[Arm-netbook] 15.6in laptop progress

[Hans-Christian Jehg]

>On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> wrote:
>
>>> then i began work on the friction hinge for the screen lid, so that
>it
>>> will remain upright.  you'd think it would be easy to create an
>>
>> Nope ;-)
>
> you'd be right!
>
>> You could just not bother with a lock.
>
> yehhh the friction hinge isn't accurate enough, there's a few degrees
>of play and that means the lid will be flapping by about... at least 1
>maybe even 2cm once wear sets in.
>
>> I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X230, and it has no lock on the lid.
>>
>> There is a slight impression that the lid snaps shut when almost
>closed,
>> but it's not clear if that's really the case.
>>
>> You could alternatively do some sort of rotating thing on the
>corners,
>> like the OLPC's wifi arials.
>

Magnet(s) to hold the lid closed?

> ah!  of course!   nice idea... i don't hold out much hope (the screen
>edge plastic is only 2.5mm thick as it is) - i'll try to drop it into
>my tiny subconscious and see what happens over the next couple of
>days.
>
>l.