Macbooks always impressed me with their built quality and to see how they mastered opening the lid with one finger only without the base of the laptop ever lifting from the surface was a dream for sure for many high-end laptops. So I wondered what was so special with the hinges that they were using compared to other laptop; why other laptop's hinges were always so tight. For the average laptop out there, you always needed 2 hands to open it.
I had an old HP COMPAQ laptop laying around, obviously, the hinges were tight as hell.
I took it apart and unscrewed the hinges from the screen and it's base.
I sprayed some lubricating oil on the mechanism .
With the help of 2 pliers on each end of the hinge, I started to continuously opening and closing it as fast as i could, while spraying the oil on a regular basis.
After doing that for about ten minutes for each hinge, I cleaned them off and put the laptop back together.
i was really surprised with the results, It worked, it was even smoother than i thought it would be. If i had to do it again, i would have applied some grease to it as well.
Now, I know Linus would love to see these smooth hinges on every laptop, I've googled it, and nobody has attempted this before. So here's an idea for a DIY video.
I've attached a video showing how that old laptop's hinge is as smooth as a Macbook.
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