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Material to make replacement RF shielding for Mac SE/30?

Posted by: krishnadraws on 2020-03-02 07:12:58 I have a very corroded RF shield for my Mac SE/30. I would like to know what material it is made of so that I can use the old one as a template to make the new one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Posted by: mousehouse on 2024-03-20 23:53:26 Did anyone have a go at recreating the shields? There seems to be a good template here : https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads...ompact-macs-128k-512k-plus-se-and-se-30.3039/

Posted by: s_pupp on 2024-03-21 07:44:52 Using a cheap micrometer from Northern Tools: My SE shield consists of a 7mil aluminum sheet (approx 1/128", 0.18mm) covered with a 10mil (1/100", 0.254mm) plastic sheet. Either an adhesive backed plastic shield or a sheet of plastic sprayed with contact cement could be adhered to the aluminum. The closest I can find on Amazon is a 5mil aluminum sheet, and 2mil adhesive vinyl sheeting. The plastic sheeting of the SE shield I measured extends beyond the aluminum by a few inches, so, unlike an SE/30 shield, a replacement plastic sheet for the SE would need to be rigid, not flexible like the 2mil sheeting I linked to. Alternatively, I believe an SE/30 shield should work (please correct me if I'm wrong).

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