I had two pre-ADB keyboards with rubber feet in perfect shape. Now, I only have one with rubber feet in perfect shape.
One was a donor model. It had a missing key, so I removed a second key from it to repair the other one which had a broken and/or missing key. The other day, I was looking through some of these old Mac peripherals and discovered this donor keyboard was stuck to the shelf it was on. Upon getting it loose, I found all four feet had melted into the wood shelf it had been sitting on. This was an unfinished wood shelf.
I immediately checked the second keyboard which was kept in a metal cabinet. I figured if the feet melted on the wood shelf, the feet sitting on metal would surely be a mess as well. But that one was fine. (Although I am now storing it face down just in case.)
I'm not sure why the feet would become a gooey mess on wood but not metal. Both keyboards were in the same room. The keyboard with the melted feet was closer to a window. I thought perhaps it got more sun than I anticipated, but I have some compact Macs in the same location except placed where they would get more sun. (Not on purpose--it just happened to be the only storage space available.) I'll have to check on a sunny day, but I don't believe they are in direct sunlight. Regardless, the feet on the compact Macs, which I would presume to be the same material, are fine. But they are sitting on cardboard and not directly on bare wood.
Has anyone else encountered the same problem?
Second question, is there a good source for replacement feet? I have grey rubber I can cut to size if need be, but if there is a source for actual matching feet that would be better, especially for a third keyboard I have that only has two good feet so needs two more for balance.
One was a donor model. It had a missing key, so I removed a second key from it to repair the other one which had a broken and/or missing key. The other day, I was looking through some of these old Mac peripherals and discovered this donor keyboard was stuck to the shelf it was on. Upon getting it loose, I found all four feet had melted into the wood shelf it had been sitting on. This was an unfinished wood shelf.
I immediately checked the second keyboard which was kept in a metal cabinet. I figured if the feet melted on the wood shelf, the feet sitting on metal would surely be a mess as well. But that one was fine. (Although I am now storing it face down just in case.)
I'm not sure why the feet would become a gooey mess on wood but not metal. Both keyboards were in the same room. The keyboard with the melted feet was closer to a window. I thought perhaps it got more sun than I anticipated, but I have some compact Macs in the same location except placed where they would get more sun. (Not on purpose--it just happened to be the only storage space available.) I'll have to check on a sunny day, but I don't believe they are in direct sunlight. Regardless, the feet on the compact Macs, which I would presume to be the same material, are fine. But they are sitting on cardboard and not directly on bare wood.
Has anyone else encountered the same problem?
Second question, is there a good source for replacement feet? I have grey rubber I can cut to size if need be, but if there is a source for actual matching feet that would be better, especially for a third keyboard I have that only has two good feet so needs two more for balance.