Re: Replacement for broken 1541-II disk drive levers ?

From: Steve Gray <sjgray_at_rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:23:25 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1353702205.89641.YahooMailNeo@web161301.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
There are lots of little fiddly parts like this on Commodore equipment. I think this is a perfect example of something that should be cloned and 3D printed. 3D printers start at $500 these days and can easily reproduce almost any plastic part. It would probably take less than 10 cents in plastic for a replacement lever.
 
I'm actually looking into purchasing a 3D printer (either Replicator2 or Mendel Prusa). I think there might be a market for cheap replacements for vintage computer parts...
 
Steve


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> From: Uffe Jakobsen <uffe@uffe.org>
>To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de 
>Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 2:15:43 PM
>Subject: Replacement for broken 1541-II disk drive levers ?
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>Hi hackers,
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>Has anyone of you tried making your own floppy drive lever as a replacement for the rather fragile 1541-II floppy drive levers ?
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