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3D-printed 68030 CPU Puller

Posted by: obsolete on 2024-04-12 06:56:38 After bending a few pins by using a DIP puller to remove PGA 68030s from sockets (I know, I know) I decided I needed a better tool. I thought I'd have to design one myself, but I found this 68040 puller tool by jessenator on Thingiverse. I was able to scale it down to 68030 size, and it works great! It fits the SE/30 just fine; slides right on over the GLUE chip. Hopefully it will work on most other 68030 Macs as well.

Posted by: s_pupp on 2024-04-12 07:08:58 Great! How much did you need to scale it down by?

Posted by: obsolete on 2024-04-12 09:18:00 The numbers are shown in the photo above, but for convenience, I'll write them out too: X: 40 mm (73.39%) Y: 39.2585 mm (100%) Z: 35 mm (80%) Of course, this is dependent on my printer, which is relatively well calibrated, but not perfect, so your results may vary slightly.

Posted by: pezter22 on 2024-04-12 18:01:20 Nice.

Posted by: obsolete on 2024-06-12 11:41:22 Follow up to this: it requires a lot more force to pull a 68030 straight out of the socket than it does to gradually lever it up one side at a time, and the latter method doesn't bend any pins if you're careful. I wouldn't recommend using this tool without first loosening the chip by levering it up a little first.

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