How do I bend a 30 degree offset?

Mastering a 30 degree offset is essential to developing as a well rounded electrician. Running conduit is by far my favorite thing to do but always remember how electricity works...
It takes the path of least resistance.
Don't look for the craziest path, use a 30, use a 90, and keep on running.

0:00 Intro
0:15 30 Degree Offset
0:45 Art & Construction
1:24 When to use an offset
2:25 Use the Multiple of "2"
2:45 Your First Mark
3:30 When in doubt, measure again
4:30 Keep The Line Consistent.
5:45 Your Second Mark (Twist It)
6:15 Avoiding a Dogleg
7:15 Tweaking Your Bends
8:15 Measure Twice Cut Once
9:15 The Quick and the Dead
9:45 Don't forget to strap your conduit
10:20 Consistency Looks Professional
11:00 How to remove sharpie marks
11:40 Strap Conduit 3' (or unbroken 5')
12:50 Like Subscribe and Share

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[adleru]

Thanks for being gnarly and not arrogant like 90% of tradesmen 🤙

[marioortiz]

Dope vid bro. This is probably the hardest part of the electrical trade for me.

[rezzle]

You’re a genius bro, thank you so much. Keep making more conduit videos

[michaelleddy]

My man with the grounding tails on deck👍⚡

[myboysanji]

Thanks! Easy to understand! Hope this channel gets bigger!

[Kember]

Thanks for the video. I'm always looking to learn and improve myself

[johncastle]

Need 5 minutes videos as refresher on a job sight. Anything longer than that we might as well makeout

[christiansantos-dm]

Hey, I’m studying electrician and this help me too much, thank you man.
And I’m learning English at the same time XD.

[gustavopalacios]

That sharpie trick is gangsta, blew my mind no bull g shit bro

[yvngalex]

U make this stuff easy to understand thank you I went to school for it but conduit bending was hardest for me to understand just bc of the measurements equation but I’m good at math it’s just knowing where to make your measurements and how much to take off or multiply by like the backends of 90s new subscriber today !! Thanks for the helpful vids

[michaelleddy]

I'll always sub to a new Electricians channel. Subbed and Liked

[todosmiros]

the reason his bend was underbent... He wanted to hit the center of the box? then measure from the center of the first one. He measured from the outside right of the pipe, but the bender is working with the LEFT side of the pipe when its said and done, due to his use of the right side of the pipe.

so you always want to measure from the center of the knock out to the center of the knock out that youre going for.

[ninmmkmfdm]

The problem with air bending is that it's very hard to match bends on parallel runs. It's better to floor bend them. Great video, with explanation. Can you do a video for floor bending?

[anglesalazar]

Will the equation be the same for each size conduit ; 11/2 ;1;3/4; 1/2

[Mohammed-exxu]

Im currently going to trade school and learning conduit bending. How often do you use boxsets in the field because i noticed you didnt use any here. Thank You

[Jesus_Strong]

Nice, so you measure offsets from center to center?

[michaelhinchey]

I need to bend a 30 degree offset in a stairwell but at the bottom it needs to drop roughly 6 inches under the landing of the floor above. Any suggestions on how to make that look good ?

[danielhady]

It's easier if you just calculate the shrink and pre cut the conduit to length.

[adambooth]

Using cm or mm would be ridiculously easier for measuring?

[DavidMendoza-xjdf]

Hey I’m still new to this but aren’t you suppose the measure the offset depth and multiply it with the multiplier