Milwaukee M12 Rover

When you go to Home Depot, walk past the Milwaukee section, see the cool flashlights there, and then wish you could add them to your collection but can't justify the purchase? Well, now you can spend your time to money equivalent making one!

FEATURES:

Magnets on the top for lite tool bit storage

Durable design

Easily assembled

Works with Milwaukee M12 Batteries

QUICK NOTE:
For the one I made I cnc'd the aluminum plate and Lexan on a CNC router, if you're unable to do that I will attach 3d printable supplement parts so you can get the full experience! 

WHAT YOU NEED:

Please note you don't need to buy from the links I've posted, you might be able to find cheaper places or these materials at your local hardware store.

Filament

I used some Overture red PETG for the battery housing and then one layer of black PETG for the color on the lid, you could use PLA but I believe the PETG I used is closer to the official Milwaukee Red color.

https://a.co/d/9lYiCsM

Switch

One  21x15mm rocker on/off switch

https://a.co/d/02iVIPV

Lights

For the lights, I used these large LEDs on Amazon

When you receive the lights, you'll need to peel up the adhesive below and rotate the wires 90* to make the lights fit correctly with the best cable management

https://a.co/d/1YmaTkw

Connectors

6.3mm male spade connectors for connecting to the M12 battery

https://a.co/d/3CS9yV6

Double Waygo connectors for easy assembly, (you can solder the internal connectors or use another connector type instead)

https://a.co/d/hXy919i

Magnets

60x10x3mm (Not necessary, but will allow you to “loosely” hold your drill bits onto the flashlight)

https://a.co/d/9v4Rb03

Bolts

4x 10-24 nuts and bolts (with washers for looks)

Parts To Print: Non-CNC Variation

• M12 Rover 3DP Main Body (PLA or PETG)
• M12 Rover 3DP Lid (PLA or PETG)
• M12 Rover 3DP Light Housing (PETG or ABS)
• M12 Rover 3DP Light Cover (printed out of transparent filament or doesn't need to be printed)

Parts To Print: CNC Variation

Print the files 

• M12 Rover 3DP Main Body (PLA or PETG)
• M12 Rover 3DP Lid (PLA or PETG)

CNC these files

(For CNCing you have two options, go with a 0.2" aluminum plate and CNC a 1/16" Lexan spacer to accommodate the lights, or go with an 0.25" aluminum plate and not use a spacer)

The CAM files I used are a part of the fusion file attached if you'd like to use them. Alternatively, you can cut another transparent material with a laser cutter or by hand.

• M12 Rover CNC 0.25in Light Housing
• M12 Rover CNC 0.2in Light Housing
• M12 Rover CNC 0.06in Light Spacer
• M12 Rover CNC 0.06in Light Cover

Assembly/Wiring:

Attached to help you figure this out is a basic wiring diagram as well as a photo of my Rover wired but not yet assembled

1. Peel up on the sticky pad attached to the LEDs and shift the wires 90*
2. Place the LEDs in the Light Housing with the wires going through the hole
3. Solder the LED wires together, black with black and red with red, soldering an extender wire.
4. Crimp the male spade connectors to red and black wires and place them into the corresponding hole, double-checking positives and negatives.
5. Place the switch into the lid and crimp/solder/etc red wires to both sides
6. Attach the Light portion of the light to the Main body and bolt it together
7. Complete the wiring by connecting the battery wire to one of the wires going to the switch, the other switch wire to the red wire coming from the lights, and the black wire coming from the lights to the black wire coming from the battery in the form of soldering/waygos/etc
8. Plug in a battery and admire your new toy!

For this project, I used two main sources of inspiration,

The Official Milwaukee M12 Rover 

And Ksuszka's M12 Lantern/Torch 

If you do decide to make this please post your make as I would love to see what people do with this,  if you need any help please feel free to ask a question.

Happy Printing,

Griffin