Hello,
Being my first post i try to keep it short. I was discussing the SD adapter with SzörG, and it came up that a new cartridge case could be made for it. It also came up that there are not really replacement parts for the Enterprise. Getting all enthusiastic about this i ran downstairs to my lab and after one week of misery (some of my chemicals are beyond due dates by years), it seems i can make replacement parts for the machine.
Unfortunately i was unable to get my hands on a mint condition cartridge, so on the attached pictures you can see:
-original cartridge
-original cartridge after wet-sanding, polishing and painting
-reproduced cartridge (this is not perfect yet, i was focusing on the finish and the shore D hardness of the material)
Once i get an SD adapter from SzörG, i can design and make a specialized cartridge housing for it in same quality.
Since the chemicals and the manufacturing process doesn't come cheap, the cheapest part let's say a joystick knob comes out to around 8GBP while the cartridge around 13GBP
I have a lot of project plus family, so i'm making these in my spare time.
This post is mainly to see if anyone is interested, the technology is there to create even a full computer case.
