"Oh, right on the money!" Lol, i love this phrase. I say it everytime after a successful bend.

he seems like the most genuinely nice dude

There’s no need to go to schools 🏫 anymore. People like 👍 you delivered the messages in short periods of times and we saved back and forth. I don’t need certificates 😂 just to know what I’m doing on the job site and ask for raise for not wasting companies materials . Thank you 🙏 very much

Way to go bill. Very nice explanation and examples of conduit bending. It’s a lost art in some cases.

So that’s what I was doing wrong. I was taking my measurements from the bottom of the conduit to the top of the conduit. Thank you for the clarification Mr. Bill.

Love working with older guys they really know their stuff..not just about electrical...been in the trade 24 years..still learning

Just a good guy reminds me of my granddad. Teaching comes easy for this guy.

I’ve been an electrician for 46 years. I am what’s known as a “resimercial” electrician(one who can do both residential work and commercial work). Back in the 80s and early 90s all I did was commercial work. Back then it took skill to bend conduit but now since companies want these commercial jobs to be completed faster than what it took years ago companies are now using MC cable instead of EMT. Nowadays the average guy off the street can come in and pull the MC without any training or skill.

You always make it look so easy. You need a shirt with "Damn I'm good" on it. 😉

Awesome videos by an old school electrician when they had pride in there skills. Thanks Bill. Bending conduit is an art in my opinion.

Im an apprentice and haven't bend pipe for a bit. Thank you sparky for your content

You have no idea how helpful you are to us! Thank you Bill!

I struggled with conduit bends and tried to borrow bits and pieces of other people's videos. Then I ran into your channel. Good work. You have a knack for explaining this and it resonated with my own logic. Thanks very much!

Thanks Sparky! This came clutch, I was trying to do an s bend but the 45 offset is exactly what I needed!

Thank you for ALL of your videos. I was really worried when I found out about what happened with the old account! Your bending videos and switch leg videos helped get me through school and on to the job! I love this trade, and I am so happy to be able to take your lessons to work with me daily. Thanks again!

I like to use the star when bending 90’s! Only works when measuring on the run!

Sparky your videos are always helpful, if every apprentice had a Sparky to train them in the field the Electrical field would be full of excellent craftsmen, however, these videos are a great substitute 👍

Please keep making more conduit bending videos.

Congrats on the 4k Mr. Spark...👍

As a commercial estimator, I love learning some tips of the trade that I don't get to play with much. The 45 degree offset bend would also be great because at times we have spec limits on number of degrees of bends before a pull box; so this would save 90 degrees worth.

Thanks Sparky

Your are an OG. ( I had to triple OG you for them jean patches. ) edit. Madd respect to you sir.

Another great video from Sparky. That wall is getting busy.. LOL. Enjoy your weekend.....

Thank you to gave more videos like that😍 I learn how to bend😁

This helped me make a perfect 45° bend first try!

Morning Bill! Awesome vid!

Thanks again maestro sparky channel thanks for all your advice and help and keep us teaching stay healthy and safe

Good job Sparky. Have a great day.

You can do the second bend without subtracting for the " take" if you just use the star, as you would with back to back 90s.

When I watch Bill work, it makes me want to throw my EMT bender out the window. I am not worthy. Haha

Hi bill,thank you for your help is a great teaching,I have been learning a lot, is there a limit of emt of a junction box? thanks you

Good job you make it to easy 👍

Hello sparky.. From iskenderun turkey... Good job.. 👏👏

What kind of calculator you use cuz i cant get those numbers

Well explained.

Your videos are great and informative. Thank you.

👍💯 appreciate your channel

what about the shrinkage for the 45 degree offset

Hello Bill I hope you’re doing well, Bill will you have any video the involved single phase motor and three phase wiring.

thx for all the vids. you're awesome man. Can you do a vid on multi shot 90 degree conduit bends. I can't find any on youtube

Great video! Thank you.

Thanks for this informative channel..

Nice video .Thanks

I saw an easy way to see if your conduit bends are correct use a digital angle finder with a magnetic side.

Sparky, I'm totally confused - you didn't include the shrinkage. Sometimes you do and sometimes you don't. Is there some special rule when using or not using shrinkage?

You're the best man.

