So I just recently moved (locally, we bought a house) and am setting up my shop. I am running into two issues. I need to run three 220v circuits and a few 110v circuits and I don't want to run it in the walls due to not wanting to cut the drywall. I originally had big extension cables I made in the last place and put outlets directly below the main panel. This is problematic for wires running on the floor and mobile tools. I am looking into conduit. I have been researching PVC and EMT. Seems like code requires EMT on the walls. Problem is, it will take a good number of bends to get this done and a handful of conduit bodies. Problem number 1: How to get the existing power in an in-wall box into the conduit? From what I gather, a surface mount box seems to be the ticket. Wire derating causes my wire requirements to jump from a 10 to an 8AWG in order to run it in one conduit. The other option would be to two or three separate conduits. Hence problem number 2: Wiring separate conduit or one to a box them split. Then if using EMT, becomes a lot of bending and bodies to install. It's aggravating. So how did you do it? What is NEC code compliant? What works, code compliant and is economical? I also plan on adding an additional 220v circuit or two at a later date and understand conduit fill requirements and derating I would need to make it work.