13 Nov
2003
13 Nov
'03
8:55 p.m.
> Those plastic clips annoy me too. There are a lot
of things that
> rely almost entirely on little plastic tabs to hold them together
I have no problem with plastic snaps and latches. I
have to deal
with it daily through course of repairing TV's, monitors etc at our
shop. Dull small flat screwdriver usually small cheap plastic handle
w/ strong 3" long steel flat blade, appox 2mm wide, sharp edges all
worn round to vague shape of a tip and a medium chemist's steel
(stainless steel?) labware spatula w/ vinyl dip coated handle. The
blade tip is rounded like blunt dinner knife instead of straight edge
and strong enough to resist bending when prying hard. All edges is
dull not to catch on the plastic too much. The blade width is such
that it's narrow enough to fit through slot opening to push in the
internal catch like on samsung 750S, 753DF etc monitors models and
also use this tool to pry both halves, pry large plastic hook apart
etc.
You are talking about lareg units, where these things are
somewhat accessable and known. That's not the point (except
for that I undo caseings a lot, and after some open close
cycles these tend to break even when handled properly.
The major killers is the remotes! I had bad time
getting halves
apart without breaking at least one hook, my hands isn't strong
enough to squeeze hard or out of fear especially crushing it and
splintering it.
My point. these little things, where you can't see from the
outside where they are and where you can't get inside to use
whatever tool.
Gruiss
H.
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