Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:42:00 -0700
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib 100CT top display frame broken

Gee looks serious! I guess what you do would depend on how you want it to look
when it's done. If you want it to look 'new' (or rather, unbroken), I recon
your best bet is to do what David suggested and order a new frame for it.

However, if you're like me and want your stuff to show its battle scars that
it's collected over the years (no, I don't go to the extent of INFLICTING the
battle scars myself but if my equipment has them I don't mind them showing!),
I'd suggest taking the front off and having a look and seeing if anything
'vital' has been broken (vital being anything that's stopping the screen from
warping as the cover opens and closes). If it isn't too bad, I'd glue it back
together with superglue and splints.

One trick that works wonders is to use pieces of metal cut from the shutters of
3.5" floppy diskettes as splints - it's real thin (so even if you've got no
space, you can get away with sanding the plastic down a little then gluing the
splint in), plenty strong enough, you can cut them with an old pair of paper
scissors and often the surface is rough enough to superglue to without further
surface preparation (if not, a bit of work with some emery paper will fix it).
I've had superglue stick to the stuff better than plastic! I imagine maybe
three strips should be able to splint that break (or two pieces wrapped around
the outside if you want to go for the 'seen plenty of action, field repaired'
look!) ... I strongly recommend you do the repair in a way that still lets you
take the front off the screen though, just in case you need to make any more
repairs ...


- Raymond

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:55:22 -0700
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib 100CT top display frame broken
>
> The photos are available to view at the following link:
> http://www.teaseltowels.com/rgs.html
>
> Super glue may not be good enough - more like glue and a splint to
> bridge the break. Or, better still, someone who has a spare frame they
> would be willing to sell me.
>
> -Dick Sullivan
>
> Can you take some pictures and put them up somewhere for us to look at?
> It
> *sounds* like something that some superglue and a bit of time may fix
> but then again I'm having a little trouble visualizing the damage from
> your description ...
>
> - Raymond
>
>
> > Help! I just returned from a business trip to Europe and my favorite
> > travel computer (Libby 100CT) had a hinge failure on the display cover
>
> > cracking the plastic frame on the left side. It started acting very
> > strangely a few months ago - being very stiff to open on the left
> > side. It must have been the start of a crack that finally let go while
>
> > I was on the trip. Anyone know how to replace / repair the lid? If it
> > can't be repaired, any idea where I can get a replacement, and it
> > something I can do without special tools or knowledge?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any and all help.
> >
> > Dick Sullivan
> >
> >
> >
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