Canon AL-1 Camera Battery replacement plate

This is plate designed to repair a broken or missing battery cover for the Canon AL-1 Film camera. There exists replacement parts already however I found them very hard to print. This plate is for those who can't print those other small parts or if the battery door is entirely missing.

The model has 3 pegs that are used to melt the battery contact plate onto the model just like the original battery door. To remove the contact plate from the original battery door you will need to remove the black plastic with a knife so the door and the contact plate separate, then line the holes up with the pegs on the printed model and use a hot flat item like a soldering iron to melt the plastic onto the metal, holding it in place. You could also use glue.

If you don't have the old contact plate or break it then use a piece of conductive metal or metal tape to connect the 2 batteries. Note that copper tape will corrode so it needs to be cleaned every so often.

NOTE: If you don't use the original battery contact plate do NOT mix up the battery polarity. The original contact plate is designed to never allow the batteries to be connected in the wrong polarity so you could damage your camera.

The tripod screw should have a shaft of 10mm long and the head of the screw should be no more then 16mm wide. See bellow for the example of the tripod screws I used. The threaded part does not need to only be 4.5mm long, it can run up the whole length of the shaft.