Does anyone know of a source for a battery holder for the BL-5J battery as I have a few but it would not be trivial to cobble a holder for them?

 

Buy one of the really cheap batteries with a "free" charger from China and throw away the battery and everything in the charger except the battery holder.

 

Cheapest is £3-25 and I don't think that is really cheap

 

Cheapest is £3-25 and I don't think that is really cheap

I agree. Another great idea shot down by reality.

 

Bass wood is easy to work with. Plastic?
http://www.jameco.com/z/PROTO-DOUGH...otyping-Design-Plastic-250-grams_2208286.html Shapelock is good.
Check out what is available at your local hobby store.

http://www.digikey.com/product-deta...orp/0914-0-15-20-77-14-11-0/ED8185-ND/1147053
For contacts

 

I do have a small CNC mill which should be up to the job but it is refusing to do anything properly at the moment. I am working on that - and have been for a while.

 

Does anyone know of a source for a battery holder for the BL-5J battery as I have a few but it would not be trivial to cobble a holder for them?

Some examples of home made sockets. Bass wood you can get from your local hobby store. The connectors are spring loaded pins I got from Digi-Key, p/n ED14260ND.