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What do you Rate the Apprentice’s Offset? #electrician #hendythesparky

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This project demonstrates how a master electrician teaches his apprentice son to bend an offset in 1/2" EMT electrical conduit so it can properly enter an electrical box. The video covers two methods: using a traditional manual conduit bender and using a specialized offset 'kicker' tool, highlighting the differences in technique, ease, and cost.

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push mount more. >> I can't get this pipe in this box. Hey, Dad. How do you do an offset? >> Come on. You can do two ways. You got the little kicker and you got the manual bender, right? >> Okay. >> This is tiny conduit. So, let's use the manual bender. So, pick it up. Put the end of the conduit at the very end of that shoe. >> End of the shoe. >> End of the shoe. And make sure nothing is sticking out. >> Nothing's sticking out. I got it. >> Okay. Now, you're going to stand up and all you're going to do is literally put the tiniest bit of weight to step on it. >> Okay. Like that. >> That's it. That's even too much. >> That's too much. >> Yeah. But that's okay. You already did it. Let go. Now you got to turn push the pipe in. Turn it around now. >> Oh, I see. Okay. >> Right. You got to do an offset. Right. So, you went up a certain amount. Now, you got to come back down a certain amount. >> Okay. >> To get level to get into that box. You let it stick out about 1 inch from the end of the shoe. Keep going. >> Not much. Right. >> Go ahead. Push them out more cuz you're not on the gap. Go ahead. Push right there. Oh, wow. Okay. That's my 10° offset. Let me see if it fits in this box. Okay. All right. Well, it worked, but it's not that great, right? Let's try it again. Let's do the other side. Take it out. You're better off even trying to use the little kicker. Put the little kicker in this one. One shot straight down and out. Yep. You remove the the tool. See that bend? >> That's way easier. >> Definitely way easier. But that's 300 $400 for that tool. So, you should be able to do it with this as well. >> Okay. Okay. >> I really like this thing. But no, definitely. I see your point. You got to know both. Thanks, Dad. Yep.

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