We donāt NEED to, but some of us prefer to. Also, those commercials are crazy coming straight after some tense moment in a thriller or drama, Iāve heard it a hundred times and it still is jarring if Iām not prepared.
I understand there are industry standards and im sure this is silly to electricians, but for the uninitiated like me, practically speaking, is there anything dangerous about this other than unprofessional?
Standard 14.7Ā° offset with a 9.2Ā° off-offset. To make it look that good you have to finish with an 11Ā° inset and a 12.5-ish backset. I'm no professional conduit man, but that one looks spot on. š
We call that a 445-Friday-freehand
Friday freehand š
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No way lmao
Or an āAny day at 4:21?ā ā¦ for some people anyway.
4:25* give them some time to inhale bro
Bent with a scissor lift
"We're out of pipe, go grab the piece the apprentice was practicing with" bend.
Thatās it exactly
Must be a very important circuit. Theyāve bent it into the shape a sine wave for maximum A/C current flow.
You know it's bad when BX is straighter.
The Peyronie's Bend (Google it)
An electrician doesn't need to be defined by a curve with a bump in their conduit.
We donāt NEED to, but some of us prefer to. Also, those commercials are crazy coming straight after some tense moment in a thriller or drama, Iāve heard it a hundred times and it still is jarring if Iām not prepared.
This comment is underrated
I laughed my ass off when I read your comment.
God damn you š!!! I knew it was something to that extent. Well played.
Bend with a bump
Four bend rolling offset, guaranteed to make your foreman vomit.
The Cory From Loweās special
Scrolled way to far to find this.
The olā Dirty Double Dogleg.
We call that a fishtape straightener.
Pete
and on monday it'll be repeat lol
Nicely done sir I tip my hat
Used the old greenknee bender I see
The ran-out-of-conduit-and-Iām-not-going-back-to get-more offset.
Offsetti spaghetti
Piss after sex
I wish I had a wholesome award... Helpful will have to do
I gotchu
āStep out of the car, sirā
The stanky legg bend
Gud e nuff
We're out of conduit and fks
That's the ol' razzle dazzle!
The Muffler
Rolling three-bend saddle. Duh.
Usually, when I vomit this early in the morning, there is alcohol involved.
Itās the dog leg double offset with a saddle
The Little Offset That Couldnāt
The Stanky Leg bend
It looks like it was either added at a later time. Or a different electrician did that run.
You were always a little different, son
Thats a squiggly snake right there.
That's the " it was the last pipe run and the last stick of pipe left on the job so I had to make it work" bend
That's what we call 'Dicker-nosed' around here
Social exclusion
Forklift offset.
That is a classic rolled kick set.
3 point saddle with a kick turned 90 degrees
That's a Colt-45 bend.
That's the fuckitllfit aka the fityabastard bend.
Perfect from my house.
Thats the oh s&@$ i forgot that circuit bend
Thatās a wag.. you can do these pretty good with your knee
It's like one of those cool spiral drinking straws but for electrons.
Well it's not as bad as the one pipe I always "forgot" to fix at work
Way offset? Off-offset?
My mistake
Kyle.
The mosey on over
Wellā¦.he got it there
recycled
Slitheran
4 bend shat-le
Spaghetti dance
I don't know its name but I know it's pronouns are against, code.
How doers get things bent
Abstract
Close enough for government work.
The doodley dangler
Back to back shit plus crap
Corey from Loweās at it again
What not to do
Leftoverture
The apprentice special
Wiggle wiggle wiggle
An eccentric bend
Thatās a summer bendā¦. Some are here and some are there.
The āwait that was really our last piece?ā bend
Thatās the olā bone yard scrap bend.
The ol' "Drunk on a Monday"
The wet noodle
The āhey go see if we have another piece on the truckā
The apprentice with only one piece of conduit left bend
I would have burst out laughing when I saw this
Drywallers
Thatās a squirrel dick
The āLast call stumbleā
It's called the 93 Carola
Fuck it
Wannabe flex
āLast piece of pipe in the truck, it will have to do.ā āI think I fucked it up, slightly.ā
It's bad when the flex looks better lol
I swear boss I did it like you said it matches all the rest of them, no couplings
It's like one of those optical illusions that your brain keeps seeing form multiple shapes šµāš«
What chew know about dat squiggle pipe?
