Yes it is nice to be able to put your projects INSIDE something isn't it? You know, to hold everything together so it doesn't flop around? Discuss the techniques here!
I've been dream'n up a portable which would use a folding hinge (Hinge? Is this right?) much like a Laptop or a Gameboy Advance SP. I've been Googling around and have yet to find anything far outside Ben's Atari 800.
Anybody have at least a link of some
sort that would teach me an introduction to creating these things?
Hip Gear and Intec screen pads come with a hinge like that. Typically, they're relatively easy to make. Check out this primitive drawing:
Hinges for displays can be made using the "big pipe, little pipe" concept. If you stick a little pipe inside a big pipe, the big pipe can rotate. The blue line is the wire you would use, the orange lines represent the big pipe which is attached to the display, and the black lines represent the big and little pipes that form the rest of the hinge. If you need to visualise this better, goto the plumbing aisle in your local hardware store and play with some fittings. This hinge type is simple, easy, and reliable.
joevennix wrote:You mean like going to Home Depot and buying a hinge? Or making one yourself?
Making a flexable one that would stay in one place by itself, at any angle. (see GBA SP)
dankicksass wrote:Hip Gear and Intec screen pads come with a hinge like that. Typically, they're relatively easy to make. Check out this primitive drawing:
Hinges for displays can be made using the "big pipe, little pipe" concept. If you stick a little pipe inside a big pipe, the big pipe can rotate. The blue line is the wire you would use, the orange lines represent the big pipe which is attached to the display, and the black lines represent the big and little pipes that form the rest of the hinge. If you need to visualise this better, goto the plumbing aisle in your local hardware store and play with some fittings. This hinge type is simple, easy, and reliable.
Looking at my iBook, I can see the "Pipe inside a pipe" thing as well, I just need to learn how to lubricate/add resitance to allow the thing to swing freely, but still stay in one place when i need it to.
You could create a hinge-screen with a small stopper at the back of the case to keep it from moving. Just stick it on there so it hits the back of the screen at the desired angle...
Fanboy wrote:You could create a hinge-screen with a small stopper at the back of the case to keep it from moving. Just stick it on there so it hits the back of the screen at the desired angle...
You mean like a hinge for a door, with a small stopper stickn' out of the back? That would be perfect, if the actual hinge had a fair amount of resistance in it to keep the portable from opening and closing eratically.
Oh, that's easy, just have a small piece of plastic pop out the front when you have your angle, then push it closed when you need to put it away. I've experimented with stuff like this for my in-progress VCSp...
I found what I believe to be the best pre-made pipe-inside-a-pipe hinge readilly available on the market. It's got a lot of room for wires to go through, it's made of durable plastic, and it has a spring inside it to keep it from swinging the screen around and to allow the pipes to fit to any size portable. I'd like to keep my new found discovery a secret for a while, until my Portable, but If you beg me enough I might give in.
The smart people might figure out that everyone here is bound to have one (hopefully more) in their home. And if they don't, that's kinda discusting.
anotherperson wrote:Some sort of toilet seat hinge, I bet!
Toilet paper holder, but close enough. Extra points!
That is excessively large. It is a good example of the concept, but really excessively large.
Excessively large for say, an Gameboy-sized NOAC or GOAC portable, but for a Gamecube, PS2, Dreamcast, n64, portable with a PS1screen or bigger, and with proper trimming of the roll to match the screen "case", it could be done without being seen as ridiculous. Also, it can hide a LOT of wires... perfect for RGB...
