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Tightening Thinkpad Hinges?
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Tightening Thinkpad Hinges?
Anyone found an easy way to tighten thinkpad hinges...something that doesn't involve diassembling the laptop. Seems like it might be possible to 3D print fittings that could go on the sides of each hinge that would provide extra friction. Or maybe there's some gunk one can spray in there, like "3M Canned Hinge Tightener"?
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Re: Tightening Thinkpad Hinges?
Depends on the make and hinge design. Most of them, like the T61 for example, are virtually unserviceable. It makes sense in some ways as it helps to protect the hinges against dust and moisture but if something goes wrong then there's no repairing.
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Re: Tightening Thinkpad Hinges?
Models like the X200 can be simply tightened by two screws directly under the machine. I think. Might be Placebo.ThorOfAsgard wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:46 amAnyone found an easy way to tighten thinkpad hinges...something that doesn't involve diassembling the laptop. Seems like it might be possible to 3D print fittings that could go on the sides of each hinge that would provide extra friction. Or maybe there's some gunk one can spray in there, like "3M Canned Hinge Tightener"?
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Re: Tightening Thinkpad Hinges?
Is there a laptop to where the hinges can be tightened? I know they sometimes a hinge can separate from the body over time, which will give the laptop play and close the screen. But I haven't seen a laptop to where they've had a hinge design that you can tighten the screws/thread inside the hinge to fix it.
Perhaps that sort of design had been patented long ago, and no design had be iterated afterwards due to the cost of it.
Perhaps that sort of design had been patented long ago, and no design had be iterated afterwards due to the cost of it.
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Re: Tightening Thinkpad Hinges?
Many cheap machine in the 90s had that design, the 600 series I think did.Saucey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:11 pmIs there a laptop to where the hinges can be tightened? I know they sometimes a hinge can separate from the body over time, which will give the laptop play and close the screen. But I haven't seen a laptop to where they've had a hinge design that you can tighten the screws/thread inside the hinge to fix it.
Perhaps that sort of design had been patented long ago, and no design had be iterated afterwards due to the cost of it.
Something a little like this: http://www.solderbug.com/wp-content/upl ... inge-1.jpg (Warning: Large pic)
The nut on the end could be tightened to make the hinge tighter
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The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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