A PLA friendly re-design that has stronger clips. TRS-80 Model 100 Battery Cover with Redesigned Clips by dgrissom - Thingiverse
Printed with PLA on my Ender 3. Sent from Mail for Windows From: David Grissom Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 4:31 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] Model 100 battery cover Yeah, The .stl is spot on in size and appearance. To combat my boredom from retirement, I did a print today using PETG (I was out of ABS). I used the best setting I could find (.1 mm layer height, 100% Fill, supports, and brim). The finished door looked great. After careful removal of the supports, I tried it. One of the side supports broke almost immediately. It still holds on well with a single support. The side clips are too weak using PETG (and based on the designers comments PLA). I believe I can redesign it slightly with a slightly different side supports/clips or as single screw to secure the lid into the case. The screw could make it more difficult to change the batteries. DG Sent from Mail for Windows From: Robert J. Hutchins Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 11:42 AM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] Model 100 battery cover This is a link to the one I purchased. The plastic is rather weak and crumbly. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:955567 From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Lafleur Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 9:13 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] Model 100 battery cover Was it resin printer or filament printed? Any pics? any links from where you bought it? I'm positive one that could survive many many openings could be made with the right technique. On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 10:20 PM Robert J. Hutchins <robert.hutch...@cox.net> wrote: I didn’t print it myself. I purchased it. But even I could see that it would not be durable. From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Lafleur Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 4:35 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] Model 100 battery cover what material did you print with? On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 7:30 PM Robert J. Hutchins <robert.hutch...@cox.net> wrote: Hi all, I am looking for a battery cover for one of my Model 100s. I tried a 3D printed one from ThingVerse, but the tabs broke after removing it a couple of times… So if anyone has one to sell please let me know. Thank you Robert