How would you like to use this equipment to bend pipe?

IF the other end of the chain going around the chain block is attached to an engine, then sure....no problem.

Would be kind of easy to attach that to a truck's winch, wouldn't it? If not....how about a team of horses*?


*preferably the Clydesdales....I'll watch over the wagon full of Budweiser.

Joe,
I was a grouch all day today, you made me laugh. About the same assembly time as the current benders.

Joe, Where's the mule?
Technology is not much better now!

That guy on the right doesn't look quite heavy enough to hold that base down. Maybe he was just dense enough...

Great Picture Joe!


Bill

Thanks Bill:

I just set up another album, and you are welcome to repost the images on your sites server, with credits as usual.

I have a book written by McGraw Hill in 1924 called: "Conduit Wiring" and during my trip home from Las Vegas, I snapped these while in my seat on the plane!
http://www.joetedesco.com/gallery/Conduit-Installations-and-Inspections-in-1924

I sure would not want to be standing that close if that chian ever failed .and at head level to boot.

I kind of like that attachment to the water pipe in fig 619 I!

(And don't forget the Union Helper to carry the hay and sweep the straw for the horse/mule!)

The left hand of the guy holding the pipe looks to be too close to where the action is. He could get his fingers crushed between the pipe and the "cast iron sector". Or get hit by the roller if the strap holding the pipe breaks. OHSA would not be happy.

Figure 619 may have needed a machinist to drill and tap the plug.

Might the porcelain knob supporting the cable off the tee/plug made it an early space-age "isolated ground"?

In all seriousness, does anyone else remember a more recent “drilled and tapped” from the inside hole and screw for grounding? It was illustrated in a more recent NEC handbook. Its purpose was to provide a “legal” equipment-ground termination where buried PVC was connected to above-ground GRC and a class-1 j-box for explosion-proof equipment.




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I don't know, this thing looks cheaper than the $4800 bucks I dropped on my greenlee 555 speed bender. I'm all for saving money where I can.

...this thing looks cheaper than the $4800 bucks I dropped on my greenlee 555 speed bender.

Yeah, but did you consider what it costs to feed and board a horse or mule these days?

I think I'm going to make our new company uniform what the guy on the right is wearing. I like the cap. Think the guys will object?

-Hal

That open hook looks dangerous, a lot weaker than a closed shackle or eyelet. The open side is down, which is also more dangerous than it would be if the open side was up.

Not only that, but the whole thing would definitely tip over toward the pulling force before it bent the pipe, even with the guy standing where he is. It would need to be bolted to the floor or have a longer base with more weight farther from the pivot point.

Interesting concept, though. I love man's ingenuity.

Look this over too.

looks better than the one on our job!

...Whatever happened to bending pipe between the rear bumper of the van,and the rear tire... Thats what my old boss did once...he was too cheap to get a 1-1/4" EMT bender...
Russ

I remember using the exhaust pipe of my service van to provide heat to bend 1/2 inch PVC for an offset. remember to glue the connector on first, as the end will distort.

Joe, you’ve given us proof that Margaritas evolved from the electrical trade. Note the equipment manufacturer in the caption at: www.joetedesco.com/gallery/Conduit-Installations-and-Inspections-in-1924/tedesco19

‘Osterizer’ is brand/slang for a blender — irreplaceable in the hospitality-beverage biz.




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