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Cheap plastic spudger vs. actual ground down feeler gauge for unhooking ribbon cables
I was fighting a sticky ribbon cable connector inside an old Canon point and shoot for about 45 minutes with one of those soft plastic spudgers everyone sells online. The tip just bent and slid off the little locking tab every single time, and I almost tore the flex. Then I grabbed a 0.05mm feeler gauge I had ground down to a hook shape last winter for exactly this kind of latch, and it popped free on the second try. The thin steel actually gets under the tab instead of smushing it, which the plastic never could. What are you all using for those tiny zero insertion force latches, or am I the only one still making my own tools?
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riley4316d ago
Ground my 0.05 down even thinner at the tip, maybe 0.03, and put a slight twist in it so the hook grabs the tab from the side instead of straight on. That side angle is what saved me on a Nikon L35 latch last month, since the tab sits flush against the housing and there's no room to come at it head on. Hit it with a little silicone grease on the steel too, keeps it from scratching the flex or dragging on the plastic shell. Only downside is you have to keep track of which gauge is which once you've thinned a few, so I put a dab of nail polish on the handle end.
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