[rescue] Sparcserver 1000 board eject levers!

[Dave McGuire]

   Nice.  I'd love to see these get released.

          -Dave

On 3/18/26 17:17, Ethan Hawke via rescue wrote:
> I have also 3D designed a bunch of Sun parts including enterprise 
> injectors and the majority of the SS5/20 case, if people are interested 
> I can polish off the case designs and release them.
> 
> On March 19, 2026, at 08:15, silcreval via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org 
> <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Amazing work. I'm betting there are a lot of potential bits for Sun's 
>> that would be very welcome.
>>
>> Sparcstation 20s/5s always seem to have trouble with the front 
>> 'corner' pieces. I have several of these in various states.
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>>
>>> On 18 Mar 2026, at 18:26, Steve Hatle via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> 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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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA