You could use a quarter, and sorta fold the wire around the quarter if you have strong fingers, or pliers, so that it will create a groove to slide into the slot. ~~TheCreator~~ website: http://tysplace.shaned.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 moo coder/wizard and administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:39 PM Subject: Re: mounting drives in a case > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The pad idea wouldn't work, since even though it would fill the space > between the drive and the bay, it still wouldn't snap in, so it > wouldn't hold the drive in the system. The actual plastic brackets > aren't there to fill the space between the drive and the bay, they're > there to actually snap into slots on the bay itself. Same goes for the > wire idea, though maybe that could be done so it snaps in some how, I > don't know. Thanks for the ideas though. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 10:34:35PM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > > Hay greg. > > How about using some of those styrophome pads. You can cut them to any > > length and width you want, and it will let you compensate for the space > > between the drive and the bay, or am I missing it altogether. If you want to > > make brackets, you could just possibly rig some kind of wire that would hold > > each side of the drive the front and the back, and come together at a v so, > > it would look like a sorta messed up sphere, but the top and bottom of the > > sphere would be attached to the bay to hold the drive in place. you could do > > the same over the top of the drive. > > HTH, > > ~~TheCreator~~ > > website: > > http://tysplace.shaned.net > > msn: > > compgeek134 at hotmail.com > > aim: > > st8amnd2005 > > skype: > > st8amnd127 > > moo coder/wizard and administrator > > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEoYlz7s9z/XlyUyARAn+yAJ9iNNvMHzqYgDsn7W+bxfjM4pZLbwCglt8K > 1uKSAI+YZ5aICVVF/HCQlqA= > =D9gR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup