[rescue] Sun Board ejectors

[Dan Moisa]

I made a model for vme board ejector ears. If you take a picture of them
and/or send me one of yours, we can easily duplicate them.

Dan.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 10:59 Steve Hatle via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm working on rehabbing my SparcServer 1000E (and maybe another) and
> I've once again run into the issue of the purple board ejector/lock
> levers being missing or broken.
>
> These are also seen on the Ex00 series servers.
>
> It's not impossible to work around this, but it can be mighty inconvenient.
>
> Very much admitting that I've not done my homework on this, are things
> like 3d printed replacements available and more importantly, viable?
>
> Looking at the boards that are currently whole, it looks like the
> ejectors are held on my some kind of pressure-fit pin. Before I do an
> autopsy on one of my boards has anyone come up with a home DIY solution
> to this?
>
> I'm going to to poke around some of the sites like Thingiverse and
> Printables and see if I can find anything. If, however, you have already
> crossed this bridge and have anything good or bad to share, please do.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
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