Rack-A-Tiers Bend-All Jr. - 1/2" Ratchet Cable/Wire Bender, for 3AWG-500 MCM, Aircraft Aluminum Wire Bending Tool, Wire Bending Hand Tool, Electrical Wire Bender (77455)

Great tool beats fighting big wire

I installed 3/0 wire and was able to bend it to the desired angles easily.

Worth the money. Even if you’re just going to use it a couple of times.

Feels like aluminum, but thats no issue. Could really use a pin indent to lock it to a ratchet. Aside from that, best ive come by!

It works well, I am still getting used to it but it does offer more control on the ends of fat wire than what my bear hands can manage. Helps make more deliberate offset bends in 3/0 copper, to maneuver into terminations.

-very good bender option; i still have to use my other T-handle bender for some bends but this little giant does some tight bends in small places -in the pic i show a 400 amp eaton breaker with 500mcm cable going to it that i bent with this little bender -almost impossible to bend 500 mcm without a little insulation distortion,... just move the bender an inch and bend a little more (don't do the whole bend in one spot if you don't have to) and it will be fine -A great tool; keep in mind that you need a 1/2" drive ratchet and i use a 1/2" extension as well

I had been going to make something similar to this but never got around to it. I had a couple projects coming up that were going to need some close quarters cable bending so I broke down and bought the Bend-All. It works at least some of the time and has saved effort – but it is far from perfect. First off, it is expensive for what it is. (That was painful but it only hurts once.) It seems unnecessarily big and clunky. It does not always fit in where it needs to go. Proportions could be better if it were a steel forging instead of being machined from an aluminum block. (How many of your other wrenches are machined from aluminum?) The posts have serrations on them to help keep them from slipping on the cable. Unfortunately, as the cable is bent, it needs to slide on one of the posts. This tends to dig in and damage the insulation. I put a piece of heat shrink tubing on one of the posts which seemed to help. Having one of the posts free to rotate would probably be even better. This tool is rated for up to 350 MCM conductors. I have only used it on 4/0. For my use, having a smaller version with the posts a bit closer together would be better. It would be nice if there were small recesses machined on the sides of the square drive hole for the ball detent on the socket wrench extension to engage in order to help keep the Bend-All from falling off. Overall, in spite of its shortcomings not a bad tool to have in your kit, but don’t expect miracles.

First of all it is a tool that you must have if you install main panels or even sub-panels no more fighting with feeder cables. I know there's other tools out there that are meant for bending the wire but this is very Compact and won't take that much space in your tool bag or tool box besides it's always good to have plan B on this case this tool is always my go-to never fails I've had one before and this is my second purchase because I lost my previous one. But be aware and do not expect a stainless steel this is machine from 6061 aircraft aluminum definitely not a stainless steel piece of metal.

Perfect tool for manipulating heavy gauge wires. Saves your wrists and hands from strain. Saves time! Wish I had bought one years ago. Very much worth the investment as an electrician.

Two mods would really improve this tool. 1. An indent inside where the ball of the drive would sit to lock it in. When your working at height, the last thing you want is this dislodging from the drive. 2. Had to file the two knobs down with a rats tail file as the teeth that the cable rests on damage the insulation. Or using 3 or 4 wraps of tape. Maybe having little to no teeth and one post free spinning would perfect this device.

Will do the job great

I Had to bend 500MCM copper wires in a tight space. This small device was not only a knuckle saver but made an arm busting struggle alot easier.

Item was delivered on time, looks great looking now just looking forward to it helping me out in a pickle! Hmmmm what can I bend 🧐