23 Oct
2015
23 Oct
'15
12:56 p.m.
From: Ethan Dicks: Friday, October 23, 2015 12:27 PM
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Jay West <jwest at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
In spades -- the pivot area seems much more fragile than the DEC
ones. In addition, the pivot heads seem to have been spread with
some sort of heat process, so it is virtually impossible to remove
the handle without breaking off the pivots.
I should also add.... if people are talking about
reproducing DEC switch
handles (the plastic covers)... I would love to get spares for my DG gear so
whatever process works for the dec ones may be helpful there.
Do the DG handles have the same problems as DEC switch handles?
(fragile pivots that break off) I'd say the first step is what Vince Slyngstad has
done with several
DEC handles - capture an accurate shape in some flavor of CAD. From
I started a Nova 3 handle, but it isn't quite right yet.
there, Shapeways or an SLA printer should make a nice,
functional
replacement. SLA will produce brittle but visually beautiful parts.
SLS (Shapeways) will produce stronger parts but with a matte finish -
functionally nice, but palpably different. Perhaps a couple coats of
paint would smooth that over.
Paint does seem to help, adding gloss to the finish. Even urethane
floor wax will gloss them up some.
Vince