TS-80 Soldering Iron Battery Case for the Stanley 014725R organizer Lager Version with USB Cable Storage (REMIX)

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<p><strong> This is a Work in Progress</strong> Update - the models here are the finals for now, unless I hear of a problem. This will remain a Work In Progress since I currently have no plans to print this.</p> <p>Update2 (2/23/2020) - There is a remix of this (also untested) which is designed to maximize the compartment size, you can find it here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4179262">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4179262</a></p> <p>This is a remix of my "TS-80 Soldering Iron Battery Case for the Stanley 014725R organizer" which is designed to fit in a Stanley 014725R case. The major change is that this adds a compartment which should be able to hold a USB cable and an extra spool of solder. The compartment for the USB cable is pretty small though. It was the only part of this that I did print, to make sure the USB cable would fit, and it does, but it needs to be coiled compactly (I tried it with two of my 3' USB C cables and both fit in the box). Mentioning that, since it would not work with a cable longer than 3', or a very stiff cable.</p> <p>I do not plan to print this, but since it is remixed from a design I did print, I don't think there should be problems - still it is untested and feedback is welcome.</p> <p>I have also included a horizontal and vertical set of supports for the base which can be used to reduce the messy supports which will otherwise result in printing this model. Neither of these supports are tested, but I think the vertical supports will make for a better looking print. If not using the supports model, I suggest trying tree supports. I tried to hit all the problem areas, but feedback is welcome.</p> <p>You can just use the models with the supports, or without (and let the slicer set up supports), but if you want to set different settings for the walls, or infill on the supports, you can do the following:</p> <ol> <li>import the base model you want (Plain or the model designed for the Stanley case) and the supports model. </li> <li>Then select both of them and right click &gt; merge models to get the models aligned. </li> <li>right click &gt; ungroup models to separate them again. </li> <li>Now to reduce the infill and walls on the support model, click on the support model, then select "per model settings" on the left, and select settings, then choose "wall line count", and the "Infill density" and "Infill Pattern". </li> <li><p>close that window and set the wall count to 1 (or 2) and the infill density and pattern to whatever you want. That should help speed up the print. The supports should be printed at 0.2mm layer height to maintain a one layer gap between the support and model.</p> <p>STEP file is included for easy remixing.</p> </li> </ol> <p><strong>Thanks to TotalRetribution for the model of the TS-80 which I used in the pic to show how the iron is installed in the case.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3320693">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3320693</a></p> <p>Updates:</p> <p>Feedback is welcome, if you see something wrong let me know.</p> <h3> Post-Printing</h3> <p>This case goes together the same way as the original case here:<br/> <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3389568">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3389568</a></p> <p>So refer to that thing for more detailed info on how to assemble it.</p> <p>This case will hold the TS-80 along with the following:</p> <p>Anker PowerCore Speed 10000mAh, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 Portable Charger<br/> https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-10000mAh-Qualcomm-Compatible/dp/B01JIYWUBA?tag=tv-auto-20</p> <p>MINI T-stand Zirconia Ceramics Soldering Iron Stand Holder for TS100<br/> https://www.amazon.com/Usmile-T-stand-Zirconia-Ceramics-Soldering/dp/B07791BDL6?tag=tv-auto-20</p> <p>Quick note on the battery pack, there are several other Anker chargers that look similar, but will not work since they are only 5v output. The one linked above is the "Anker PowerCore Speed 10000" which has QC 3.0 and will power the iron (it outputs up to 12v). I've had good luck with this battery for the most part, but have had a couple of times when I needed to fully charge it up to work with the iron. I've run the ts-80 for about 10-15minutes off the Anker QC 3.0 battery, and not had a problem with it yet (it can probably run much longer but I have not run it much more than 15min). The TS-80 appears to pull between 8-9V from the pack and heats up in about half a minute or so.</p> <p>This will require the following hardware:</p> <p>M3x6mm screw (1)<br/> M3x8mm screw (1)<br/> M3x10mm screw (1)<br/> M3x30mm screw (2)<br/> M3 washers (3)<br/> M3 inserts (5) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IYWUUH8?tag=tv-auto-20<br/> A spring from a pen (1)</p> <p>Regarding the pen springs, I specifically used some I bought on Ebay (search for "spring spare ball pen part 424"). They would be the type used for a retractable ball point pen.</p> Category: Electronics