dpb wrote:
On 7/10/2012 10:01 PM, Bill wrote:
dpb wrote:
On 7/10/2012 7:27 PM, Bill wrote:
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This is starting to get a little crazy. EMT does NOT need to run down
the middle of a stud like Romex does, right?
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No, I was pointing out the _minimum_ offset to clear the stud if you
were going to run it inside the cavity as I thought you said was your
intent.

It'll be a real trick to get those multiple bends in the proper planes
if you try what you described elsewhere but have at it...it's only time
and material...

Gosh, you were making it sound like it wouldn't be too hard earlier.

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Well, I wouldn't do it the way you seem to indicate you're going at
it--as I said, I'd just do the offset in plane (parallel to the ceiling
and the necessary double bend to get whereever it is you want it
alongside the stud in the perpendicular plane (vertical). Then there's
none of this trying to get some set of multiple angles to end up at a
(roughly) 90...

You're talking some set of mutiple bends in different planes to try to
run some angled run across instead of the straightforward way...I've not
tried to fathom the precise path, but your sketch will be hard to
replicate in practice methinks (particularly for the beginner)...as Mike
says, while it seems unlikely, it's quite easy to get turned around and
discover you just went the wrong way...the more complex the set of bends
the more likely it ain't comin' out the way you want.

Yes,

But it occurred to me that if I can just get both ends to be pointing in
the right directions, then I could made a further very small bend behind
the stud so that the end on the ceiling lies just where is it needs to.
In a nutshell, I can "fine tune the offset" this way.

Thanks again for guiding me to put the ceiling end in the right place!

I'm having a large tree taken down tomorrow, but, after that, this
little task is at the top of my list after I buy a bender that's not a
genuine antique.

Bill