Potential replacement cases / the future of our existing plastics

[TarableCode]

So, my Performa 580CD is starting to fall apart.
The plastic is super brittle and every time I move it something else breaks off.

I feel like it's only a matter of time before whatever holds the CRT in place will break and that will be the end of the machine.
Every time my cat jumps on top of it I worry he'll break through the plastic and get hurt, but good luck stopping a cat from doing anything.

When I looked for replacement cases, they all seem to be suffering the same issue, so it's not a long term solution for an otherwise perfectly working machine.

Realistically, what are our options?
I know that brittle plastic is common to a lot of these old macs, so I can't be the only one in this boat.

I wonder if it would be possible to glue all the broken parts back into place then coat everything in some kind of strong adhesive or resin?

 

[Apache Thunder]

I have a 575 chassis that got beat up in shipping so yeah definitely looking to replace it if such a thing ever becomes a thing. If someone does a limited production run of a reproduction shell I'd definitely be interested in getting it.

Also unless your cat is morbidly obese I don't think your cat will accidentally break through the plastic. It's brittle for sure but I imagine it's not more brittle then potato chips.

 

[David Cook]

I've seen a number of 3D printed Mac cases. They often need to be assembled and glued due to the limited printing bed size. However, as 3D printing technology continues to improve, I expect some really nice replica cases to become available.

 

[David Cook]

For example:

 

[Apache Thunder]

Well as I recall the SE (or Mac Plus, I forget which) had reproduction injection molded shells. I imagine it would not cheap to startup a run for 5xx chassis though. They are like double the size of the compact macs.