[Q] DIY Battery holder for nikon F5 -- has anybody done it ?

[koraks]

do you mean outside the housing of the camera

I think he means outside of the home you live in because of the fire risk.

Welcome to Photrio, that holder looks very nicely done - great print job, too! Did you print that at home?

 

[doyourhomework]

I think he means outside of the home you live in because of the fire risk.

Welcome to Photrio, that holder looks very nicely done - great print job, too! Did you print that at home?

Ahh..indeed, on the concrete floor of my garage with fire blanket over. Thanks on the print! It was my first design - I used Shapr3D. I printed it at my office (resin-based dental printer)

 

[koraks]

(resin-based dental printer)

Ah, that explains a lot - I can't get anywhere near that nice a print from my low-end filament printer!

 

[addflo]

Hey all I don’t know if anybody was still looking for it but I did create a ms-30 I think… (8xAA batteries). I haven’t looked into it for a while but despite never seeing or having a battery compartment I was able to create a working sled from photos.

If anybody wants the file reply and I’ll post it with additional instructions.

New to the forum and saw that you have managed to reproduce the 8xAAA battery insert. Any chance you could share the file with us?

 

[addflo]

Not sure how many of you are still looking for a solution, but I recently picked up an untested Nikon F5 that came with an old NiCad pack that was leaking everywhere. I figured it wouldn't be too hard to bodge something together, whether that be re-celling the pack or designing a printed tray for AA batteries. I ended up going down a bit of a design rabbit hole and put together a 3D printed tray that uses a LiPo battery like the ones for RC cars. After a large number of tweaks, I can say that I have a fully functioning battery tray and Nikon F5 with a battery that lasts forever (2200 mah) and is relatively easy to charge. I'll post the file soon on Thingiverse and write up a tutorial for building on a new post here. Also...first dibs on a couple eBay F5's without battery trays for spares


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This looks like a promising solution. Any progress on the file, by any chance?