Dental Loupes Battery Bracket, Designs for Vision

The battery bracket for my spouses dental loupes kept breaking off from the belt clip over time. So I put together these two files as a trial instead of buying the whole replacement bracket. It's a quick put together and see how it holds up.

Dental Loupes Battery Bracket LED DayLite Micro Battery. 2 files. First file is the battery bracket. The battery bracket does not have the tabs on it to hold the battery I just wrapped an elastic around it to hold battery. I printed in PLA as that was all I had at the time so will be determining how it holds up. I printed the bracket with 100% sparse infill and at 0.08 super fine. The second file is the bushing that attaches to the back of the bracket. The bushing will need a bit of cleanup. I printed the bushing in PLA with 100% sparse infill and at 0.08 super fine with a 0.4 nozzle, probably come out better with a 0.2 nozzle.

To attach the bushing to the bracket I still had the little brass piece and screw. I put the brass piece on tip of soldering iron and heated then pressed into the bushing. Let cool then pushing the bushing onto the bracket with a fair bit of force and inserting screw and tightening up. Alternatively if you don't have the brass piece you could just use some plastic cement and a screw. I wouldn't rely just on glue.

I found more often then not it was just the bushing that would break off the bracket leaving the brass still on the bracket.