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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: shut up on Wed, 22 October 2014, 19:21:40
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Hey guys, I'm new here and fairly recently bought my Model-M in unknown condition for $5.00 at a pawn shop. I've got about $20 into it, including the proper adapter for USB and about $7.00 set aside for keycaps. :)
I plugged it into my PC, and what do you know? Some of the keys weren't working. After a bit of research, I'm thinking a rivet replacement would be in order.
My IBM Model M model #42H1292 made on 7/01/97 in the United Kingdom. I've just got a few questions before I get this thing back into action!
1. Can somebody tell me how many nuts/bolts I'd need to fix it, and the proper size?
2. The cheapest place to find new internal parts since when I bought it, the casing was filled with dead roaches. (Yuck)
3. The best way to diagnose whether a rivet replacement would fix my problems.
Here's a picture from when I first bought it. (Yes, it's nasty) BLEACH BLEACH BLEACH.
(http://i.imgur.com/xqU9Zc2.jpg)
Once I cleaned it up a bit, and removed the roaches and nasty accumulations of grossness.
(http://i.imgur.com/506PiBo.jpg)
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Welcome to Geekhack!
Have a look here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62226.0) - lots of information about bolt-modding a Model M.
Also making stuff together (http://geekhack.org/index.php?board=117.0) has lots of Model M refurbishment threads.
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In reply #21 I showed a packing slip for the nuts and bolts you want. McMaster-Carr is a great supplier in the US and very fast shipping. That order shows 4 packs of 100, but 50 is adequate for a Model M bolt-mod.
If you can wait 2 weeks, you can order them from China for much less.
The 42H from Greennock is the most problem-prone M in my experience.
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In reply #21 I showed a packing slip for the nuts and bolts you want. McMaster-Carr is a great supplier in the US and very fast shipping. That order shows 4 packs of 100, but 50 is adequate for a Model M bolt-mod.
If you can wait 2 weeks, you can order them from China for much less.
The 42H from Greennock is the most problem-prone M in my experience.
After your update, I changed the OP to have correct links to mcmaster-carr items
About ordering chinese bolts: it's up to you, but the mcmaster ones are higher quality. Quality chinese bolts exist but it's really hard to know which ones are before you receive them.
As far as the numbers of bolts, I believe it's about 58, but I order packs of 100. You can get by with as few as about 15 though if you're really on a budget.
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Thanks for the link man! :thumb:
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bolt is better.. just get a cutting disk and attach it to the power drill if you can't find the right length bolts.