3 Nov
2000
3 Nov
'00
3:06 p.m.
I'd always assumed, not having the opportunity to
get up
close and personal with one, that the 'name plate' panel was plastic
with the lettering silk screened or otherwise painted on it? How is
the plexiglass held onto the front of the machine?
WARNING! BAD ASCII ART FOLLOWS...
Looking from the side (like you cut it in half in a parallel plane to
the wood sides), the sheet metal is shaped something like this:
___
_ \
/I\/ <--Top cover hooks here
|I
|I
|I
|I
|I
|I
|I
\I/\
- |
|
Single lines are the metal, the "I" characters represent the plexi.
You smooth the paper to the back of the plexi and slide it into
position as one piece. Then this piece (which is one solid piece
including the area around the keyboard) hooks onto the front bottom
of the case and drops in between the wood sides. The wood side panels
cover the ends so the plexi can't move. Then the top cover hooks
onto the front cover and drops over the back of the frame and is
held in place with screws.