Power Macintosh 7200/7300/7500/7600 Power Button

alxlab

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Ooops. I did attach the stl and step file but looks like the forum doesn't like those and just removes the. I zipped them instead now and attached it to the previous post.
 
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Branchus

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I have a couple of machines that I bought with the power button missing altogether, so I needed a complete reproduction rather than just a repair. I wasn't particularly happy with the shape of the button part in the thingiverse STL, so I've made my own. It still needs a few tweaks, but it's coming along nicely.

And yes, I know it's the wrong colour.

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Branchus

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I've refined the button design a little, and I'm finally happy with it. I printed it with a 0.16mm layer height.

It should fit onto the base part of the original Thingiverse file, nice and snug.

STL file attached if anyone wants it.

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alex_santos

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Here's the STEP and STL files to add the clips back to an original button. I'm tempted to make an extension of the original button to make it so it won't need to be pressed so much and get stuck sometimes like the original.

License under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0


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Kudos! The originals were nice until time's tide came along. They are incredible brittle now those buttons are. So yeah, good job!
 

mitchkramez

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@Branchus can I ask what software you used to build this STL - I'm new to this and trying to figure out what the best tools are! I'm planning to build the motherboard standoff clips and the internal power switch clip (all of which are broken on mine) as an STL and share them here in case anyone else needs them!