8 May
2013
8 May
'13
2:54 p.m.
On 5/8/2013 1:24 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
It isn't feasible with this part, or not wise. It is a badly cast part
made of probably pot metal that someone used as a machined part. It
also has a preloaded very heavy spring which allows the hinge to work,
but retracts the stand back into the back of the monitor for stowage.
What happens on the 2 I own and several I've seen is that the spring is
too strong for the pot metal and between the forces on the parts from
that and the pressure where the spring applies force on the part which
is in the back of the monitor, you end up with a broken part, usually
the part in the back of the monitor, and the stand which is a plastic
part with part of the hinge in it loose.
I suspect as I previously said, a reasonable part made from steel, and
not cast probably worked, this crappy cast part doesn't. Even if you
tried to use the part, it would break somewhere else.
Better to use the pieces and a small drill mill and make a new one from
a quarter inch or 3/8 inch piece of solid material. Omit the spring, it
may be dangerous to reinstall, and just let the stand fold free.
Jim
I'm
looking for a part for a Mac Studio display (and yes, I know this
doesn't qualify as "classic" but I'm trying to find a good overall
solution for this type of repair). The part that failed is a simple
piece of metal in a hinge which seems fairly well designed for
In what way has it
failed? What does this part do? Cna you describe it in
more detail (shape, is it flat, bent, curved, etc).
Most fo the time for soemthing like that I just make a new one mycself.
If possible I use part of the broken thing (e.g. cut the hinge off and
use that if that's still good).
I don't bother with computer modelling or anything like that. Just grap
some metal and sturt cutting and drilling it.
-tony