EMT pipe bender

[caryt]

Can a Electrican's hyd emt pipe bender be used for dom ect? It has hd aluminum dies up to 2".

Cary

[TLCObsession]

Nope - Pipe is measured by ID tube by OD...

[jasonmt]

The OD of EMT has no relation to the OD of pipe.

The OD of EMT is close enough to that of tube in a couple of sizes that it likely would work. Keep in mind that the sizes listed below have a CLR of between 8" & 9" if you are talking about something like a Greenlee 855E.

1-1/4" EMT has a OD of 1.510"
1-1/2" EMT has a OD of 1.740"

[fabcam]

I have had a few customers using them. Work OK if you have a couple of jobs. They used it as a "starter" because it was there.

Have also heard that on some the radius is very large.

I will see if I can get a couple of them to jump in with their opinions.

[caryt]

Thanks, Its for personal use only so it will get very infrequent use. I can get it for $400.00 with 3 dies the largest is 2"

Cary

[phabask]

Most of the electrical dies have much larger radius, the 2" die has a od of almost 2.250,1.50 die is close to 1.750 but has a large radius. You can get some dies for it for tubing.
The Mittler bender is really close to a greenly.