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[bobesch]

Keep an eye on Marketplace:Collectables in the near future. I have a Key Lime 366 MHz (less Apple logo on the lid), and also less the optical-drive lime cover - which are difficult to find. I dislike offering anything which is not near-perfect, but c'est la vie - these lime iBooks are certainly rare.
I've been experimenting with making Apple logos for the lid, not yet perfected this, but hopefully I will, and lime logo expected to be present when eventually on offer.

Would you like to share your knowledge of how to make a replacement-logo?

Me I thought about going for some "acrylic gems/jewels" as a replacement for the leaf - the would also look nice, even if in a mismaching color ... (definitely better than a blank excavation)

 

[B S Magnet]

Holy smokes! When you look at the G5s that have sold on eBay in the Completed Listings, they are at a much lower price point, plus the shipping has to be outrageous they weight a ton.
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I rarely see any of the pre-Intel laptop computers. I do have several white MacBooks to dig out and see why they were unloaded.

I ought to add how I'm principally looking for a non-working key lime clamshell, either 366 or 466, as a parts machine for the 466 in my avatar. The internals are fine, but the outer case and hinge-related parts have become extremely brittle with time, and one of the two base screw mounts for the bottom case has failed and disintegrated entirely.

The middle hinge clutch cover, meanwhile, also disintegrated around the screw mounts a long time ago. The plastic composite itself is immanently more brittle than the graphite and indigo counterparts (both of which I have on hand).

This piece, unlike the bottom case, may be something which can be reproduced by a 3D printer, as the same colour of day-glo green is evidently a readily available hue for 3D printers. It would mostly require having to draw out the 3D vector of an intact middle clutch as a necessity to print a new one.

And, obviously, the costs of materials and labour time add up, but given the fallback (wait for a non-working key lime clamshell to show up, since spares are long gone), this could be something to consider for the future.

 

[CooperBox]

Would you like to share your knowledge of how to make a replacement-logo?

Me I thought about going for some "acrylic gems/jewels" as a replacement for the leaf - the would also look nice, even if in a mismaching color ... (definitely better than a blank excavation)

Still experimenting with logos, so no real positive data to immediately share. Think I'll start a new thread on the subject which may see wider interest and possibly feedback of ideas.

 

[B S Magnet]

Still experimenting with logos, so no real positive data to immediately share. Think I'll start a new thread on the subject which may see wider interest and possibly feedback of ideas.

Throwing this out there, since I may be doing something along these lines with the middle clutch cover:

1) Find a plastic logo from any of the other clamshells, both pieces. This is the donor.
2) Set these onto a 3D scanner. Scan.
3) Refine the 3D vectors as needed in whatever vector-based software you have access to.
4) Send the 3D vector to a 3D printer (setting it up with the translucent PLA filament hue of choice).
5) Proceed to sand with finer and finer grit sandpaper, per this method: https://rigid.ink/blogs/news/how-to-smooth-pla-to-a-mirror-finish
[doublepost=1548575562][/doublepost]I'm adding this photo to better illustrate how I mean by the fluorescent-green plastic used for the middle clutch cover becoming highly brittle with time:

 

[CooperBox]

Throwing this out there, since I may be doing something along these lines with the middle clutch cover:

1) Find a plastic logo from any of the other clamshells, both pieces. This is the donor.
2) Set these onto a 3D scanner. Scan.
3) Refine the 3D vectors as needed in whatever vector-based software you have access to.
4) Send the 3D vector to a 3D printer (setting it up with the translucent PLA filament hue of choice).
5) Proceed to sand with finer and finer grit sandpaper, per this method: https://rigid.ink/blogs/news/how-to-smooth-pla-to-a-mirror-finish
[doublepost=1548575562][/doublepost]I'm adding this photo to better illustrate how I mean by the fluorescent-green plastic used for the middle clutch cover becoming highly brittle with time:

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I've come across a large number of clamshell iBook's since I started collecting Macs around 3-4 years ago. Obviously I've not seen too many KeyLime, but the few I have seen along with the orange 'flavour' seem to suffer from micro cracking more than the others. Strange.
Worthy of note are two YT video clips showing 3D Apple logo printing, entitled '3D printing old Apple logo', and '3D Apple logo'. I can only guess that those who made these are not true Apple fanboys, otherwise had they'd been highlighted on this forum for general interest I reckon they could have generated a little income.
Hopefully this may stimulate someone else to try.........

 

[RumorConsumer]

"I know what I got, no lowballers! Paid $2000 in 2004, looking to get a decent amount back."
eBay is a strange place.

ISO somebody who does NOT know what i got and wants to give me a decent amount for it.