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1818 Mechanical Bender
Setting Up Your Bends
Thefollowingdescribesameansforlayingoutthestartingpointsforvarioustypesofbends.Itwillgiveveryaccu-
rate measurements for heights and bend angles commonly used.
Stubs:
1. Gotothefollowingchartwhichisforthesizeandtypeofconduityouaretobend.
2. LookdowntotheANGLEcolumnuntilyoucometotheangleyouwanttobendto.
3. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyYandpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
4. Placeamarkthisdistancefromtheendoftheconduit.
5. Makeyourbendafterpositioningthefrontedgeofthehookonyourmark.
Offsets: (Controlling the start of the first bend)
1. SubtracttheXdimensionforthesizeofconduittobebentfromthedesiredlength.
2. Placeyourrstmarkthisdistancefromtheendoftheconduit.
3. Gotothefollowingchartwhichisforthesizeandtypeofconduityouaretobend.
4. LookdowntotheANGLEcolumnuntilyoucometotheanglesyouwanttobendto.
5. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyL1andpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
6. Placeasecondmarkthisdistancefromyourrstmark.
7. Makeyourrstbendafterplacingthefrontedgeofthehookontherstmarkandyoursecondbendafter
placingthefrontedgeofthehookunderthesecondmark.
Special Bending Information
← Y →
←
HEIGHT
ANGLE
MARK
←
←
←
←
←
L1
→
←
LENGTH – X
→
←
HEIGHT
→
←
LENGTH
→
START OF
FIRST
BEND
ANGLE
BENDING
MARK 1
BENDING
MARK 2
→
→