Conduit bending of double sets

[guest119]

Who uses conduit these days?

Every job Ive been on (many) since late 2010
NGB, SPIE etc etc.

Boydy

 

[shanky887614]

You forgot a final....remove from bender ...
Oh and file off the vice marks and paint vice marks and all bends.

boydy

no need if you have a decent vice and usw treflex

 

[davesparks]

no need if you have a decent vice and usw treflex

No matter how good the vice or the grease is the conduit will need touching up.
A good vice will leave smaller teeth marks than a bad one but the marks will still be there.

 

[telectrix]

and herein comes another measurement....... grip the conduit in the right place for a saddle to cover the vice marks.

 

[davesparks]

What make of vice are you using? Mine has teeth at least twice the width if a normal saddle.

 

[shanky887614]

No matter how good the vice or the grease is the conduit will need touching up.
A good vice will leave smaller teeth marks than a bad one but the marks will still be there.

greese and rag is all you need usually or a file on an old vice

 

[davesparks]

But the teeth of the vice still bite into the galv or enamel.

Galv and enamel can and will crack off at the bends with the carp quality of pipe these days and whatever you do there will be a slither of bare metal at each joint. Plus the guide on the stocks will scratch a bit as it goes round.

Painting the conduit is not just about what it looks like, it's to maintain the protective coating of the conduit.

 

[guest119]

no need if you have a decent vice and usw treflex

Time to change your college Shanky, or demand your money back:6:


Boydy

 

[shanky887614]

Time to change your college Shanky, or demand your money back:6:


Boydy

i didnt add a rag to the list but would use it with treflex on galv.

not the way i would do it, answer me a question

what is the point iin spraying cuts on pre galv trunking etc in a boilerhouse?

it will rust like a bastad anyway

 

[davesparks]

The point is to repair the galv coating wherever it is compromised.
You should use a 'zinc rich' paint of some kind.

If you know for certain that it is going to rust despite being properly treated then you shouldn't be installing it there in the first place!

 

[Tiny Spark]

I can honestly say I have never painted galv tube.
But then I have only ever installed it inside so it doesn't really matter lol

 

[guest119]

If you cut it, you paint it.
If you bend it, you paint it.

Boydy

 

[davesparks]

I can honestly say I have never painted galv tube.
But then I have only ever installed it inside so it doesn't really matter lol

These days I end up painting every last inch of it, matt black is the order of the day for everything in theatre land!

 

[Tiny Spark]

Now black tube thats something i dont miss!
Orrible crap that was!

 

[davesparks]

Now black tube thats something i dont miss!
Orrible crap that was!

It's not black tube, that is way too shiny, its galv tube and a few tins of matt black spray paint.

Nothing escapes the paint! tube, trunking, tray, switches, sockets, apprentices all get it.

 

[7029 dave]

Depends on the quality of the tube, used some black enamel once, every set you pulled it flacked off like a bark steward. lol

 

[Tiny Spark]

Yup horid stuff!
Used it the once in college and never again since. Plain galv is king lol

But PVC FTW

 

[telectrix]

pvc? don't you just love getting whacked in the face by that spring.

 

[Tiny Spark]

Cant say ive ever done that tel lol

Have caught my finger in between the coils though and that smarted a bit!!

 

[shanky887614]

pvc? don't you just love getting whacked in the face by that spring.

lol your doing it wrong