This is an adapter that allows you to connect an XT60 plug to a Makita battery, for example to power a small soldering iron. It can also be very useful in model building when a mobile power source is needed. To build this adapter, you will also need two short pieces of a utility (cutter) blade (to serve as electrical contacts) and a panel-mount XT60 socket.
Assembly Instructions:
Print the adapter housing and the small cover.
Cut a utility blade into two pieces, each 32 mm long. The best way is with an angle grinder and a thin cutting disc. The blade must be 9 mm wide!
Make sure the two blade pieces fit into the adapter housing. The cutting edge must rest in the groove of the housing so that you cannot cut yourself on it.
Solder two short wires (40 mm) to the correct sides of the blade pieces.
Insert the XT60 socket into the opening of the adapter housing.
Insert the contacts into the housing and use a soldering iron to melt the plastic slightly around the groove where the contact sits. Once the plastic has cooled, the contact should be reasonably fixed in place.
Solder the two wires from the contacts to the terminals of the XT60 socket.
Before first use, check the polarity!
Finally, glue the small cover onto the opening of the adapter housing with a little super glue... done!
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