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I recently acquired a nice Titanium Powerbook. The case is in pretty good shape except for one thing… no rubber feet! This may not seem like a huge problem. However, the wife just got “the dining table of her dreams” and nothing sits on the table that doesn’t have a coaster under it, or rubber feet. Not wanting to tie up four coasters every time I use my Powerbook at the table, I decided to replace the missing feet. Searching the web I found several sources for new feet, at about six bucks a set! Now maybe I am cheap, but a buck and a quarter for something smaller than a tic-tac seems like a lot. Plus, I kinda’ wanted to use it tonight.
So with the Mac down-side up, I noticed the holes for the feet were approximately the same size as the hole in a sheet of notebook paper. Further research concluded that, in fact, the holes are exactly the same size! This scientific conclusion was reached by holding a sheet of… you guessed it, notebook paper over the holes.
Off I went in search of the elusive hole-punch (which at my house, along with potato peelers, seems to disappear whenever needed.) Spotting my silvery prey in the far corner of my wife’s desk drawer, I snatched it up before it could slink off to hide.
Next, a piece of rubber of around 3/16th inch thick was located in the bottom of my junk box. I believe it was once a foot off of an original Xbox. I am sure there is some irony regarding Microsoft holding up a Mac, but to continue, punch out four rubber feet. Then apply a drop or two of whatever glue you think will do the trick to each, and press in the holes on the bottom of your Mac. Then just flip it over and let it set until it dries.
The following pictures show my re-footing (or re-fitting?)
The Stuff
The punch in operation
The first foot
Make four
Any old glue
Pop them in
Nice new feet!
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