NJ:
See that you're a 'Jersey guy... (South).
Don't know where you cut the line North/South, but the VoTech that I teach at (Union County) just started a 'Pipe Bending' course for the Summer session.
Under $125 fee, 13 nites, with 'hands-on'... had so many sign-ups, they had to run 2 classes.
John
