I had one back in the day, and still have the screw extractor and the anti-static wrist strap. I decided to make the actual case cracker today, so here's a recap of that adventure.
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Anyone remember the Mac Cracker?
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Pony 3201 Spring Clamp. https://amzn.to/4wNYUdE
Pull off the rubber tips. Put the lips in a vise to squish them straight. Voilà! Mini Mac Cracker.
Pull off the rubber tips. Put the lips in a vise to squish them straight. Voilà! Mini Mac Cracker.
It's good to see that thing again! When I helped close down the Apple Dealer I worked for until about 2012, the case opener is one of the things I wish I'd grabbed, especially now that I have something like two dozen Mac Classic-style machines in my collection which I'd've never dreamed of being a thing at the time. I can finesse the cases open with a large flat screwdriver and some careful urging to not leave behind pry marks, but perhaps one of David's suggested 3201 clips is in my near future. At least I got one of the long Torx drivers!
Hum, you don't need to do this. If you put a compact face down on a bed, remove the screws, and then sort of "snatch" at the sides with flat palms, the pressure pulse inside from your hands comming together combined with the resistance to acceleration of the main mass of the computer means the case releases with no chance of marks.
You only need to lift it an inch or two.
It sounds worse than it is? But basically it doesn't put any metal against the plastic.
If I didn't want to do that, you could always use a plastic spudger.
That’s what I had and have now lost.
But… welding!
That’s the deluxe version, that is!
