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Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #1 Posted by Eric Smith on 2 May 2011, 10:25 p.m.

I was searching for something else entirely, and happened across this: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/productdata/disassemblycalculator.html

      
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #2 Posted by Katie Wasserman on 3 May 2011, 1:07 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Eric Smith

Pretty complicated just for the purpose of recycling.

      
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #3 Posted by hpnut on 3 May 2011, 1:31 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Eric Smith

looks like they are limited circulation, they have "HP Restricted" at the bottom page.

            
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #4 Posted by Eric Smith on 3 May 2011, 1:43 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by hpnut

They can't really be "limited circulation" if they're posted on HP's web site.

                  
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #5 Posted by Glenn Dowdy on 3 May 2011, 4:26 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Eric Smith

Thanks for the heads-up. The content is in fact not HP-Restricted, and we'll be amending the documents to reflect that.

      
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #6 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 3 May 2011, 2:10 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Eric Smith

I guess, for the book, I should include in the 'tools appendix': a hammer and pliers! Or just get permission to include these instructions!

;-)

I find the smaller the calculator the larger the tools required to open it:

all of which helped open this watch:

Edited: 3 May 2011, 2:24 a.m.

            
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #7 Posted by Jim Yohe on 3 May 2011, 3:28 a.m.,
in response to message #6 by Geoff Quickfall

Nice Geoff. Say ... I have all those tools in the garage. Maybe calculator repair won't be so hard after all. ;-)

            
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #8 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 3 May 2011, 4:58 a.m.,
in response to message #6 by Geoff Quickfall

Best of all is the classic 1701 (even if it has different labels) !

            
Re: Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #9 Posted by BruceH on 3 May 2011, 8:56 a.m.,
in response to message #6 by Geoff Quickfall

Hey Geoff, your attitude to personal safety is pretty poor -- there is no safety equipment shown at all.

You should always wear rigger-gloves, steel-toecap boots and a welding mask when undertaking any sort of calculator repair.

                  
SOT:Instructions from HP for disassembling calculators
Message #10 Posted by exschr on 3 May 2011, 9:59 a.m.,
in response to message #9 by BruceH

Quote:
Hey Geoff, your attitude to personal safety is pretty poor -- there is no safety equipment shown at all.

Something like this should be fine:


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