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Unread 01-31-2004, 07:17 PM   #18
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Started a design on a backplate to keep the video card from being broken in half


Just gotta cut it out on my dad's nice new massive band saw now
I also went out and bought myself some #10-24 x 1" Stainless steel countersunk machine screws from lowes: total of $3. They look really nice when polished on the head. I have a little idea to incorperate O-Rings just under the countersinking to keep the block from cracking around the screw heads as well as making the production tolerences of the block a little bit less

I was thinking about counterboring the holes, but put a small o-ring on the bolt before tightening it down so the O-Ring acts as a washer of sorts. Any thoughts of my idea? It might also keep water out, but I'm not sure what kind of water would be in the screw holes

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