I read a thread in here and someone mentioned they were coming up with a replacement battery holder for the 645. Someone also posted in the 645 Facebook group that they were doing the same thing. Might be it's the same person, but I can't be sure. He has posted a start on a STL file he was working on, and I had a look at it. The roots of the project were definately there, but it had a ways to go. Until that point, I never realized there was much demand for this item, but it appears there is. Regardless, I figured this might be something I can work on to help out the comminity. Seeing as I basically do this sort of reverse engineering for a living, I figured I'd give a go at modeling this. So what I've come up with I think is a very good start. I've got my friend 3d printing a prototype so I can see if it will actually physically fit in the camera as it's supposed to, and I'll go from there. I've attached a few pictures to show my progress. Feel free to give me any input on what might be a good thing to change. This is basically modelled like the existing on, and the person who was working on it, mentioned he was doing this up to work with a 9V battery, so that is definately something I can look into as well if the interest is actually there. Only thing I've not modelled in is the texturue on the grip. I probably won't be able to easily duplicate the pattern, but I can definately come up with something.
As you can see from my overlay of my 3D scan vs the CAD I created, it's not perfect, but seeing as the original is like a million years old (lol), I took some educated guesses. I'll know for sure if it's a problem when I do my test fit of the 3D printed prototype.
Originally posted by pentaxus 
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