Newbie jitters

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’m watching YouTube videos on how to bend electrical metallic conduit (EMT) in various ways such as the “saddle bend” and the “box offset bend“. I am also learning how wire is pulled through that conduit. I am amazed at how many videos there are on the subjects.

I’m watching these videos because I know that this is what I am going to be doing for the foreseeable future. I am coming into this trade just about as green as a person can be even though I am older and have been working since I was 12 years old. So I am nervous about how I will perform.

From there I moved on to videos on how to use some the tools I had to buy but had never used in the past. I am mechanically inclined and have used most hand tools and power tools out there. But I have never had an occasion to use something called an armored cable cutter, also known as a roto-zip MC stripper.

You use this tool to trim the aluminum from metal-clad (MC) electrical wire.

 

Trimming metal clad aluminum electrical wire with roto-zip stripper

Soon I will add a post about all the tools I needed to purchase.

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