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Your latest 3D design/redesign or print.
I noticed there is no general thread for what people are working on in the 3D printing world.
Well as alluded to in the 3D CAD thread, I am working on a light project to work off Ryobi 18V batteries. It is mainly for use when fixing cars and machinery when light is needed to illuminate some dark place, and I have about five or six Ryobi cordless tools and batteries.
I started with a search on thingiverse and yes some designs had already been made. I started with this design https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5338613 as a proof of concept, but I was not happy with the design of the holder. It took a lot of supports even though it was printed at a weird angle.
I came across another design that was a generic battery holder https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4829954/files
I modified if with freecad and after a few versions eventually came up with this.
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Picture showing the start to near finish prototyping.
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I came across a few issues that only came to light after the design was made. Like this one. The orange one has two square holes added down lower in the middle. They are for cable management as the cables can get in the way of battery insertion if left free to roam around. Changing fits was another. I found the thingiverse design was too tight for my liking, so some material got cut away in CAD. The white filament is many years old PLA I had. The orange is new esun PLA+. It prints well.
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Going to make some for christmas presents as I have quite a few of these 10W LED floodlights on hand.