Special Bending Information - Greenlee 855 Instruction Manual

Special Bending Information

This section of the manual describes a means for laying
out the starting points for various types of bends. It will
give very accurate measurements for heights and bend
angles commonly used.
Stubs
HEIGHT
ANGLE
Y
MARK
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.
Greenlee Textron / Subsidiary of Textron Inc.
855 Smart Bender™
Offsets (controlling the start of the first bend)
START OF
FIRST BEND
LENGTH
LENGTH – X
BENDING
MARK 1
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.
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ANGLE
L1
BENDING
MARK 2