Greenlee Conduit Bender V 3.0

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I'm a union electrician and this tool is what I would consider, a symbol of our trade. So I wanted to make one. I tried making it once, but that failed horribly. This is not an exact replica. I just kind of eye balled it off the packaging. Don't try and bend anything with this, it's just for show. It's missing a lot of details and I hope to add them in the future. Printed big enough, the handle should be able to thread into the head. It's pretty small, so scale up. Please, share your makes. I'd love to see them and where you use them at. ***V3.0*** After printing it with the large files I decided that splitting the handle in half and making a PLA bender of that size was not ideal. If you want it that big, just resize with Windows 3d Builder, split, add, save. I've made it 50% smaller than the previous version. I think it's better this way. I also used meshmixer to align the parts to the bed better. I put them in the position I think comes out with the nicest prints. I was going to add the star, center of bend mark...But I'm done with this project. ENJOY! **V2.5**: *Because the bender head was enlarged, so was the handle. Consequently the handle is too big for my printer. It was well over 350mm. So I split it in two and added a cutout of a cube along with the cube, so that you can easily print both pieces and line them up when gluing back together. The original Handle in one piece remains as well. * **V2**: *When modeling this I used the combine tool on the wrong bodies. The end result was the threads were no longer available in the model. So now the handle should be able to thread into the head. I also enlarged the models by a scale of 10. No more Lego size bender anymore. Also added that little bit of flare at the bottom of the handle. * **I haven't seen this model anywhere, so if you enjoy it, please consider a tip. Thank you. :)**