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@joethezombie Awesome, Thank you! If it were made of plastic, I would definitely add some ribs (or at least something to distribute the load) to the underside of the main support, and probably beef up the feet. I would not trust that as a plastic part to hold up something as heavy as a MacII, 3d...

I am thinking the same thing. The only two unknowns would be the height and width of the user-facing end of the buttons. It looks like the height might be the same as the stem part, but I couldn't find any really high quality pictures to tell. The width is definitely something we'll want to...

I was actually going to PM you asking exactly that! (I meant to do it right after I made that post, but I had to unexpectedly had to go for a little bit) I'll try to source some pictures, and if you can give me the measurements of the holes in the case, that should be enough, assuming everything...

Got my printer up and running again! Yay! The other day (before I had fixed my printer), I thought I read a post on the forums where someone was looking for a Quadra 700 style reset/interrupt switch. I figured it would be fun to try, and I have the part, so it would be kinda cool to make...

Thanks for the name of the tool. I'll check it out! Just did a quick search on Ebay and found this auction that looks at first blush like it could fit the bill. It says "2.54mm pitch", which I assume means the distance between the pins? I'll have to remove the logicboard and measure them to see...

@Bolle yeah, there is definitely some corrosion on the tips of the contacts in that last RAM slot. From the outside, it looks like only the tips were affected (where the ram was actually seated seemed to be alright), but clearly something is worse than it looks since none of the slots work at...

I managed to partially install system 7.5 on an external Jaz drive! The hard drive it came with technically seems to work, but it appears that some/most of the data on it is corrupt. I can see the files, but I tried copying some of the more interesting stuff to the jaz drive and like every 4th...

Awesome stuff! Coincidentally I was also working on reproducing the q8XX/PM8500/9500 etc (does this style case have a shorthand name??) hard drive sled as well (apple part number 815-0446) My intention was to create another sled so that I could mount an internal Jaz drive into the middle bay...

Awesome, thanks for the info! My Q700 actually has two molex power connectors; I thought the floppy drive used one, but apparently that is not the case! I wonder if someone replaced the cable at some point? I took out the floppy drive from the IIVX, and annoyingly the drive sled/cage thing is...

After cleaning it again (and giving it a baking soda water scrub, then rinsing again), I put it back together.. and amazingly, it works! The hard drive does not boot, I am not sure if that's because it's been wiped or just so old it gave up the ghost. The drive sounds..good-ish I suppose? It...

So I actually tired to clean up the board a few weeks ago, and got most of the residue off.. but upon closer inspection there was still a lot of gunk between the pins of some of the chips (especially bad was that VLSI chip just south of the whole disaster area). I finally got some time again...

"shortly." meanwhile, one week later.. I think i'm close enough to call it quits now. I have attached the .STLs for the cd-rom drive (815-1690.stl), the eject button (815-1690_eject.stl), and the empty bay bezels (815-1189.stl) I sliced these using Simplify3d, at .2mm layer height with 1mm...

Switched to Fusion 360, much better software.  I spent some time today learning it and remodeled the whole part. Not bad for my first try! I'm printing it now, and if all goes well I will post the .stl for all to enjoy shortly.

@ArmorAlley and @Trash80toHP_Mini Thanks for the offers! I'm in California (silicon valley-ish). Let me get back up and running now that I've switched cad software before I start taking your hard earned bezels, hehe. My big concern (now that I've spent enough time working with the stuff I *do*...

The second print worked out pretty well! it snapped into place very snugly. Bad news is, i got the curve/shape of the machine wrong, so the part i made protrudes like a mm or so :( . Due to the software I used to model the part (DesignSpark Mechanical; it's "free", but it's also a chopped down...

@Trash80toHP_Mini Thanks again! :)  I have an IDE interal zip drive, I wonder if it differs from the SCSI version at all? if not I should be able to use that to mock up a zip drive bezel.  I am not even going to risk using a hair dryer. No more tempting fate on this old plastic, haha. Unless...

@Trash80toHP_Mini thanks! @Unknown_K I actually already have a blank bezel model, as that was the step right before modeling all the cd specific stuff. I can try to do a floppy bezel, however all 3 I own are current attached to a Mac and not broken, and I am worried that removing one would...

Spent some time today putting together a model for the 800/8100/8500/9500 drive bay bezels. Almost done with the cdrom one, just need to finish the eject button and then figure out the best way to print the whole thing. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out! The only part I am not really...

I recently picked up a Quadra 700, and unfortunately the battery had leaked a little bit onto the logic board. Can anyone take a look and see how bad it appears? I've never dealt with this kind of stuff before, but it doesn't appear too bad? I got it off ebay, and the auction said it powered up...

I didn't realize there was a dedicated 3d printing thread, and made a post for the mouse ball cover I made over in the lounge. oops!  Anyway, I made a ball cover for an ADB II mouse because my 3 year old managed to break one. So far the 3d printed part has withstood the test of his continued...