28 Jun
2005
28 Jun
'05
6 p.m.
have someone
who knows how to do it, do it, then wreck hardware because I
keep getting browbeaten about how I can't do it myself and should.
The only way to learn is to practice. Period. Yes, you will make
mistakes, and at first you'll probably do things that at the time you
don't have the skill to put right. You will end up with bits all round
the room :-) (I speak from experience here). But you will also gain
experience. Slowly you'll find you'll be able to get things back together
again, that you will know what to undo and in what order, and so on.
Obviously you don't practice on some rare/important (to you) machine. In
this case, you might want to buy/obtain similar cabinet locks with the
sole purpose of pulling them apart so as to see how they're made, and
knowing that you probably won't get them all back togenter again. After a
bit you will feel like working on your IBM system without worrying that
you'll damage it.