[Ti] Drool + trackpad protector and iSkin

[Dan K]

Jerry Krinock <jerry at ieee.org> wrote:
     <snip>
>As we all know, the paint flakes off the carbon fiber trim ring
>around the edge of the titanium powerbooks.
     <snip>

Just an FYI for anyone interested, the 'trim' ring around the edge of 
TiBooks is made of ABS plastic, not carbon fiber. It _is_ black ABS 
however. :-)

Figured this is a good spot to mention this - since the trim is made of 
ABS, cracks can be permanantly repaired using a solvent-type plastic 
weld. I've repaired several badly cracked TiBook 'trim rings' (isn't that 
_every_ TiBook? :-) using Ambroid ProWeld, though other similar products 
should work as well. Local hobby shop is a likely source, as are such 
online retailers as Tower Hobbies.

Another FYI, there are only 3 (or perhaps 4? *)
 pieces of genyoowine titanium on a TiBook:

     the display bezel back (the bezel front is aluminum.)

     the case top, not including the plastic surround (the trim ring)

     the case bottom, also partly made of ABS plastic

* the fourth I'm not sure:

     the IO cover door on the rear,
          scraping an edge it looked and felt like Ti, but I'm not 
positive

For lots more TiBook construction details, take a look at Apple's TiBook 
patent:
<http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p
=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,574,096.WKU.&OS=PN/6,574,096&R
S=PN/6,574,096>

hth,

Dan K

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