Kress quick-action lock power connector

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After having my Kress 1050-1 milling motor converted to trim router with my trim router base (thing 1611593), I needed an extra power cable since the original is integrated in the gantry of my CNC table. A Kress power cable with a special quick-action lock connector costs about 25 euros incl shipping, which is pretty expensive, so I've made the connector myself. The quick-action lock connector is used by over 35 Kress tools What you need: This connector printed (duh..) Two 6.3mm crimp automotive style connectors female (cable shoes) Two M3 20mm screws with nuts an redundant PC power cord soldering iron some hot glue How you do it: Cut of the unused connector of the power cord. strip the outer mantle just far enough to be able to poke the 2 wires through the connector crimp AND solder the wires to the cable shoes and push them back in the connector use hot glue to secure the wires (and by that the cable shoes stay in place) twist the outer cable a few times until the mantle reaches the strain relief put the screw and bolt in and tighten I made a version with strain relief using M3 bolt, but also have included a version without. The latter was my first version and relies on the hot glue and your common sense :-) I printed them upright in ABS at 0.2mm with support (which is easy to remove)