery off ebay. a lot of sellers on ebay send them from the states but you will find them similar priced via google or amazon etc.. they will do the trick for occasional use but for major installs a full bender and set is worth its money. currently 89.87 from cpc farnell with free delivery
Ideal Industries 74-028 Conduit Bender Ductile Iron - Google Search - https://www.google.com/search?q=Ideal+Industries+74-028+Conduit+Bender+Ductile+Iron&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB744GB744&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUj-ueitLgAhUiVBUIHSjjCroQ_AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=754

 

[telectrix]

maybe worth a punt.


Hilmour EL125 35mm conduit pipe benders | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hilmour-EL125-35mm-conduit-pipe-benders/264202956540?hash=item3d83b92efc:g:jEsAAOSwRYNcat~y:rk:10f:0

 

[multimick]

length of 4x2 with a hole in it

 

[Blaspark]

Conduit - Pipe Bender (on Stand) - Mark 1 Hire - https://www.mark1hire.co.uk/product/conduit-pipe-bender-on-stand/
You will also require stocks and dies to suit your needs, I would imagine these hire shops stock them as well

And that thing to deburr them. What's that called?

 

[DefyG]

length of 4x2 with a hole in it

Like the good old days!

 

[Pete999]

And that thing to deburr them. What's that called?

A Rat tailed File, Round File, half round file, a pair of pliers the list is endless.

 

[Blaspark]

A Rat tailed File, Round File, half round file, a pair of pliers the list is endless.

You could just do that but I was thinking of something like this Halls HB3 Handiburr Pipe Reamer 10-34mm - https://www.uktoolcentre.co.uk/hllpr-hb3-handiburr-pipe-reamer-10-34mm.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx9mpqaLS4AIVTLHtCh10BQvxEAQYFiABEgLUlvD_BwE

 

[Pete999]

You could just do that but I was thinking of something like this Halls HB3 Handiburr Pipe Reamer 10-34mm - https://www.uktoolcentre.co.uk/hllpr-hb3-handiburr-pipe-reamer-10-34mm.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx9mpqaLS4AIVTLHtCh10BQvxEAQYFiABEgLUlvD_BwE

Bit expensive when a file will do just a good as job

 

[Blaspark]

Bit expensive when a file will do just a good as job

I wouldn't trust an apprentice with a file personally

 

[telectrix]

I wouldn't trust an apprentice with a file personally

i wouldn't trust an apprentice with a teabag, let alone a file.

 

[The Ghost]

I use a stepping drill to deburr. I wonder what region you are in. I have two of them if you were close enough...

 

[KEV 1 N]

maybe worth a punt.


Hilmour EL125 35mm conduit pipe benders | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hilmour-EL125-35mm-conduit-pipe-benders/264202956540?hash=item3d83b92efc:g:jEsAAOSwRYNcat~y:rk:10f:0

Good benders, light weight and easy to carry around site.....compared to the larger blue Record type, I think they were Record

 

[Risteard]

And that thing to deburr them. What's that called?

Reamer.

 

[Risteard]

And that thing to deburr them. What's that called?

Reamer.

 

[multimick]

sorry to be a bit pedantic but a reamer is a precision tool used after a drill to get a precise sized hole

 

[ChipFanDave]

De-burring tool.