So I have a Macintosh SE with an internal hard drive... but no drive cover on the second floppy slot. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a 3D model that I can print for this? I have been looking around the internet, but have not had any success.
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SE drive bay cover - 3D model?
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Sounds like a good candidate for recycling heavily damaged/busted up case plastics using olde school techniques:
Cut texture matched flat panel section of case to fit SE's floppy slot (possibly a tad oversize adjustment for cooling shrinkage?)
Make female plaster cast with blank face down (a II/IIx/IIfx cover blank might work if shrinkage isn't an issue? Release angles-n-edge form built-in)
Glue water (soluble) LED to cast in proper position
Inject/pour molten case plastic into mold (I'd test a mucked up or cheap hot glue gun for suitability)
Dunno, just chuckin' the notion out there. ;D
Cut texture matched flat panel section of case to fit SE's floppy slot (possibly a tad oversize adjustment for cooling shrinkage?)
Make female plaster cast with blank face down (a II/IIx/IIfx cover blank might work if shrinkage isn't an issue? Release angles-n-edge form built-in)
Glue water (soluble) LED to cast in proper position
Inject/pour molten case plastic into mold (I'd test a mucked up or cheap hot glue gun for suitability)
Dunno, just chuckin' the notion out there. ;D
They have 3D printers at the school I work at. It's pretty cheap to print. For example, I printed a case for my iPhone, it cost $0.55. I'm not sure if there is a 3D scanner there, but I'm thinking I might just take some measurements and see if I can create it myself. I don't have any experience using such software, but a simple thing like this might be a good thing to learn on.
3-D printing with ABS filament is very cool, but does it come in the right color? Is resolution high enough to re-create the subtly texturing of the SE's Case?
If I can find my mucked up/broken handled hot glue gun I'll give the down and dirty method a try on a small part.
If I can find my mucked up/broken handled hot glue gun I'll give the down and dirty method a try on a small part.
It would not print the right colour, it would be pure white. But if I were to buy a drive cover off of eBay, for example, it would be a different colour anyway, since my case is slightly yellowed. And the texture would not even be close. I don't think it would be possible to 3D print something that would look authentic, but I'm hoping at least to have something that looks better than a blank hole.
Cut the @$$ end off a micro-floppy and hot glue it into the slot so it looks like it's been ejected. If someone has a clear/translucent micro-floppy to sell you, add LED edge lit HDD access indication. ;D
Once, I needed a drive cover for an SE. I didn't have an extra, but I did have a scrapper platinum IIe. I used a coping saw, files, and sandpaper to cut a makeshift one from part of the IIe case to fit over the floppy slot. It didn't have the access light, but it was better than nothing until I got a real cover.
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Plexi scrap: 5mm clear
cut to suitable depth and width
in vise: slot almost all the way to the back spaced as in diagram with X-Acto Razor Saw or hack saw for wider kerf
Spray assy silver on all sides and down into slots
Sand silver off toothed front section for satin matte clear finish
3 holes drilled in pyramid formation in each of six sections to fit:
3 LEDs Blue
3 LEDs Purple
3 LEDs Red
3 LEDs Orange
3 LEDs Yellow
3 LEDs Green
add resistors as needed
center forward LED of each section wired to any convenient voltage PTO
outer rearward LEDs of each section wired to activity indication on header of HDD
Rearrange drilling, slotting, cutting steps as necessary to avoid breakage
Chase light circuit for HDD activity optional.
h34r:
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Plexi scrap: 5mm clear
cut to suitable depth and width
in vise: slot almost all the way to the back spaced as in diagram with X-Acto Razor Saw or hack saw for wider kerf
Spray assy silver on all sides and down into slots
Sand silver off toothed front section for satin matte clear finish
3 holes drilled in pyramid formation in each of six sections to fit:
3 LEDs Blue
3 LEDs Purple
3 LEDs Red
3 LEDs Orange
3 LEDs Yellow
3 LEDs Green
add resistors as needed
center forward LED of each section wired to any convenient voltage PTO
outer rearward LEDs of each section wired to activity indication on header of HDD
Rearrange drilling, slotting, cutting steps as necessary to avoid breakage
Chase light circuit for HDD activity optional.
h34r:
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