Buying 3M bumper feet - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2022, 03:11:19 am
content: I can't seem to buy thesehttps://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5005035205/in single qties, like one blister pack of 56 feet.They're either by packs of 18, or in bulk of 3000 pieces, or whatever.https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/3m/SJ5412/2237332On eBay the shipping is higher than the cost of the blister pack!Nothing available local AFAICT.I made the mistake of noticing the feet on my Commodore drives need replacing...

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2022, 09:14:54 pm
content: So… get clear or black ones instead and call it a day?Or the regular-adhesive SJ-5012?https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/3m/SJ-5012-WHITE/30800Or third party substitute:https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/bumper-specialties-inc/BS01RWH05X10RP/9759784

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2022, 02:38:47 am
content: Oooh thanks I didn't know they were called "bumpers", I kept searching for rubber feet.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2022, 08:30:08 am
content: Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on January 20, 2022, 02:38:47 amLike any normal person!I can only guess that they were originally named for use as non-foot applications, where “bumper” makes sense, like as door bumpers (to keep doorknobs from banging into a wall, damaging both).

author: bw2341
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2022, 05:19:31 am
content: I thought you were looking for an exact size, colour, style and brand. All the big home improvement chains seem to have generic clear bumper feet from their preferred hardware distributors.If you prefer Scotch/3M I found this clear one:https://www.homedepot.ca/product/scotch-self-stick-rubber-bumpers-sp950-na-clear-0-5-inch-1-27-cm-20-per-pack/1001124551At a glance, the model number doesn't seem to match a 3M model number, so I can't be sure that it's actually made by 3M or if it's been outsourced.

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2022, 05:46:16 pm
content: I goofed there, I really thought "bumper" was like 3M's trademark or whatever, in any case they call them "Bumpons", not bumpers. Anyhow, I do need the exact size and color, inasmuch as replacing the feet on 35 year old disk drives is a "need"...I kept looking for "rubber feet", I won't tell you what I found on Aliexpress...Anyhow, the next confusing thing is the color, what they call "white" and "true white" is a big difference. "True white" looks like game show host teeth, regular white looks like my walls.Lesson here is don't look under your collection of 8 bit trash too closely!And just for fun, I ordered the Bumper Specialties ones, while they are perfectly good bumper rubber feet bumpons, they are not the same shape.I think it's time to back away from the computer and go outside maybe?

author: caulktel
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2022, 06:11:29 pm
content: I have been buying the clear ones from Wal-Mart for years, they work well and have lasted a long time.JoelN6ALT