Conduit Bending 101 Book by Benchmark Electrical Products and Gary Pearcy (spiral-bound, 91 pages, 6.5 x 3.8 x 0.3 inches ).  "A basic guide to consistent precision bends of conduit."  BENCHMARK, is a starting point, and all other points are in relation to it.  The purpose of this book is for Gary to share with you the basic conduit bending techniques he has learned and used as an electrician over the past thirty years.    Whether you are a beginner or have spent some time in the field, Gary trusts that you will find these guidelines in the Conduit Bending 101 book a valuable reference.

 

Basic conduit bending techniques are illustrated in this book with clear diagrams and charts and easy to follow text on every page.

 

Hightlights of the Conduit Bending 101 handbook:

Preparing to install conduit

Bender take-up and gain (benfield type bender)

Degree bending (offsets, back-to-back bends, saddles)

Hickey Bender

Greenlee Mechanical Benders (1800 & 1801 and 1818)

Tools, terms, types of conduit

Decimal and metrick equivalents, conduit dimensions, weights and dimensions rigid,

Dimensions of trheads rigid, weights & dimensions IMC and EMT, expansion characteristics

References