/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>711268
Yeah, i'ma retract that statement, the only words I brained last night were "RPi" and "cigar box". Thats a totally useless suggestion. String is good, but seeing as you want something better, and I was an ass, have this.

A lot of IRL laptop hinges are basically a threaded shaft attached to an anchor (connected to the laptop base), onto which a collar (connected to the lid) is placed. A big fuckoff spring is then placed on the shaft with washers at either end, and a locknut is used to compress the whole shebang together. Perhaps you can replicate this? A cigar box LCD will be significantly lighter than a laptop lid, which gets you off the hook for the insanely tensioned spring. Or maybe just buy the cheapest set of laptop hinges you can find?

Otherwise maybe pic related? A friction stop, made from a brass tube, a metal strip, and some silicon. Get some brass tube, cut it to length, and cut a strip of metal that will be small enough to slide into the tube (closer to the inner diameter of the tube, the better). Put a gnarly big blob of silicon onto the end of the strip and allow it to cure. Next using as sharp a blade as you can get your hands on (like, brand new boxcutter blade kinda sharp.. 'sup NSA) trim the silicon so it can be slid into the tube in such a manner that it takes a bit of force to move it back and forth. Tighter you can get this part the better.

Solder a washer to either end, loosely screw one end to the inside of the box and the other to the lid, enjoy your lid support. You'll need to calculate your tube and strip lengths so the silicon does not hit the end of the tube when the lid is closed, nor does it pull out of the tube when open (maybe build a physical stop to prevent the lid from being opened too far), but this should do the trick.