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Duit: An Overdue Innovation on a Construction Essential
The renderings are beautiful but the premise of this project is flawed. The assertion that "years of experience" is required to use a standard conduit bender is flawed—after a six or so practice bends, I was able to bend conduit for my DIY project with repeatable precision.
This was based on several focus groups involving electricians from all range of experience, as well as personal experience as an HVAC installer. The newest electrician (had been in the profession for less than a year) was enthusiastic about such an innovation, the older and more experienced guys were admittedly less than enthused.
And while I agree bending conduit is not a hard concept to grasp, this does minimize the learning curve.
Very poor presentation, had no idea what this was for until I was into the second paragraph of the text!
Agreed, I zoned out long before I got to the paragraph that said what it was. I only figured it out when I got to the comments section.
I agree this could have been formatted better. Aside from the opening paragraph title "DUIT - Conduit Bender," there isn't much to suggest what it is until after the images.
There is no way that adjustable angle thingy will survive.
There is a rail on the side of the bender that withstands force of the bend (not too clearly shown in the images). The swing-arm wouldn't take any of the force, if that's what you're thinking would fail.