3D printed Linux Mint emblem to cover up the illuminated Apple logo on my ancient MacBook

a year ago by cosmicrookie to c/3dprinting

I made this Linux Mint logo emblem to cover up the Apple logo on my old MacBook that now runs Linux. I am not sure if it will cover the logo of all MacBooks but i am sure that it can be scaled to needs.

I used Prusa Slicer, to slice it, and it automatically offered the option of a color change. I used a translucent red for the lower part and a dark grey for the top. You may want to experiment a bit with the types and infills to get the appropriate effect. I used very fine layer hight as well as ironing to get a smoother surface.

Then simply glued it on top of the illuminated logo

Available for free on Thingiverse and Printables

PS: Many failed attempts went into take this fairly bad picture - i apologize but the dogs were too comfortable

CluckN 19 points a year ago

Nice mod! I have a 250ft neon sign that says Arch on my laptop.

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The_Hideous_Orgalorg 12 points a year ago

You forgot to say btw

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qarl 9 points a year ago

What kind of glue?

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cosmicrookie 13 points a year ago

The one that I had in my junk drawer 😜 I think it is some sort of contact adhesive. Honestly though, I don't know if it is the right choice. I was going for a hold that was strong, but maybe also breakable if I wanted to replace it. This is why i didn't use super glue or two component stuff.

That said, it's only been there for a few hours, so this may also be a thing you'd need to adjust to your needs

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troed 5 points a year ago

Great idea - thanks for sharing!

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TheLeadenSea 5 points a year ago

That's so cool! I don't have a laptop or a working 3d printer, so I guess this doesn't really apply to me, but good for you!

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saltnotsugar 4 points a year ago

Nice! I wish they sold workstations with Mint already installed to help folks get into Linux.

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cosmicrookie 4 points a year ago

I agree. It really is very easy to install though ..!

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Oha 4 points a year ago

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infinitevalence 3 points a year ago

Slick!

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annoyed_onion 3 points a year ago

Looks cool!!!

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trolololol 2 points a year ago

I've saved to my things verse collection and will print in green for my XPS later today

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cosmicrookie 2 points a year ago

Nice! I'd love to see pictures of it in green. I didn't have green filament so I went with red. Will you use solid green or translucent?

It might be worth trying both in order to see how the light shines through them, before glueing it on 👍

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trolololol 1 point a year ago

Here they are, now I need to find glue.

This is transparent tpu. Big is straight from file, small is 2mm.

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cosmicrookie 1 point a year ago

Nice! The reason why i did a color change is that dark fillament does not let as much light through, so the logo pops a lot more than if the whole badge is illuminated. Also I have set the infill to 40% just to hide it from showing like that.

That said, I wanted to make one where the logo is countersunk into a solid top. That might be even nicer!

Also maybe use some temporary glue, until you settle on something that works well. I'd be afraid that the one you made, might show the apple logo too much. It will simply just shine through it

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rbos 2 points a year ago

That's pretty great! We have a 2008 macbook that could probably use a similar treatment. Probably still wouldn't be able to handle h265 video though...

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cosmicrookie 2 points a year ago

Yeah mine struggles with videos too and it's from 2011. Still good for browsing though

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rbos 2 points a year ago

Totally. We use ours for tv, it handles h264 without issue still. Though I do have to set our file server to still support SMBv1.

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