On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Philip Hands phil@hands.com wrote:

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then i began work on the friction hinge for the screen lid, so that

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will remain upright. you'd think it would be easy to create an

Nope ;-)

you'd be right!

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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.

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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,

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but it's not clear if that's really the case.

You could alternatively do some sort of rotating thing on the

corners,

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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.