Re: Perhaps it may be time to plan for 3D printer Lisa cases?

I would be highly interested in this. I would be willing to contribute to a crowdfunder to produce open, high-quality scans of the Lisa 2, or preferably, Lisa 1 face plates, as well as the rest of the plastic.

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 9:58:05 PM UTC-4, Ray Arachelian wrote:
>
> Saw this the other day:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/science/plastics-preservation-getty.html
>
> While so far neither of my Lisa's cases have been damaged, I think it
> would be good idea to at least build open source 3D models of the case
> skins in Blender or Cura, etc. (and possibly a Lisa 1 faceplate replica)
> that could then be 3D printed as needed. The Apple logo might be
> problematic due to copyright/trademark issues, but perhaps two versions
> could be built, one with the logo and one without, so depending on the
> location of the person printing, they could pick the one for their need.
>
> There were/are 3D printed replacement gears for the eject mechanism of
> 400/800K floppies that have failed, so certainly we have seen some of
> the plastics used in our machines.
> i.e.
>
> https://www.shapeways.com/product/M84R343FR/4-x-gears-for-macintosh-512k-vintage-floppy-drive
>
> Certainly PLA isn't anywhere near as good as whatever injection molding
> Apple used to build the Lisa case panels, and home sized 3D printers
> won't be able to produce the large sizes required, but perhaps we can
> find some 3D printing house that can reproduce them. maybe even from
> other materials such as carbon fiber, copper PLA, etc. which could then
> be painted to the proper shade of platinum and avoid worries of yellowing.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> As a side note does anyone know what color a Lisa should really be? What
> did an actual Lisa look like out of the box when it first came out? I
> see some advertising material where it's near platinum and others where
> it's a bit more yellow?
> For example, this Lisa 1 ad is pretty yellowed:
>
> http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Apple/Apple.Lisa.1983.102634506.fc.lg.jpg
> as is this one:
>
> https://www.macobserver.com/images/news/2001/20010214lisa/outside_thumb.jpg?x53324
> But then, this Byte cover shows a platinum one:
> http://www.vintagecomputer.net/apple/lisa/thm_byte_feb-83_cover.jpg
>
>
>
>

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