Curious about this. Has anyone thought to make a 3D printed tool for making taking the front faceplate off a Macintosh Performa/LC 520/550/575 chassis a little easier? I noticed something about how the clip works that would make this viable I think:
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I posted about this as well here:
For some reason this forum has rather strict post limits? It kept saying my post was too long and couldn't be processed. I have not heard of a forum with such limited post size restrictions... That thread post I made represents the thread I intended to create here.
Anyways to keep long story short, the ridges on the clip design on the faceplate suggest Apple may have had a dedicated tool for this and the current method of prying with a large flat head screw driver is not really the best way to go. A 3D printed jig sized precisly to fit the slot and make use of those ridges to make the plastic clip move the exact distance it needs to for it to disengage is what should be best here especially with how brittle the plastics have become. (though my particular unit is in remarkably good condition despite a few small cracks near the screen bazel corners which were already present in the listing photos when I got this off eBay)
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I posted about this as well here:
For some reason this forum has rather strict post limits? It kept saying my post was too long and couldn't be processed. I have not heard of a forum with such limited post size restrictions... That thread post I made represents the thread I intended to create here.
Anyways to keep long story short, the ridges on the clip design on the faceplate suggest Apple may have had a dedicated tool for this and the current method of prying with a large flat head screw driver is not really the best way to go. A 3D printed jig sized precisly to fit the slot and make use of those ridges to make the plastic clip move the exact distance it needs to for it to disengage is what should be best here especially with how brittle the plastics have become. (though my particular unit is in remarkably good condition despite a few small cracks near the screen bazel corners which were already present in the listing photos when I got this off eBay)
