Ever since I wrote a post about the molly guard , I have been on the lookout for those, and I think I collected enough to do a little follow-up.

First, some classic industrial molly guards from a museum in Germany:

This IBM electronic typewriter had a gorgeous perspex molly guard around the power button:

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Other machines opted for “softer” quasi molly guards that still aimed to prevent you from pressing a button or switch by accident, but without having to get something out of the way first:

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