Special Bending Information - Greenlee 1818 Manual Del Usuario

Special Bending Information

Setting Up Your Bends
The following describes a means for laying out the starting points for various types of bends. It will give very accu-
rate measurements for heights and bend angles commonly used.
Stubs:
HEIGHT
ANGLE
1. Go to the following chart which is for the size and type of conduit you are to bend.
2. Look down to the ANGLE column until you come to the angle you want to bend to.
3. Look at the numbers in the row preceded by Y and pick the one that is directly under the height (H) you want.
4. Place a mark this distance from the end of the conduit.
5. Make your bend after positioning the front edge of the hook on your mark.
Offsets: (Controlling the start of the first bend)
START OF
FIRST
BEND
← →
LENGTH
1. Subtract the X dimension for the size of conduit to be bent from the desired length.
2. Place your first mark this distance from the end of the conduit.
3. Go to the following chart which is for the size and type of conduit you are to bend.
4. Look down to the ANGLE column until you come to the angles you want to bend to.
5. Look at the numbers in the row preceded by L1 and pick the one that is directly under the height (H) you want.
6. Place a second mark this distance from your first mark.
7. Make your first bend after placing the front edge of the hook on the first mark and your second bend after
placing the front edge of the hook under the second mark.
Greenlee Tools, Inc.
ANGLE
1818 Mechanical Bender
← Y →
MARK
← →
←
LENGTH – X
BENDING
MARK 1
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L1
BENDING
MARK 2