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This has to be the best one I’ve seen yet. Very clean setup.
Thats a nice set up, nice find Ricky!
Nice find. I am not really big on Pinterest, but after seeing this board and a couple others, pinterest seems like you can find some pretty cool ideas.
I’m thinking I may go with acrylic plates. Easy to bend with a MAP torch. The cutouts will be the only catch.then I can do all my chargers for DeWalt (20, 12 and 8v), ryobi Tek, Bosch, Paslode and Milwaukee.
Eric – TIA wrote:
Nice find. I am not really big on Pinterest, but after seeing this board and a couple others, pinterest seems like you can find some pretty cool ideas.
Same here Eric. This post made me hop on the pinterest-train. Was really easy to create a acount for that matter if you choose to log in with facebook
Moitas wrote:
Same here Eric. This post made me hop on the pinterest-train. Was really easy to create a acount for that matter if you choose to log in with facebook
I held off for a while but then I joined to follow TIA. Then after searching a little, there are hundreds of handy posts for wood working and garage stuff. I have quite the little board of things to build.
RickyMcGrath wrote:
I held off for a while but then I joined to follow TIA. Then after searching a little, there are hundreds of handy posts for wood working and garage stuff. I have quite the little board of things to build.
I just heard about pinterist from a buddy here at work last week he does a lot wood working and gets some really cool ideas from there. I gotta get aboard on this
really cool set up – i like the idea
great idea. i wish dewalt would make a supercharger like milwaukee.
I had a scrap of acrylic laying around and it should work just fine. A couple holes for vents and it’s all good.
Good job Rick looking good brotha!
Really nice lookin Ricky.
I have to ask a dumb question, why do all the hard work? Why not use the two key hole slots on the back to mount them to a board? If you are worried about knocking them up and off, you can be real lazy and just put one screw above it to prevent it from sliding up or you can run a small strip of wood across the top of the two or three chargers to prevent it from sliding up. It would be a whole lot less work and no potential overheating worries.
Grumpy MSG wrote:
I have to ask a dumb question, why do all the hard work? Why not use the two key hole slots on the back to mount them to a board? If you are worried about knocking them up and off, you can be real lazy and just put one screw above it to prevent it from sliding up or you can run a small strip of wood across the top of the two or three chargers to prevent it from sliding up. It would be a whole lot less work and no potential overheating worries.
Unforninately, the DCB101 charger doesn’t have the keyhole slots. The DCB112 does but it has half the output amps @ 2.0 vs the 4.0 for the DCB101.
The DCB107 also has the keyhole slots but that output is only 1.25 Amps.
That makes sense now, I didn’t even notice the differences between the chargers until you mentioned it. Then I went and looked at what I had and it turns out I have DCB100 with no keyholes, which only charges 12 volts and is the smallest footprint charger and the DCB107 which does have the keyholes. I then took a quick look at the bottom of my DC9320, double 18 volt charger and no keyholes there either. I only have 3 of the 12 volt tools now, and the are my first choice on a ladder or in a tight space. The rest are 18 volts and not close to being ready for retirement.
I like the original picture.
I mounted my chargers to a board by using one 6″ band clamp for each. The clamps pass through two slots in the mounting board.
here is a pic.
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Good idea, but how do you keep the batteries from shorting out on the metal? Or is there enough clearance on it?
acm0719 wrote:
Good idea, but how do you keep the batteries from shorting out on the metal? Or is there enough clearance on it?
DeWalt 20v slide packs have to he contacts tucked away nicely into grooves. Virtually no change of shorting out. It’s not like the old two/three contact NiCad batteries.
I love these ideas for organizing a battery charging station. I keep looking at the Milwaukee Tool Box over at HD and that top box would really provide a nice spot to put a charging station.
That’s pretty slick Ricky. My charging board has my Dewalt zip tied to it right now.
ok, I didn’t know how the tabs were placed, thank you.RickyMcGrath wrote:
DeWalt 20v slide packs have to he contacts tucked away nicely into grooves. Virtually no change of shorting out. It’s not like the old two/three contact NiCad batteries.
This was just the thread I needed to get some motivation for my new charging station 🙂 thx for sharing this.