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Posted by: ereuter on 2026-07-17 18:13:09
Pony 3201 Spring Clamp. https://amzn.to/4wNYUdE
Pull off the rubber tips. Put the lips in a vise to squish them straight. Voilà! Mini Mac Cracker.
View attachment 101395 I still have one my dad made in 1986! |
Posted by: Nixontheknight on 2026-07-18 11:35:59
I had one back in the day, and still have the screw extractor and the anti-static wrist strap. I decided to make the actual case cracker today, so here's a recap of that adventure.
I don't have an official Mac Cracker, but I just bought a set of torx screwdrivers that have a foot long shaft, and they work just as well |
Posted by: superjer2000 on 2026-07-18 11:37:07
Pony 3201 Spring Clamp. https://amzn.to/4wNYUdE
Pull off the rubber tips. Put the lips in a vise to squish them straight. Voilà! Mini Mac Cracker.
View attachment 101395 Pony 3201 Spring Clamp. https://amzn.to/4wNYUdE
Pull off the rubber tips. Put the lips in a vise to squish them straight. Voilà! Mini Mac Cracker.
View attachment 101395 This is very close to the case splitter Applied Engineering shipping with the Transwarp accelerator card I bought for my Mac Classic! |
Posted by: Boctor on 2026-07-18 22:01:19
A long time ago, during middle school, my dad cut the handle off a Torx screwdriver and cut a slot into the top for a flathead driver to turn it. One of my first Ebay Macs (when you could get an SE/30 shipped for $50!) was in need of a new hard disk, and his "crazy driver" tool did the trick. |
Posted by: ymk on 2026-07-18 22:08:08
I've got one, purchased by my dad to open his SE when I was a kid. |
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