This Does Not Compute | 3D Printing to the Rescue: PowerBook 1400 CD-ROM Bezel @ThisDoesNotCompute | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
CAD and 3D printing have found many uses, but they can be especially helpful to the retrocomputing community for tackling annoying, tricky problems. Let's see how a couple of simple parts can get a Macintosh PowerBook 1400's CD-ROM drive looking new again.

PowerBook 1400 drive bezel bracket models:
Thingiverse, thingiverse.com/thing:5176310
PrusaPrinters, prusaprinters.org/prints/106933-powerbook-1400-cd-rom-drive-bezel-brackets

PowerBook 500 battery blank model:
Thingiverse, thingiverse.com/thing:5177482
PrusaPrinters, prusaprinters.org/prints/107774-macintosh-powerbook-500-series-battery-blank

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