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Posted By: luckyshadow cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 01:15 AM
Does anybody know who makes / made a tool that looks like a pipe hickey ,but is designed to bend cables ? A fellow electrician has told me about these and I saw some on ebay but missed out. I would like to know if they are still made and where to purchase them.
Posted By: renosteinke Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 01:30 AM
Check Greenlee cat. no 796- I think that's the tool you're looking for.
Posted By: dmattox Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 12:01 PM
199.248.241.8/wwwroot/greenlee/details.cfm?id=2722&upc=22590

That looks pretty cool, you ever use it reno?
Posted By: dmattox Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 12:12 PM
Found it for $107 doing a quick google, might add it to my fathers day list [Linked Image]
Posted By: luckyshadow Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 05:05 PM
Sorry - We have the Greenlee cable bender.
What I am looking for looks like a smaller version of a rigid pipe hickey. Made to help form larger cables without damage. Am being told they are easier to use then that Greenlee item.

[This message has been edited by luckyshadow (edited 05-28-2005).]
Posted By: Bill Addiss Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 05:37 PM
Is this it?
http://www.rack-a-tiers.com/pro_bendall.htm#bendall
Posted By: renosteinke Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/28/05 08:10 PM
Thanks, Bill- I had forgotten about that one.

No, I haven't used the Greenlee tool- but it's on my wish list! I have another 500mcmjob on the horizon....
Posted By: Larry Fine Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/29/05 04:37 AM
I wish I had had a wire bender like these several years ago, when we had to get the hood on a weatherhead on a horizontal (through-the-wall) conduit with four 500MCM AL wires.

The wall kept getting in the way of bending the wires beyond the necessary bend; the wire was so springy that it kept popping the hood off, like an old-fasioned mouse-trap.

I also wish someone mad a less-than-90-degree weatherhead for this application. Unlike with a vertical run, beyond 90 degrees is not necessary for rain-proofing.
Posted By: e57 Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/29/05 07:19 AM
You all might scoff at the idea....
But, pair of channel-locks or pipe wrench with an enormous amount of cheap black tape on the jaws to coat and dull the teeth, will do the same job.

When you're done slash the tape off.

I think I have seen another one by Klien, a long handle with kind of a donut shape at the end? (wait while I look it up)

Yep!
[Linked Image from service.kleintools.com]
Posted By: Larry Fine Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/29/05 03:17 PM
E, have a part number?
Posted By: richard Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/29/05 04:24 PM
cat. #50402, I have two.
Posted By: Larry Fine Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/30/05 03:46 AM
"I have two."

Wanna sell one? :-D
Posted By: e57 Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/30/05 06:40 AM
Many supply houses will have one gathering dust in a case, or hook.
Posted By: richard Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/30/05 07:27 PM
sorry, i use them both, for leverage.
Posted By: Fred Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/31/05 01:08 AM
I have had a pair of the Kleins for several years. They work well. You need two. Bending 500 with one would be like trying to clap with one hand.
Posted By: luckyshadow Re: cable hickey ??? - 05/31/05 02:12 AM
You can buy the klein ones on line at www.mytoolstore.com I have purchased items from that site with no problem.
I will most likely end up buying the klein benders -- seems no one knows of the other ones. Thanks any way folks
Posted By: Nick Re: cable hickey ??? - 06/06/05 03:32 AM
Is this what you are looking for?

[Linked Image from condux.com]
Posted By: George Corron Re: cable hickey ??? - 06/06/05 10:31 AM
Try Hi Line Company. Catalog # 8090000
Click on the link, click on "Cable Prep Tools", open the Adobe file, and scroll down til you see the picture.
http://hilineco.com/productlisting/onlinecatalog.php
Posted By: resqcapt19 Re: cable hickey ??? - 06/06/05 05:32 PM
Our shop just bought some of these .
I haven't had a chance to try it yet. I try to stay away from jobs that use that size wire. I prefer fiber and #14s.
Don
Posted By: luckyshadow Re: cable hickey ??? - 06/06/05 09:38 PM
Nick and George
Thats just what I'm talking about! Have you ever used them ?
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