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Perform the Second Bend and Check for Straightness

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The Apprentice Does His 1st Proper Box Offset! Electrician Dad Teaches Son Conduit Bending Tips⚡️

What happens here

Stand behind the conduit to 'eyeball' its straightness and then apply downward pressure on the bender's handle to make the second bend. This bend should mirror the first one, but in the opposite direction, creating the offset. Continuously check the straightness of the conduit between the bends to prevent a 'dog leg'. The goal is for the two bent sections to be parallel, allowing the conduit to sit flush against a surface.

Goal: Complete the second bend to form the offset and ensure the conduit is straight.

Tools and materials

  • Electrical Conduit — The material being bent
  • Manual Conduit Bender — Making the second bend

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Now, you have to turn the conduit around 180° and have it stick out one inch. Got it. You want to get behind the conduit so that you can eyeball it and make sure it's straight. A lot of rookie mistakes is they make a dog leg because they make one bend in one direction and they don't have it exactly straight. Now, you're just going to pull back a tiny bit, man. All right. How do I know when I'm good, though? I think it's good, right? >> Yeah. It was only a little bit. Okay. You got to work on it.

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