Storage Hazards

From: Kevin Handy <kth_at_srv.net>
Date: Sun Oct 10 14:16:08 2004

Tom Jennings wrote:

>On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:
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>>>Oh, LK201s are easy to take apart (Unclip all the keycaps, then cut off
>>>the heat-stakes on the back and take it all apart). It's getting them
>>>back together that's 'interesting' (there's not enough plastic left to
>>>re-do the heat staking).
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>>On Oct 8, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
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>>Could you break off what remains of the stake and replace it with a long
>>screw, 2 washers and a nut? (is there room underneath?)
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>You could try: put the PC board back over the tops of the stakes,
>drill a hole where the post used to stick up, and use a tiny
>sheet metal screw instead. I use a pin vise for things like this.
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This works with some plastics, with differing levels of success:

Take a piece of plastic (like off the parts tree of a plastic model), and
stick it in a drill chuck. Spin it at a decent rate (trial and error), and
press it against the plastic. Friction will melt them together.
Received on Sun Oct 10 2004 - 14:16:08 BST