10 Oct
2004
10 Oct
'04
7:16 a.m.
Tom Jennings wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:
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.
>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).
>
>
On Oct 8, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
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?)
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.