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

We take you through the steps to make a 90-degree bend in a piece of galvanised metal conduit.
This is an essential requirement for electrical apprentices. Creating a bend to an exact measurement using a conduit bending machine.

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00:00 How to put a bend in steel conduit
00:42 Mark at 300 mm
01:28 Set square and scrap conduit
02:07 Lining up your marks
02:34 Under bent is better than over bent
02:55 Checking for 90 degrees
03:21 Adding more bend
03:47 Checking for 90 degrees and 300 mm
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[fitnessfanatics]

"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.

[marksayers]

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.

[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!

[Dog-whisperer]

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 .

[jollyfinequality]

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.

[jackgower]

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?

[DannyHaddad-ge]

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

[raychambers]

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

[sergiofernandez]

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

[ryanjones]

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

[ladcjd]

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.

[GrahamKey]

Use a weleders magnetic 90 instead of a set square frees your hands up for adjustment 👍

[alanmarriott]

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

[CGill]

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…

[alanmarriott]

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

[pnxelectrical]

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

[stephencarroll]

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.

[ryanpringle]

Personally I would have threaded and fitted the coupler on then got my 300mm measure then bent it no need to cut anything off

[grahamturner]

Never done it that way turn tube other way around