Bill wrote:
I learned tonight that my wall joints and ceiling joists don't
coincide at the ends. So I'm faced with the following EMT-bending
task (illustrated on my web site):

http://web.newsguy.com/MySite/


Upon confronting the problem, it stopped me in my tracks. But
I think I have a better grip on it now, after making the sketch.

It achieves a bend what would be 270 degrees if done in a naive way,
in less than 180. The hard part seems to be getting over the side of
the lower stud --which I think may perhaps be best achieved with a
long gradual bend away from the stud.

Couple of questions Bill - why bother going down the side of the stud? Why
not just go straight down the wall? If there is a reason to go down the
stud, then I'd suggest a simple offset bend, which should be detailed in the
manual for your bender. If not, there are a ton of very good youtube videos
on bending EMT. As for the 270 degrees - I don't see that. Where are you
coming up with that? I see a 90 with an offset.



I think I will be smart to just practice the fit and then use EMT
end-to-end connectors when I achieve a bend that will get the job
done. I'll have to check the NEC to be sure those conectors don't
need to be accessible.

No they do not need to be accessable. There is no juction inside the EMT,
so no need for accessability.


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-Mike-