[Arm-netbook] 15.6in laptop progress

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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.

 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.