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Printable Stub Case Adapts AA Cells to C

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Printable Stub Case Adapts AA Cells to C

A standard-sized AA cell is 0.5mm longer than a standard-sized C cell, but in practice that difference is negligible.  Besides “stub case,” an adapter like this is also sometimes called a “sabot.”  They can be purchased commercially, but I’d just as soon print my own.  And now I can. Thanks again, Thingiverse!

AA-C Cell Battery Adapter by Wildseyed

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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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