New gadget for Steel Conduit

[flyingsparks]

For those of us who regularly do Steel Conduit Work - Anyone tried one of these?

http://www.impactpipepower.com/product/pipepower-impact/

 

[Echo the husky]

Interesting, I've always done it by hand (couldn't justify one of the little Rems Amigo things). Is it really as fast as just impact drill it on? The only time I have used powered threaders is when installing screwed iron pipe and they require quite a substantial amount of power. That does look quite fun though, and compact.

It would be nice to see a real video of it in action!

 

[Risteard]

Bound to wang up the die pretty quick. Prefer to do it properly by hand.

 

[Iggifer]

I saw it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, requires an impact driver with >180NM of torque.

Now I don't know what brands of power tools people are into, but that's beyond the realms of an 18v impact driver from Makita and DeWalt, think Bosch and Milwaukee do a model that does 180NM.

Whether or not it actually does require 180, or you could get away with the more common 160-170NM range is a different issue.

 

[flyingsparks]

I saw it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, requires an impact driver with >180NM of torque.

Now I don't know what brands of power tools people are into, but that's beyond the realms of an 18v impact driver from Makita and DeWalt, think Bosch and Milwaukee do a model that does 180NM.

Whether or not it actually does require 180, or you could get away with the more common 160-170NM range is a different issue.

I have this Metabo Impact - kicks out 210Nm of Torque.

Its a beast! http://www.toolstop.co.uk/index.php..._medium=base&gclid=CJmAtarwls0CFYMK0wodbewMHA

They also do this one which delivers up to 400Nm. http://www.kelvinpowertools.com/met...-c-99-p-9117?gclid=CJqTwM_wls0CFUHGGwodt3QGlg

 

[RF Lighting]

I asked the manufacturers about a real world video just the other day on Facebook and they directed me to this

My initial thoughts are it's not actually all that much quicker than threading by hand. It's going to mean purchasing another power tool as my impact driver wouldn't be powerful enough, and I don't fancy regularly putting all that strain on it. It's also going to be noisy as hell. I wonder if it would work in a high torque - non impact drill?

With that level of torque, you're going to need the tube really tight in the vice to stop it spinning which will damage the tube, and it's going to do even more damage if it's not tight enough and it does spin.

I can also see you destroying the end of the conduit if you accidentally thread too far and the conduit bottoms out on the threader. I don't think it wouldn't be able to thread close to a bend like a hand threader can.

It's a lot of money to spend if it's no good.

Maybe if someone gets one they could do an independent review on here?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Maybe someone could try to blag a free review sample?

 

[flyingsparks]

Maybe someone could try to blag a free review sample?

I have sent them an email.

 

[Iggifer]

Is it me, or does the threaded section look bent, the conduit didn't look like that to begin with

Could just be a perception thing.

 

[Dave54]

Interesting. Someone had a set of conduit dies for the Rigid pipe threading machine where I worked, but I never saw them! Always did them by hand.
Does strike me that the impact drill jobbie could be handy on occasion if you had to make a repair or an alteration somewhere awkward that couldn't be easily dismantled for whatever reason.

 

[securespark]

I think you should use a length of 10 milli SWA just to be on the safe side.

 

[Echo the husky]

I think you should use a length of 10 milli SWA just to be on the safe side.

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[EFLImpudence]

I think the cat is asleep on his keyboard.

 

[securespark]

I've had this on other threads....


SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON ALERT......I didn't post that...

 

[securespark]

Cat is dead and even if it made a miraculous recovery, it can't spell to save its life.

Dang it, that's why it died...