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Steel ruler to take apart spice ? Message #1 Posted by NH on 20 Apr 2003, 5:48 p.m. Regarding that cantankerous troublesome lower-edge of the two plastic halves when taking apart a "spice" HP-34C............. Did anybody try sliding a steel ruler between the two halves, along that troublesome lower edge, sliding it in between the two uncooperative halves ? The trick is to allow the back-half to slide translationally past the top-half, true? But it doesn't slide because of the molded ledge on the top-half. A thin, stiff piece of metal would allow it to slide past the top-half. It may enough to use a steel-ruler. One of those shiny spring-metal drafter's templates (the ones about 2" x 4") would be even thinner. The ultimate would be a piece of .010" Tungsten metal foil (nothing is stiffer than Tungsten while avoiding britleness). But I haven't seen any of that since I was working in a laboratory. Once the stiff piece of metal is in between, the back-half should translate past the top-half and the clamp should release? Wanted to know if anybody else had tried this.

I use old telephone cards Message #2 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 20 Apr 2003, 9:09 p.m., in response to message #1 by NH Hi, Norm; I had the same trouble opening Spices. The trick is to allow the back-half to slide translationally past the top-half, true? For these days I slide the corner of old telephone cards to accomplish this. They smear a bit, but once the corner is rought (two, three times tops) you can always use the other three ones and even cut the card with a scissor. One of our contributors uses dental floss. It seems to be nice, but I did not try it so far. I looked at the Articles but did not find anything about it. In the past I used my fingernails, but sometimes it hurts... Hope this helps a bit. luiz C. Vieira - Brazil (as always, my regards to Captain Zener)

Here it is again -- Dental floss Message #3 Posted by Karl Schneider on 21 Apr 2003, 12:58 a.m., in response to message #2 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) The "dental floss" trick for opening Spice units: Opening Spices the gentle way

Thank you, Karl! Message #4 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 21 Apr 2003, 1:40 a.m., in response to message #3 by Karl Schneider You're the man! I could not remember who gave the great idea. And I feel bad with myself not giving the fair credits. Thanks again. Luiz C. Vieira - Brazil

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