[rescue] Sparcserver 1000 board eject levers!

[Steve Hatle]

Apologies all for spamming, then!

> Phil Stracchino via rescue <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>
> March 18, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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> It did come through the first time, actually.  I saw it.
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> Steve Hatle <mailto:steve.hatle at gmail.com>
> March 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
> I tried to send this before, but I'm guessing it got eaten because of 
> included links(?) I'll try again - you can contact me directly for the 
> necessary links to the levers and the compression pins.
>
> Steve
>
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> Greetings all,
>
> After my plea for a source for an STL file for board eject levers for 
> the Sparcserver 1000/E, list member Dan Moisa stepped up and modeled 
> an original ejector, and I can report it works great!
>
> He is willing to share, and so you can get the file from his GitHub. 
> Contact me for the link.
>
> I printed the levers on my Prusa with PLA at .15 layer height and 30% 
> infill, and they seem plenty strong.
>
> As far as the pins, I ordered some 2.5mm by 6mm compression pins 
> online which seem to be a direct replacement for the original part. 
> Contact me for the link.
>
> I did find that the fit was a little too tight for the hole in the 
> lever. Dan offered to widen it out a bit, but instead I used a 7/64 
> drill bit to chase out the hole and then the pins fit in snugly 
> without excessive pressure. A 2.5mm bit (if you have metric sizes) 
> should do the job as well.
>
> These pins took a while to arrive from overseas; I'm guessing just 
> about anything that's 2.5mm in diameter will work, as long as they 
> don't hang down past the bottom of the board as it's inserted. There 
> more room on the top.
>
> I'm sure there may be better material than PLA to use to print these, 
> but that's what I had handy, and as I said it seems to be strong 
> enough. Will it last for another 30 years? Probably not, but I don't 
> plan to be pulling the boards in and out of my SS1000 that much, and 
> it looks way better than the janky zip-tie pulls I had made before.
>
> Thank you _very_ much to Dan for doing the work to model the lever, 
> making an adjustment to better fit the board width, and especially for 
> being willing to share the STL freely to the community! I plan to put 
> the STL up on Thingiverse/Printables as well and try to get the news 
> out to the community at large.
>
> If you want to see pictures, message me off-list and I can send some 
> to you.
>
> Steve

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