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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Studio Display Mod - Protective Film for the Display

The Studio Display is heavy. It is about 45.8 lb (21 kg). The whole weight of the display is being sustaied by the stand. To make it worst, as the monitor is already a very old item, there will be some depreciation, degrading or weakening of the structure, including the stand. Therefore, whether it is still fit to hold the CRT is in doubt. In fact, my original Studio Display has been broken at the stand.

After the modification, the display will be much lighter, as the CRT will be removed. However, it is still a good idea to strengthen the structure of the stand to prevent it from damage and extend its lifespan.

DIY Protective Skin for Apple Studio Display

Making a Protective Skin for the Stand

We have initiated a number of proposals, but finally, we found that applying Bestskinsever protective skin on the stand of the Studio Display appears to be the best solution.

Finished! (Front View)

Finished! (Rear View)

The Bestskinsever Skins on the Display Stand is Hardly Noticed

The on scale blueprint will be uploaded in another passage, you may need it if you have this monitor, even if you don't mod it.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Studio Display Mod - Polishing the Case

Despite the revolution of LCD technology bring about production of HD monitors with 4K or even 5K resolutions, some people still concern not only the screen quality per se but also the overall design of a monitor (like me XD). This is one of the articles about modifying an obseleted Apple Studio Display 17" (ADC) to meet present use.
Polishing the shell is one of the most important step of our current Studio Display modification project as our goal is to give a junk Mac a new life. "A new life" not only limited to the innards spec but also to the outlook.

There were Many Scratches over the Case of Studio Display

Used Macs always unavoidably have the surface scratched in varying degrees. By rubbing the case with liquid polish, we remove the scratches and creat a smooth and shiny surface.

Dents on the Studio Display

For the Studio Display I am modifying, as it was originally an inoperative junk item, or perhaps a trash-picked item :), there are hundreds of scratches on the shell, some areas even have dents thus even polish is no use (sad). But we still try our best to renovate it.

We first use some Tamiya sand papers to rub the heavy scratch, then by liquid polish 3000 (particle size about 3 micrometres) followed by 9800 (particle size about 1 micrometre). Now most of the scratches has been removed.

Studio Display - After Being Polished

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

iBook Clamshell Mod - Polish the Apple Logo

It is not uncommon to have heavy scratches on Apple Logo for iBook Clamshell. It is because its upper case is convex in shape and that logo is situated the "Uppermost" of the upper case.

Applying polish liquid to rub the apple logo is easy, for details, please watch this video:

http://youtu.be/LJ0AaV4gICE

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Polishing the Apple Logo

Use Masking Tape to protect those area which do not need polishing. And then apply small amount of polish liquid on the Apple logo and rub by a piece of cloth.