[SGVHAK] Reminder: SGVHAK meeting this Saturday 8/24

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

Personally I would not put any of the those lubricants on a computer fan if
you want it to keep working. I the fan is probably sealed and if it is not
it probably uses grease or solid(powder) and the liquid is going to
displace that. Most of the time just cleaning out the dust bunnies and or
cat hair will be enough to get it working well again.

Also if blowing out the fan hold the fan in place while blowing instead of
letting air stream spin the fan.


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Mic Chow <zen at netten.net> wrote:

> I agree with Scoops.  WD-40 is NOT a lubricant.  The WD stands for Water
> Displacement.  It is supposed to be an aid for dealing with rusty bolts and
> screws.  3-in-1 or some other thin oil or silicon base lubricant would be
> much better.
>
> As for more books for people interested in getting into Electronics.  I
> have been mention an author/engineer named Forest M. Mims III.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims
>
> Here is a location for a bunch of PDFs of his books:
> http://bookos.org/g/Forrest%20M%20Mims
>
> I suggest starting with Getting Started in Electronics.
>
> Mic
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Scoops Adamczyk <scoops at caltech.edu>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Scoops,
>> >
>> > That would be great.
>> >
>> > There is no agenda, just different groups of people working on stuff.
>> >
>> > I will bring a trunkload of salvaged hard drives that people can
>> practice disassembling. They are 3.5" drives that hold less than 10GB.
>> >
>> > What tools do you recommend people bring? Is a small phillips
>> screwdriver good enough?
>> >
>> > Lan
>>
>> Most "modern" (after ~1990) drives use Torx ("hexalobular internal")
>> screws, mostly T9. Some internal screws can be smaller. So Torx numbers T9
>> and T7, sometimes T6, and for the 2.5" drives sometimes as small as T4.
>>
>> .  Scoops
>>
>>
>>
>
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