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    Small Victories, or The Most Expensive Bracket

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    • EngineerWithTools
      EngineerWithTools last edited by

      I have been annoyed for a long time with our Bosch battery charger. Unlike Dewalt chargers, the design doesn't include captured-screw wall-mounting slots. Although I added a hole to the base to hang the thing on the wall like a picture, that was unstable, so the charger mostly lived on the workbench.

      No more!

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      I designed and 3D printed a bracket for the underside of the charger, and have thus reclaimed.... 30 square inches? .... of workbench space. All for the low low cost of:

      3D printer
      CAD software
      1.5 hours of design time
      (1) failed spaghetti-factory-explosion print
      (1) T&M for an incorrect part - screw bosses on the wrong side
      (1) T&M for the final, correct part

      Yes, I have made other useful things and the CAD stuff is for work, but that's still a very expensive bracket. I love it anyway.

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      2015 F-150 Super Crew Long(ish) Bed, 3.5 EB, HD Towing Package
      2009 VW CC 2.0 T, 6 Speed
      2005 Regal 2400 350 SBC, B3

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      • Vondon302
        Vondon302 last edited by Vondon302

        Screen name checks out.

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        • VincentMalamute
          VincentMalamute @EngineerWithTools last edited by

          @engineerwithtools said in Small Victories, or The Most Expensive Bracket:

          but that's still a very expensive bracket.

          That's a completely reasonable and logical cost/value proposition.

          What's "T&M"? Time and Money?

          ...meh...

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          • DasWauto
            DasWauto @VincentMalamute last edited by

            @vincentmalamute Time and materials.

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            • jminer
              jminer last edited by

              Very nicely done! I've built a few useful things for others with my 3d printer but only one or two for myself.

              Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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              • BaconSandwich
                BaconSandwich last edited by

                There's no kill like overkill!

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                • sn4cktimes
                  sn4cktimes last edited by

                  Annoyance can be a powerful motivator. Well done.

                  I wired and finished my garage based on annoyance. I get it.

                  '88 AMC Eagle, '15 Husky FE350S -Oppo Never Dies!

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