drill handy to remove the rivets.
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Subject: Re: Apple II PSU
On 2021-05-10 18:18, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> This area is so backward, that metric drill bits are considered
> esoteric!
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> 1/8" works OK, and will chuck in a Dremel.
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> If it were a damaged screw, rather than a rive
On 2021-05-10 18:18, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
This area is so backward, that metric drill bits are considered
esoteric!
1/8" works OK, and will chuck in a Dremel.
If it were a damaged screw, rather than a rivet, I would use a
left-handed drill bit.
Which is pretty much what I ended up wi
On 10/05/2021 23:31, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Just me that reaches for a 2mm drill then?
Probably. I usually use 3mm or 1/8".
I've taken more than one Apple PSU apart that way, long ago.
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Pete
Pete Turnbull
On Mon, 10 May 2021, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Just me that reaches for a 2mm drill then? I realise people may react in
horror at this, but your chances of getting swarf in the PSU are slim to
negative. Oh and while you’re in there, please remove the 0.47uF RIFA
before it explodes, assumi
On 2021-05-10 17:31, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Just me that reaches for a 2mm drill then? I realise people may react
in horror at this, but your chances of getting swarf in the PSU are
slim to negative. Oh and while you’re in there, please remove the
0.47uF RIFA before it explodes, assuming
> wrote:
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> Anyone have any idea on how to open this particular Apple II PSU? It is a
> Astec AA 11040B and has like a rivet on each side in the middle. All the
> other supplies I've messed with just had screws along the bottom. Trying to
> remove the bottom of the casing so
, they should drill out easily.
Don Resor
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> On May 10, 2021, at 3:07 PM, David Williams via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Anyone have any idea on how to open this particular Apple II PSU? It is a
> Astec AA 11040B and has like a rivet on each side in the midd
Anyone have any idea on how to open this particular Apple II PSU? It is
a Astec AA 11040B and has like a rivet on each side in the middle. All
the other supplies I've messed with just had screws along the bottom.
Trying to remove the bottom of the casing so I can work on the supply
i