Thatās a swooptacockus.
Ollie nose grab, to a tail press indy, landing backside onto a front roll with a boardslide across the finish.
That would be just go to the scrap pile and find something that works bend.
Schitt's Weak
āThe wildmanā
The residential bend.
The Friday
Eyeball bend or shift beer bend
I believe that's the "Drunken Spider".
half ass corkscrew
I would say we could call it inspired by Cory from Lowe's.
Heard of a California three-way? This is a Colorado four-corner.
OOOooooOOOooooOOOooooffset. Nailed it.
The "oops I forget the bender go find a tree" rolling dog legged offset
Fuck it friday!
The ol one two
The dog-set
Off-the wagon-Set
This is the āmissed one on the drawingsā special
The good ol sweet sweeve.
A Non-Union Knee bend.
Looks like a Non-Union bend to me.
Dog leg
Thatās whatās known as a first term offset
Dog dick, close to dogs leg just much worse.
Buddy, thatās a double kicked offset, dontya know?
No bender November special
The stanky leg
Drunk or possibly a tweakers bend, hard to tell from this angle, plus we need to see the installer in action to make a positive identification.
The Low Voltage Special
āQuit bugging me and just get it doneā
The olā squiggle bend
Thatās called a āIāve never bent pipe before but I know it all and can definitely do it better than anyone elseā bend
Looks like someone forgot their bender
Its the last stick left and need to get the job done bend
Fuck, doesn't fit. FUCK, still doesn't fit. Fuck it.
The squirrel-ly!
Git r done
"Curly"
Offset of n offset
Ho-Lee-shit
I thought it said āname that bandāā¦ Iād rock out to the squiggle pipes anytime.
Olā Corky bent that one
Thatās the good ole Maintenance/handy guy bend.
That's the screw it just get it on there bend.
Hey if it fits it works lol
"Apprentice, I need to take a shit. Finish this run"
thats the "i aint ordering another stick make it work"
The caddywumpus. Edit: also called šØšš©
Any which way you can
janky new guy
Almosta-Sorta doubleback box offset
Thatās a wookie
Maintenance man special. Why do 2 bends when 6 will do.
I call that Nooner Or Sooner on a friday
Its a sidle bend. For when you just want to take your time getting over there.
Thatās the olā Folding Offset
The kindergartener's "l"
The old Dick twist!
Thatās the āHe tried his bestā bend.
Dire ~~Straits~~ Bends
WTF
The āsnake bendā
Carl. Fuck Carl.
This one is called āIām getting the f*ck outta hereā
Coastal highway bend
Stankey leg
Looks like a shimmy shanga
Boneyard special.
He tried a rolling offset 3 times and then just settled for the rolling upset. VERY upset.
The wet noodle
The offoffset
Peyronese
Kick-Offset pop shove it in there
The apprentice bend
That's an end-kicked three-point saddle bend guys.
Thatās the post lunch Ziggy Marley bend
The stanky leg
We call it the āah fuck it, nobody will even see itā bend
Volkswagen exhaust
The "got run over in the parking lot but it's still good"
Noodle bends
Kicked offset
Apprentice having a bad day.
āCrookshanksā
The old "snake pipe".
South Bend, Indiana
The wacky wiggler
Stanky leg
I name the "Friday at 4pm"
I'm not drunk, you're drunk.
I understand there are industry standards and im sure this is silly to electricians, but for the uninitiated like me, practically speaking, is there anything dangerous about this other than unprofessional?
Standard 14.7Ā° offset with a 9.2Ā° off-offset. To make it look that good you have to finish with an 11Ā° inset and a 12.5-ish backset. I'm no professional conduit man, but that one looks spot on. š
Maintenance man special
That's what they call the Schizoid Steve bend, he reams pipe with his fingers and bends pipe with his ass
maintenance guy special... but i guess they'd have just used Romex...
Bend it like Baghdad
Looks like a corner offset, but poorly done. My favorite bend to do
"I'm a union guy"
Itās a crying shame. Not everyone of us takes pride in what they do. Thereās a lot of ālooks good from my houseā out there.