Anyone have a 3D file of the case with room for battery?

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New convert to Framework and am totally sold, but I can’t afford a full laptop right now so I was thinking start with just the mainboard and plug into the display and keyboard I already have. My understanding is the .stl for 3D printing a case does not fit a battery and I’m wondering if anyone has a version that does?

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By battery do you mean the framework battery?

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The new V3 version of the Framework Tablet project has place for a battery. You might be able to fork the project and cut off the tablety bits and make it into just a case.

That’s the only thing i can think of right now. :sweat_smile:

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@Josh_Cook yeah exactly, or can you hook up other types of batteries to the mainboard?

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@Cheese do you think it would be easier to modify the CAD for the tablet frame than adding space in the normal 3D printed case for the battery?

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@Cody_Harrison
A more aesthetic result would be modifying the normal case. But yeah, i do think snipping some stuff off of the tablet case would be less time consuming.

Hope this helps! :blush:

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This one from anker should give 1.5 times the battery life to the og framerwork bat

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@Ryan_DiMingo ahh nice, that looks like a good one. Bi-directional charging is nice. But 3x the cost for 1.5 times the battery life. Hopefully, framework starts selling theirs by itself soon.

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…but it charges other devices as well. i.e. it’s not just a single-device battery.

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@Second_Coming yeah that’s a fair point for sure, I’m definitely considering it.

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I’d say go for it, it has a display and, if you ever need, 140w charging

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Careful, I bought that exact battery for this purpose and it gives a power delivery error randomly despite being way under its maximum specs. It’s specifically in undervoltage error despite the fact that the battery was brand-new and charged fully. “UVP - Low Voltage Detected - Do Not Use”