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From: Daddy on 13 Sep 2008 10:52 I was /joking/ Ben. Daddy "Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:d5gmc49b47upaadgdr60e970ra3le4n4b8(a)4ax.com... >I suppose you are suggesting that people should not run out and buy a Dremel > tool just to modify a $10 laptop DVD-ROM drive? True, not exactly > cost-effective. But now that I have a Dremel, I find lots of good uses for it, > computers and otherwise. I did a very utilitarian case mod on an old beige full > tower ATX case so I could cram lots of devices into it than a modern day tower > usually holds. It still has one open half-height 3.5" bay out of six. I had to > grind down the area where a standard backplate goes... Ben Myers > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:02:15 -0400, "Daddy" <daddy(a)not.valid.net> wrote: > >>But what did you pay for the Dremel? >> >>Daddy >> >> >>"Kenneth J Price" <kenneth_price(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:0Qtyk.98$fD.11(a)flpi145.ffdc.sbc.com... >>>I bought a GDR-8081N Dvd Rom Drive on ebay($7) and installed it in my >>> elderly Dell GX-150(ebay $45).The Dell website offered this same drive for >>> sale as an upgrade part , so I thought it would fit. The left side of the >>> front bezel was about 1/8" inch too wide and hung up on the case. Out came >>> my Dremel Roto-tool.BZZZT.It fits now. >>> >>> >>> >
From: Ben Myers on 13 Sep 2008 13:36 I know. But a Dremel is a handy thing to have. Wish I'd bought one years ago... Ben On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:52:02 -0400, "Daddy" <daddy(a)not.valid.net> wrote: >I was /joking/ Ben. > >Daddy > >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:d5gmc49b47upaadgdr60e970ra3le4n4b8(a)4ax.com... >>I suppose you are suggesting that people should not run out and buy a Dremel >> tool just to modify a $10 laptop DVD-ROM drive? True, not exactly >> cost-effective. But now that I have a Dremel, I find lots of good uses for it, >> computers and otherwise. I did a very utilitarian case mod on an old beige full >> tower ATX case so I could cram lots of devices into it than a modern day tower >> usually holds. It still has one open half-height 3.5" bay out of six. I had to >> grind down the area where a standard backplate goes... Ben Myers >> >> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:02:15 -0400, "Daddy" <daddy(a)not.valid.net> wrote: >> >>>But what did you pay for the Dremel? >>> >>>Daddy >>> >>> >>>"Kenneth J Price" <kenneth_price(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:0Qtyk.98$fD.11(a)flpi145.ffdc.sbc.com... >>>>I bought a GDR-8081N Dvd Rom Drive on ebay($7) and installed it in my >>>> elderly Dell GX-150(ebay $45).The Dell website offered this same drive for >>>> sale as an upgrade part , so I thought it would fit. The left side of the >>>> front bezel was about 1/8" inch too wide and hung up on the case. Out came >>>> my Dremel Roto-tool.BZZZT.It fits now. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>
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