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VT100 Case Fasteners

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rjarratt

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I have just acquired a VT100 (minus keyboard). As seems normal with VT100s, the pop fasteners that keep the case on are all broken. I have another VT10x with missing fasteners. Has anyone done a 3D model of the fasteners suitable for 3D printing?

Thanks

Rob
 
I bet we could find the OEM for those since I'm sure dec didn't make them in-house. I'm unconvinced that a printed part is going to be a good replacement for a part that always broke even when used with a material it was designed to use.
 
I’m actually looking for some of these as well… I can’t imagine there’s too many VT’s out there with intact original case-half fasteners.
 
Looking to fix mine and found what I think are the parts
These are front of case
https://shop.southco.com/en_us/ny-5g-54-10
https://shop.southco.com/en_us/ny-5p-54-3-51
The back uses same grommet. Back plunger is custom so if its not broken you will need to carefully extract it and reuse with new grommet.

I think the chassis mounts with these.
https://shop.southco.com/en_us/ny-5g-52-20 or https://shop.southco.com/en_us/ny-5g-52-30
https://shop.southco.com/en_us/ny-5p-52-1-50 or https://shop.southco.com/en_us/ny-5p-52-1-60

Catalog page
https://files.southco.com/static/Literature/ny-wg.en.pdf
 
The case ones match and seem to work fine. Looks like material they are made out of may be different. Don't know if that's good or bad. The black ones holding the chassis didn't want to come back out to take comparison picture but they looked like a good match. Didn't attempt to verify if all the black ones were the same length. The 4 white ones holding the top on were the same.

I found it easiest to remove the broken ones if I broke off the remaining tabs first.

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I have been trying to find these parts in the UK but I have not been able to find them. Maybe other similar fasteners would work. Maybe once I get the VT100 working again I will try to find them.
 
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