JDW
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As many of you know, there is a small eject gear in 800k floppy drives which often breaks, and I've seen some replacements sold on EBAY. The only auction I could find with a reasonable price for the gear and reasonable international shipping (to Japan, in my case) is this:
PMMA plastic in mold:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-1x-GEAR-for-800K-or-2M-SONY-FLOPPY-DRIVE-MP-F51W-MP-F75W/333463751453?hash=item4da3fd0b1d:g:1ucAAOSwhQhY0iTg
Here is an auction with a reasonable product price but which sadly doesn't ship outside Australia, and no plastic material is mentioned:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-Macintosh-Eject-Gear-for-800k-1-44MB-MP-F51W-and-MP-F75W-Sony-Drives/293587299042?hash=item445b2aaae2:g:E0QAAOSwggJexjMh
I am starting this thread to gather your experiences.
From what I understand PMMA is rather compared to ABS or PC. So it would seem that buying that is basically buying the same kind of gear we have now, which probably will break at some point in the future. Metal would be idea here, but nobody makes one of those. I would think PC would be a good #2 choice, but I cannot find any of those. No ABS either.
I would appreciate hearing your thoughts.
Thanks.
PMMA plastic in mold:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-1x-GEAR-for-800K-or-2M-SONY-FLOPPY-DRIVE-MP-F51W-MP-F75W/333463751453?hash=item4da3fd0b1d:g:1ucAAOSwhQhY0iTg
Here is an auction with a reasonable product price but which sadly doesn't ship outside Australia, and no plastic material is mentioned:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-Macintosh-Eject-Gear-for-800k-1-44MB-MP-F51W-and-MP-F75W-Sony-Drives/293587299042?hash=item445b2aaae2:g:E0QAAOSwggJexjMh
I am starting this thread to gather your experiences.
From what I understand PMMA is rather compared to ABS or PC. So it would seem that buying that is basically buying the same kind of gear we have now, which probably will break at some point in the future. Metal would be idea here, but nobody makes one of those. I would think PC would be a good #2 choice, but I cannot find any of those. No ABS either.
I would appreciate hearing your thoughts.
Thanks.
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