Ryobi 18V Li battery top cover

I do have quite a few Ryobi 18V tools and batteries. Unfortunately, some batteries cases got damaged over time, while batteries work just fine. I was not able to find a top cover model on thingverse/printables so modelled it by my own.

NOTE: There are slightly different Ryobi 18V Li battery cases exist. For example, my very first Ryobi battery does not have the LEDs and this top cover does not fit. So there is no guarantee that this top cover fits your battery.

Notes:

Use dark coloured filament as LEDs are visible through light coloured filament.

Two models included: with and without built-in supports.

I'd recommend to print model with in-built supports and turn off support generation in slicer.

The model is designed for specific walls width and has many bridges that should be reliable. As a result, I'd recommend the following slicer settings:

Layer height: 0.2 mm

Line width: 0.4 mm

Walls: 3

Top/Bottom perimeters: 4

Thick bridges: On

Ensure vertical shell thickness: On

Supports: Off

I pritned it on Elegoo Neptune 4 (0.4 mm nozzle) with black/grey Jayo PETG filament.

Used OrcaSlicer with the following settings (in addition to mentioned above):

Temperatures: 235/70

Infill: 25% Gyroid

Speeds: Outer wall - 90, Inner wall - 140, Sparse infill - 140, Solid infill - 100, Bridges - 40

Brim: Off

Print time was about 3:15 hours.

You can use model without built-in supports and ask slicer to generate supports for you.

I tried to use organic supports with some areas blocked manually, but did not like results as:

• More filament used;
• It is hard to remove supports;
• Surface looks worse.

Post-Printing

No post processing required other than removing supports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtlelV878g