8 May
2013
8 May
'13
12:51 p.m.
I have two of the things, both bought because the hinge was shot. Seems
like someone should have sued apple for such a piece of crap.
Anyway, I seldom see them with an intact hinge. I doubt one made by a
"printer" or such would stand a chance, and would be susceptible to the
same design flaw as the cast ones they used. I suspect it worked well
as a machined part, but the attempt to drive down the price resulted in
all their users having broken monitors.
A friend who I asked about printing said that he could get onseys done
by a machine shop as cheap as we could print the part. That doesn't
help you, but it has discouraged me from assuming that all weird parts
could be printed, and that on-off ones would be expensive no matter
where they come from.
jim
On 5/8/2013 10:03 AM, Earl Baugh wrote:
I'm looking for a part for a Mac Studio display
(and yes, I know this
doesn't qualify as "classic" but I'm trying to find a good overall
solution for this type of repair). The part that failed is a simple
piece of metal in a hinge which seems fairly well designed for
replacement. However, I've been unable to find any sources for the
particular part, Apple, etc. don't seem to have anything available.
I do see some sites that have the entire hinge assembly available in
the $18-$20 range, but I've been able to pick up entire monitors of
this type for $25, so this really doesn't seem to make sense to pay
this much for just the hinge when I could get a full set of spares (or
even yet ANOTHER working monitor with the same issue).
I'm wondering how people solve "spare/parts" issues like this. I've
posted something to http://www.shapeways.com/ to see if someone would
model the existing part, which I could then get them to fabricate.
Not sure if that's going to be cost effective either (unless I order
some quantity and sell extras with a mark up...)
Earl
p.s. A big thanks for the advise on the lubrication for the floppy
drives. I ordered some of the Drislide which works excellently. A
simple cleaning job with straight isopropyl alcohol, a couple drops,
and all three floppy drives are now working as good as new...