The hand benders (hickeys?) that electicians use have handles about 3
feet long and it takes little effort to bend 1/2" EMT to 90° with
them. So, if money and development time ARE an issue, I think the
Harbor Freight $49.99 bender that is a mini-Hossfeld knock-off would
work, (bench model) if you make your own dies. In fact, you might
simply go to any electrical supply house and buy the 1/2" hickey and use
it (slightly modified) for the inner die. Then, all you'd need is a
simple concave roller to complete the set.

Pete Stanaitis
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Tom Gardner wrote:
I have an application that I will need to put a 30deg. and 75deg. bends on the same
plane on a 30" length of 1/2" EMT. This will be a production part. Is there a
machine to do this? Has anybody seen internal or external plastic caps for conduit?
This will be a handle for a cleaning tool.

I could do it on a punch press but that sounds just plain frightening. Or, are there
off-shelf dies I could use on my 50-ton hydraulic press? (seems like overkill and it's
slow)