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Don't you guys use "Chicago" benders anymore?

As long as you fellows are dreaming...
you really should carefully check out the Burkey Bender. It creates an entirely new class for conduit benders because it provides exactly the qualities other benders ommit.
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[This message has been edited by burkey (edited 07-08-2004).]

Thanks for the input guys. Had a good discussion with shop but they could not justify a $1500 tool with limited capabilities. I figured I would ask anyways. Now the Burkey Bender......uh.....$5700.00?? It would be a frosty day in the Bahamas when I could get them to jump at that. Must be plated in gold??

The Burkey Bender seems like a fantastic idea for someone on massive scope commercial jobs.. But for the price of a way off lease GMC Sierra... I think I'd rather have the truck with my Ideal benders in the back

-Randy

The company I work for does large scale pipe jobs and we would not buy this either.

$5700.00 to bend 1/2" 3/4" & 1" EMT, no way!

The time saved would be more than offset by the time walking back and forth to this table or coming down off the scissor lift.

Have you sold any of these to ECs?

Bob

the large scale jobs we work on you would be laughed at if you used these benders for 1/2-1" pipe. but on the large scale jobs we do they include "large pipe". as for the chicago benders, they're excellent up to 1" rigid after that its time to start using a greenlee sidewinder, triple nickel or enerpac.

In the Uk we use benders nothing like yours , my favorite is the hilmor EL25. It fits in the boot of a car and with correct instruction can produce high nquality work.Its also got a built in pipe vice for sawing and threading.they are available new for about £400. The only thing i cant figure is that we have sent men to the moon and in england still thread by hand! In ireland electric dies are common but have never seen them here.