this video is a continuation of a series of videos looking at steel conduit and i've just
about patched up the relationship i didn't have with Jake after that comment you left me within
the last one what was that about you i've never done any running before i actually was the county
sprint champion in Northamptonshire believe it or not and i'm sure people don't believe it
in the last video we left it where i was trying to join these two pieces
of conduit that you skillfully bent one of them i did my one off camera
and we were trying to join them together but i had an issue tonight you suggested that we could
only do it by using what again a running coupler so in this video we're going to show you how to
join these two pieces of conduit together and how to produce a running coupler in order to do so
so Gary we'll spin this on and we'll see the problem that we're faced with well this is
what i did wrong we didn't know i put this cover on nice and tight and i spun the other
piece of conduit on and then there's a bit of an issue isn't that that's right
okay so that spins round and what you're going to find is obviously the two pieces of conduit
will clash you couldn't spin two couplers on at the same time could you so we come down here
so there we go them two pieces meet up but we now need to do a running coupler
on this side so we need to thread the length of a lock nut and a coupler we can have them
both sat back here so they'll be flush with this piece of conduit and then they'll twist
on so they'll sit there like that Gary all right okay so you're going to thread this it wouldn't
matter which end you threaded would it be going to thread the slightly longer piece the full
length of a coupler plus a ring and it will sit there that's right you'll spin it on as you've
just done but then you wind that coupler on to lock it off that's right yeah okay and that's
called a running coupler yes that's correct well let's see you get busy with the thread of them
so there's quite a lot of threads to go on what's going to happen to the threads that are going to
be left exposed what you have to do with those so we're going to put some galvanizing spray on those
so they don't rust yeah okay makes sense it's going to drop on the floor it does every time do
it like that when it splashes down okay so because we had threads on it there's no point going in dry
so we're going to extend those threads out we've shown a separate video on how to thread a steel
conduit and again that is in the playlist in the description so here we go let's watch him
thread a bit longer so we're not going to be too out the back now we're going
to be quite a number of threads out on me so it's a length of a coupler plus a ring
and again we go to that reverse spin just to see if we can get any of that swarf to fall
out there you go a little bit fell out there how many threads we've got coming out of that quite
a lot now yeah yeah we're gonna wind that off guarantee where we are at that point okay yeah
there's a serious amount of threads isn't it
wow i like it so you ain't going to put them on ah yeah it's good so you still need a few more
quite a bit more yeah i've seen people before spin
them on and then realizing a few more well that's a better technique
good sign of good thread as well if it spins on
a lot with two fingers isn't it you know it's gone on really easy
so a few more threads
i'm sure everyone's thinking now they can see why i'm so athletic after spending years and
years threading steel conduit you know obviously got a natural physique i know that but uh you've
had to work at yours i'll see Jake i've been down the gym and all that sort of stuff not
all of us are blessed with it like i am are we so that's a serious amount of threads now yeah
so we'll offer them up take another look i think we'll be somewhere close
oh yeah i'm just going to put a couple more threads on there okay so again again couple more
and this is a running coupler so we've got two pieces of conduit we want to bring together what
what you can't do is build all the conduit system on the floor and lift it into installation yeah
exactly so you end up using running couplers and also nipples i'm sure we'll we'll come back and
have a look at a nipple in the future remember to leave your comments below if you want to see any
other videos um in this series that Jake can do for you okay you think you're there that's it now
i think yeah okay so we're only gonna wind this on loosely aren't we there's no point in putting this
on super tight is it because it's actually gonna come back onto your piece of conduit that's right
so as before the first thing we're going to do is de-burr this
does it need a wipe it does get all that compound off there
and yep we're gonna be fine there
yeah okay so it goes ring first yeah yeah you could use a locking no i don't have to
use a locking ring you can use whatever lock nut first oh sort of a good thread
so now when you bring the conduit back in they should still be flush
yeah but we can wind this one onto the the plates there we go so a little look
yeah so just there got it in focus for you yeah that's all right so swing this one in
protect the same as we were before it's nice and tight so it's quite firm to get it into place
and you're gonna roll the two together start to spin the coupler on now incredibly easy that is
do you have to do this with a pair of grips now is it a case of tightening on to that
yep just tie it onto there i'll nip it up with your grips and it's important to
do that first isn't it rather than nipping on the obviously the ring so you get that one up
let's lock that into position and the the idea of the ring is to stop it obviously coming back
off and loosening off that's right yep so again i'll just nip that up with my grips
yeah and what's the issue now with these threads are left behind so if we leave them
as they are they could be prone to rusting so what we'll need to do is we need to spray
them with some galvanizing spray okay should we take it over to the bench to do it yeah
oh i was born in the darkness
give that a good shake so zinc galvanizing spray in order to prevent the corrosion of the
conduit afterwards it's really important
okay is it finished that's it done yet let that dry
so there we go Gary i've managed to do what you were struggling with and join these two
pieces using a running coupler thanks a lot yeah hopefully you're as impressed as i am
with the skills that Jake has been showing us in this series of videos on conduit and if you
haven't checked those out i will leave a link in the description to that playlist
but also we want your comments what else would you like to see in this series please
leave them below and as always Jake is going to get back to every single comment in there