From: don porter (don.porter_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Oct 31 2003 - 06:24:50 PST
The two mechanical designers at Apple, John Tang and Dave Lima liked putting 1/4-20 thread inserts on products. John was the main mechanical engineer for the e-mate. There was never any logic to the idea other than they liked 1/4-20 inserts. They did the same thing on a tablet newton (Bic) that was never taken to production.
don porter
-----Original Message-----
From: shannon johnson <leosgson_at_hotmail.com>
Sent: Oct 30, 2003 8:01 AM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: [NTLK] Underside Connecting eMate Widget(s)
Hello All,
Just getting into my second month of owning my eMate (I want one of PCBMans
cards, I've even budgeted it in to my November spending plan, unfortunitly
its not November yet). Anyhow, regarding the threaded hole, and the two
holes next to it on the underside of the eMate. Was there ever a
commercially avalible widget that attached there? The threaded hole fits the
bolt used on camera tripods, but it seems that soomthing designed for the
eMate would have taken advantage of the other plain holes adjoining thus
making it more stable.
Thanks & Excelsior!
Shannon Johnson
P.S. I'm selling one of the eMates I picked up. I think I've described it
pretty well in my listing, some of you may have seen it allready. Ask
questions about it, and I'll try to answer them if I know. I've linked to
both the auction and my feedback page.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38331&item=3056135207
http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=sljohnson
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