Computer fasteners (was Re: Apple Lisa 1)

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Fri Nov 14 04:55:25 2003

> > Those plastic clips annoy me too. There are a lot of things that
> > rely almost entirely on little plastic tabs to hold them together

> I have no problem with plastic snaps and latches. I have to deal
> with it daily through course of repairing TV's, monitors etc at our
> shop. Dull small flat screwdriver usually small cheap plastic handle
> w/ strong 3" long steel flat blade, appox 2mm wide, sharp edges all
> worn round to vague shape of a tip and a medium chemist's steel
> (stainless steel?) labware spatula w/ vinyl dip coated handle. The
> blade tip is rounded like blunt dinner knife instead of straight edge
> and strong enough to resist bending when prying hard. All edges is
> dull not to catch on the plastic too much. The blade width is such
> that it's narrow enough to fit through slot opening to push in the
> internal catch like on samsung 750S, 753DF etc monitors models and
> also use this tool to pry both halves, pry large plastic hook apart
> etc.

You are talking about lareg units, where these things are
somewhat accessable and known. That's not the point (except
for that I undo caseings a lot, and after some open close
cycles these tend to break even when handled properly.

> The major killers is the remotes! I had bad time getting halves
> apart without breaking at least one hook, my hands isn't strong
> enough to squeeze hard or out of fear especially crushing it and
> splintering it.

My point. these little things, where you can't see from the
outside where they are and where you can't get inside to use
whatever tool.

Gruiss
H.

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