Hi Dan- Thanks for the info! Wow. I'm amazed by that info. Makes me love and respect Apple even more. Even though taking apart that TiBook made me curse it's very existence ;)
I came across some instructions my good friend gave me and they recommend using Loc-Tite; which I used to used when I worked on small engines. My experience with that scared me enough to NOT use it on a $3000 computer! But it may be the best way to go. Don't laugh, but I used copius amounts of SuperGlue on the hinges and frame, for now. I'll see how it holds up. I'll tell you, I'm not convinced any epoxy will provide enough hold over the long run. Maybe thatıs why Apple has had such a problem with the hinges. An awful lot of abuse gets leveled at those guys. Thanks again, Scott On 3/2/04 1:50 PM, "Dan K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've wondered what sort of adhesive Apple used in the TiBooks as I > currently have a pair of disassembled TiBooks and would like to shtick > 'em back together again. Recently I stumbled across some relevant info in > one of Apple's patents, "patent number 6,574,096 - Use of titanium in a > notebook computer". > > It's got lots of details on the TiBook's design and construction, plus it > has interesting 'discussions' about Ti glue - go down about 2/3 of this > page (or just repeatedly search the page for 'glue'): > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netah > tml/search-adv.htm&r=80&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=apple.ASNM.&p=2&OS=AN/apple&RS=A > N/apple> > > From the above page: > > "Virtually any type of glue suitable for bonding injection molded > materials to titanium or titanium alloys may be used. An exemplary glue > suitable for use in various embodiments of the present invention is > Lord's glue 201/19 manufactured by the Lord Corporation of Cary, N.C." > > Here's on Lord Corporation's web site is their "Engineered Adhesives" > page: > <http://www.lord.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=520> > > I had a heck of a time finding just what sort of glue is '201/19', but > eventually found infos in this doc: > <http://literature.lord.com/root/other/Metal_Bonding_Selector_Guide.pdf> > > ACRYLIC ADHESIVES - LORD 201/19 > Applications - Bare metals, plastics and composites > Working Time - 5-8 minutes > Handling Time - Fast, 12-16 minutes > Full Strength - 2 hours, heat cure typically not recommended > Easy to dispense, Self-leveling > Comments - Minimal surface preparation, fast cure, good environmental > resistance. > > Now I just need to follow up and find a source from whom I can actually > purchase some of this stuff . . . > > Scott, can you tell us what sort of epoxy you used? And how it seemed to > work? I was concerned that many epoxies are brittle, and so maybe not > good for a device that gets so much handling. Not that I know much about > epoxies, or the above mentioned "ACRYLIC ADHESIVE" either . . . > > hth, > > Dan K > > PS: for a search that calls up all of Apple's patents, an interesting > adventure in its own right: > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnet > ahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&f=S&l=50&d=PTXT&RS=AN%2Fapple&Query=AN%2Fapple&P > revList1=Prev.+50+Hits&TD=1757&Srch1=apple.ASNM.> > > ................................. > http://macdan.n3.net/ > carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 > hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 > ................................. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
