Battery holder

[Jtalk4456]

I desperately want the battery holders you guys have on the wall for double a and triple a's. I saw them in iJustine's tour of ltt studios. I tried to find something similar online but I'm not finding them. Can you tell me where you got them? @LinusTech

@nicklmg

7:36

[karsnoordhuis]

why not make them youself? Not all that hard...

[Jtalk4456]

1 hour ago, James Evens said:

Looks like a 3d print. Thingiverse might help.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1720118

Thanks but I don't have a 3d printer. 

[Jtalk4456]

1 hour ago, James Evens said:

you have internet and people thought that there are humans like you which don't have a 3d printer and started a business. $10-$20 total cost should be realistic.

Fair enough though I want a few of these and most 3d printing places online charge $10per item, so a few of these would be 30-40. I was hoping someone sold these on Amazon or something

[Jtalk4456]

8 hours ago, James Evens said:

You can try to make multiple connected by short "wires" you can cut to make one larger item and get the cost down. Like those plastic models are shipped.

I don't think you are allowed to post such offers in classified but asking on the forum might help.

I was considering that actually. Should let me get the cost down to 15 maybe

[Jtalk4456]

5 hours ago, James Evens said:

Assuming a $200 3d printer is good enough.

 

cost:

$200 3d printer

$20 fillament (i guessed 100g and $20/kg)

power + your time

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upfront expensies: $220

 

i guess you could sell the pinter for $150-180 which would bring the cost down to $4-7 per pice (if you print 10 of them). If you decide to sell some of those prints (check the copy right) it will get cheaper.

 

That would involve having money... There's a reason I want to find these on amazon for cheap

[mariushm]

You could just buy some transparent plastic tube that has a diameter big enough for the battery (ex for AA batteries, those are ~14.5mm in diameter so go with 15mm internal diameter

Here's a quick ms paint example i drawn with some google images copy paste... you want battery just press down on battery, spring compacts and you can pull out battery and the others fall down... the spring keeps the bottom battery high enough that it doesn't come out of the tube:

 

 

or you can make some yourself ... just a couple of plexiglass or some other transparent plastic, and some plastic spacers to make wide enough spacing between the panels for the battery size, and then cut a chunk at the bottom for your finger, to pull out the bottom battery easily

[Jtalk4456]

22 minutes ago, mariushm said:

You could just buy some transparent plastic tube that has a diameter big enough for the battery (ex for AA batteries, those are ~14.5mm in diameter so go with 15mm internal diameter

Here's a quick ms paint example i drawn with some google images copy paste... you want battery just press down on battery, spring compacts and you can pull out battery and the others fall down... the spring keeps the bottom battery high enough that it doesn't come out of the tube:

 

 

or you can make some yourself ... just a couple of plexiglass or some other transparent plastic, and some plastic spacers to make wide enough spacing between the panels for the battery size, and then cut a chunk at the bottom for your finger, to pull out the bottom battery easily

very interesting idea!

[Jtalk4456]

47 minutes ago, James Evens said:

how about wood working? the structure is very simple and fusion360 or even pen and paper will help.

 

@mariushm the problem is the spring. It should not be to hard to pull down if there is only one left but should support at the same time like 5-10 batterys if it is fully loaded.

i actually know how to woodwork, but the size of the device we're talking about would be too thin for wood. paying for a 3d print would be better suited for this. I'm still hoping someone from the staff confirms whether they 3d printed it or bought it somewhere

[Jtalk4456]

so battery holder gives a bunch of horizontal trays, which i already have one and it's junk. 

I finally found stuff with battery dispenser. Nothing quite the same as linus', but close

and

https://www.amazon.de/VampCase-18650-Akku-Spender/dp/B072MKVN87

[Jtalk4456]