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Based on the reviews here, I decided to buy a PC 680 battery. Once I had it installed, it was clear that it doesnt fit the existing battery compartment well.
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3D printed battery tray for Odyssey PC680
Based on the reviews here, I decided to buy a PC 680 battery.
Once I had it installed, it was clear that it doesnt fit the existing battery compartment well. I was worried about the smaller battery moving around, and couldnt find an online solution that I was happy with. Then it hit me, print one! I measured the existing nest and the new battery, and then created a drawing. Next my guy Dave, modeled some concepts and we printed the one that we liked best. Last edited by SG4247; 09-10-2018 at 03:18 PM. |
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Very nice. Functional and well executed
 I bet there are a number of people who would be interested in a product like this.
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What material did you use?
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My 10 year old battery just died, and I think I'll be ordering a PC680 instead of a lithium. Just can't justify that price bump.
Would you be willing share the STL or even just the X/Y offset you ended up using to center the battery?
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Thanks SG! Do you happen to have the dimensions of the bottom nest?
I ended up buying Antigravity ATX-12 HD RS instead because I found it wasn't too expensive for a lithium. It cranked the Z right up  Ended up designing my own adapter based off the stock battery size and I stole your idea of using zero top/bottom layers and only having infill. Saved me a ton of filament and made the infill .9mm wide. (triangle pattern). I can also make a few designs for others to adapt small batteries to the stock battery size, with a top piece and a bottom piece. Just need to know LxWxH. Main issues I had were realizing that bottom nest is several cms larger than the stock battery,
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I also designed and printed an upper hold down for the PC680 battery in the 370Z.
It is two piece, top with the three ribs and bottom that locates the battery. Last edited by SG4247; 10-09-2018 at 06:44 PM. |
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Here is the hold down installed with factory hardware.
Very rigid set up, very pleased with the strength of the material. It would be stronger if I glued the top and bottom of the hold down together, which I havent yet, seems plenty good at this point. |
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If anyone wants all the .stl files just send a PM.
If someone wants the parts printed as shown, I can do that, just PM for pricing. Sorry, I dont have time for any custom designs. |
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Okay so these are now available to purchase here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/WalkersHotRodShop Various colors and materials are available too! |
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