GOOD video. I like certain things he uses. The Square. Instead of "eying " it 90 degrees. Its a good idea. so Why not just have the thing sitting there available for you? Or the Long level he uses. Many times foreman will pitch a fit about various tools a worker uses to make the best product. they will say "why are you using a Bla bla bla!?" to imply that somehow youre deficient for using something. Some make a stick with measurements on it. called {cheater" sticks. But I guess its not cheating now that there are phone apps doing the same thing though right? the arrogance of the electricians is what makes an easy job, a hard one. Questioning one another for silly things like the type of boot brand, the brand of tools (I HATE kline) or the sort of bag you use, or if you use a bucket or not. Pressure that isnt needed when youre trying to work. One company will swear up and down that a certain behavior is "standard" when it isnt For example, placing a faceplate on, and assuring the screw heads are vertical. When wiring a switch placing the switchleg on a certain screw (the top or the bottom). Some people avoid using a wirenut by "wrapping" a wire around one outlet terminal, and onto the adjoining device in the box requiring a hot. Others swear thats terrible. Some people do not twist the wire first under the wirenut, others will send you home for not doing that. Some Bosses require a real reamer, and others will use the head of lineman's or the handle of a pair of channel locks (they strip the plastic off the handle of the channel lock to do that) Some bosses will tell you that you cant use a channel lock with the handle stripped off as if you plan on using the thing on a hot circuit! Some feel they want the end of the pipe to look like a manufactured end! Others realize it doesnt have to be that serious, for it wont damage the wire. Some will never run a fishtape in a pipe with live wire in it. they think the metal will somehow nick the wire, and would fire you for doing such. Others do it all the time, while adding circuits in an office during work hours. If you see a behavior in this list that YOU do, you no doubt will swear those that do the other things are "hacks" or "apprentices" or some other derogatory term. They are not. they are just not you, and live in other parts of the country where behaviors are different. I saw one guy in florida complain about my use of a Caddy clip to hang a pipe, simply because he had never seen that product, and so he felt the holder wasnt "code!" Caddy brand is widely used in Chicago, but not so much if at ALL in the south for some reason. Some do one thing, others do another. Tell your workers what YOU want. But dont imply that some other way is "wrong" , its just not how YOU do things on YOUR sites.

Very nice, thank you.

Love this guy

I get what your doing. Is the 14" the distance between the studs? Because I didn't see you measure between the studs So my distance is18 3/8" so I measure from the floor 18 3/8 deduct 5" and bend it 90* I may need to do a KICK on one end That won't change the distances will it? Thanks I've been away from this for a few years because I'm retired

Good morning Sparky! Loving your video, is there a way I can message you personally to get advice because I'm in school now to become an electrician and hope I can have a mentor like you.

The 4 pieces of conduit that step out and over the 2 pipes can you show how to do that one? I have 8” square columns that stick out 1 1/2 from the wall every 10 feet in my garage. Great video’s.

my question is how come the S shape was 14 1/2 but the Offset was 13 7/8 when they both are using the same 2x4s

Rather than subtracting the 5 inches from 14 and a half for your second bend of the back to back 90, couldn't you have just used the star mark on the bender at your 14 and a half pencil mark?

Tnanku sir for knowledge

way to go bill

Great video! you listed everything but I dont see any information on the gloves you are wearing ?

How to measure "from the first pencil mark"? You mean from that 3inch mark?

You should do a rolling offset

Wondering if you have a specialty tool you know of to take the jacket off twisted 10/3 w gr or larger cable? Seems hard to do without nicking the conductors. Just wondering if they made a jacket stripper as they do for flat romex?

Great video thanks

Excellent work as always. Can you elaborate the 13 7/8” we have in between the 45•

This dude does everything lol

Could you use the star technique on the s bend ?

Excelencia y Excelencia y más Dios te bendiga siempre y familia y amigos

Nice job

Is it the same for 3/4 conduit?

is your shrinkage the same if you were to bend a bigger pipe such as 1 inch emt for example?

Why aren't the numbers and symbols on the benders more pronounced? Such as bright colors?

Great video, thank you, I subscribed as well.

Great channel keep up the work sparky!

Way to go sparky 🫡

Good job..🇲🇨

Very good

When I try to do this for 1 inch EMT I always get a kink in the 2nd bend, tried 4 times. Any suggestions?

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I thought it was supposed to be measured from the star for 90s!!!

Hello Mr. Bill. Could you please tell me how to do the math on the calculator for 13 7/8 x 1.4? When I do it I get 19 17/40. Or how do you get from that to 19 7/16?

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👎🏼 Why subtract 5/8" (diameter of conduit) for the 45° but not the 90° bend?! And you didn't explain 1/4" shrink - what is it and why it's not accounted for in your math? You said the 2nd bend was made 19 7/16" from the first pencil mark but never showed making that 2nd mark on the pipe, must be marked before the first bend.

Damn your bends are beautiful your energy has gone up a lot too, what are u eating lemme get in on that diet lmao

I thought about getting a band saw, but figured a grinder or reciprocating saw would be more useful so might as well spend money on something useful. Long story short some lazy p brain three his atomic reciprocating saw away, because it wouldn't move, damn thing was just caked in drywall dust gears needed some oiling and help getting the drywall dust out. Free 99

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Please don’t ever call it an S bend… it’s a back to back