Conduit bender

A handheld, self-contained conduit bender, comprising:

• a driver configured to drive a driven shaft at a first rotational output;
• a reductive gear set operably coupling the driven shaft to an output shaft, the reductive gear set configured to reduce the first rotational output of the driven shaft to a second rotational output of the output shaft;
• a handheld housing defining a handgrip enabling user manipulation of the conduit bender, and an interior cavity configured to house the driver and the reductive gear set, such that only a portion of the output shaft extends to an exterior of the housing;
• and
• a bender shoe coupleable to the output shaft;
• and
• a bearing wheel configured to guide and support conduit during bending operations, wherein the bearing wheel is movable to a desired distance from the output shaft to accommodate conduit of varying sizes.

A method of constructing a self-contained conduit bender, comprising:

• forming a handheld housing defining an interior cavity and a handgrip;
• positioning a motor configured to rotationally drive a driven shaft within the interior cavity;
• positioning a reductive gear set configured to operably couple the driven shaft to an output shaft within the interior cavity, such that only a portion of the output shaft emerges from the interior cavity;
• forming a bender shoe coupleable to the output shaft;
• and
• positioning a bearing wheel on an exterior of the handheld housing, wherein the bearing wheel is configured to guide and support conduit during bending operations, and is movable to a desired distance from the output shaft to accommodate conduit of varying sizes.