Battery pack made of clear acrylic (pics)

[zooz]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to share some pictures of my new battery box made of clear acrylic. I believe sheets are 3mm thick. I used Tensol-12 cement for glueing the acrylic, works very well.

It is pretty easy to build, which is a pretty solid battery box. I might wrap it in some carbon fibre vinyl or just leave it clear as it is now.

The pack then goes into DIY frame bag.

-- zooz

 

[BATFINK]

Looks good, you could easily have used coloured acrylic as well to match the colour of your bike to save you wrapping it later, great job

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[cal3thousand]

What did you use to make the cuts?

 

[zooz]

What did you use to make the cuts?

Just a Stanley type of knife. Simply score along the cut you want to make 2-3 times with a sharp Stanley knife and then you can easily snap it.

Below is a nice video explaining that. The guy used a special knife, but you can use just a Stanley knife works very well.

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[cal3thousand]

What did you use to make the cuts?

Just a Stanley type of knife. Simply score along the cut you want to make 2-3 times with a sharp Stanley knife and then you can easily snap it.

Below is a nice video explaining that. The guy used a special knife, but you can use just a Stanley knife works very well.

Good work!.. I tried to make a box from Acrylic once and the cutting didn't turn out perfect. Maybe I was going for too long of a cut, making it more difficult to get perfect. I need to fab up a box piece for a project I'm working on. I think I will give it another try with acrylic since yours looks quite nice.

 

[zooz]

What did you use to make the cuts?

Just a Stanley type of knife. Simply score along the cut you want to make 2-3 times with a sharp Stanley knife and then you can easily snap it.

Below is a nice video explaining that. The guy used a special knife, but you can use just a Stanley knife works very well.

Good work!.. I tried to make a box from Acrylic once and the cutting didn't turn out perfect. Maybe I was going for too long of a cut, making it more difficult to get perfect. I need to fab up a box piece for a project I'm working on. I think I will give it another try with acrylic since yours looks quite nice.

Thanks! I didn't get it perfect. Some cuts weren't nice, but either way the box is going to be inside a frame bag.

I think my problem was that I was using some cheap knife, make sure you buy a more expensive one with a nice and sturdy blade so it does not slide while scoring acrylic sheets.

 

[cal3thousand]

I think my problem was that I was using some cheap knife, make sure you buy a more expensive one with a nice and sturdy blade so it does not slide while scoring acrylic sheets.

Will do. Thanks for the advice.

 

[wineboyrider]

Nice

 

[Ypedal]

Nice work !

a band saw or scroll saw works well ( table saw also works if you reverse the blade, but can be dangerous )

Get polycarbonate instead of acrylic if you have the option, it's not as fragile/brittle ..

 

[iamsofunny]

That's pretty nice looking indeed

 

[Arbol]

Interesting idea.