Come on Revenant, a rubber hammer to get the spine in??? Now that it is jammed I guess we will never see pics of what you have done... Low-profile vandals from the UK are the best bet is the hole 16mm or 19mm? Why do you need more glass? Were the rails squeezed inward by the body causing the need for extra force to get the spin started but it moved easily once inside the body????
RJS ELECTRONICS DIGIKEY MSS19 19mm Why not use dry silicone lube on case rails before, if they were that tight??
pics will come.
As for the spine, my best guess is that the tolerance wasn’t correct in manufacturing. Once I released all of the tensioners it would only move a centimeter or so. I was able to slowly, over about 10 minutes, walk the spine out of the case. I then cleaned and inspected the rails for debris but didn’t find any. After that, I used a small amount of gun cleaning oil to see if that allowed more freedom of movement. It didn’t. I cleaned the oil and didn’t see much dirt from the rail itself on the cleaning patches or q-tips.
I then built the spine and began reassembling it. I had hoped the extra weight give the spine a bit more give but no luck. Ultimately it came down to using a screw driver to pry the rail or the rubber mallet to tap the spine into the rails. Prying it while maneuvering it required three hands, and I’ve got only two. So a minute of light tapping later and it was in. Once past the first third of the rail it moved smoothly, and I can slide it now.
Now I can write all that, or I can just say I used a rubber mallet and leave you all to think I did a Clarkson. POWER!!!!!!
As for the second piece of glass, it’s because I was thinking of putting it on the GPU side for well the vertical screen I’m putting in the case. I should have enough airflow with this setup. Also I’ve had glass break just by looking at in the wrong way, and I have two small kids.
Those power buttons look pretty close to what I’m thinking of. Thanks!