2026-09-18 14:22 UTC
The 4 Y-screws on the back of Melty Switch came out fine, and then the first JIS screw on the top, and then there are two JIS screws on the bottom, flanking the charging port ...
Huh.
Going back to that first picture of Melty Switch, you may all realize along with me that the plastic has warped so badly that there's no longer any way to access those screws.
(Also, this closeup is giving me Cronenberg vibes, and now it's creepy.)
My solution is violence.
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@GamesMissed@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 14:30
But, I can only be so violent. I want to cut away at the plastic shell, but not possibly damage anything else inside. This calls for paper. If you cut a 2.5 cm circle out of ordinary paper, put that on the business end of a Dremel or similar high-speed rotary tool, then you can use it as a cutting disc for plastic. It goes through thin plastic (soda bottles and the like) as if it wasn't even there. But it won't go through steel or glass, because the paper isn't hard enough.