PVC pipe is a valuable material to the backyard hacker. It’s cheap, readily available, and comes in a range of different sizes. However, what do you do if you need to bend it? The typical ...

It’s called kerf bending, and it works simply by cutting ... cutting eight slots halfway through a one inch PVC pipe, with each successive cut offset 90 degrees. The new design works well ...

This goes for all conduit runs, not just PVC. That’s four 90-degree turns before you need a box. Elbows also come in 45-degree bends and 22.5-degree bends, so add them up and keep the bends to ...