[geeks] Pointers for iPod battery (3rd Gen)

[Kurt Huhn]

On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:42 PM, velociraptor wrote:
>
> The "tools" they often send with the batteries don't work to well
> (they break too easily).  If you have a local electronics supply store
> that's better than Radio Shack, stop by and ask for a "nylon spudger"
> [0], which is used in circuit work in ESD protected environments.  It
> looks like a flat black stick tapered at one end to be very thin, and
> with a point on the other end.  Two or three of these will make the
> iPods a lot easier to open without worrying about marring the case.
> Having one and a couple of guitar picks also works.  I use these
> spudgers for lots of different purposes.  I don't know how I got along
> without it. :-)
>

If you play electric guitar and prefer thin picks, you have a couple  
good "jiggering" tools handy.

I prefer the Dunlop Gator Grip .58mm and .71mm, personally.  :)

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Kurt Huhn
Renaissance Man, Malcontent, Oversized Ostrogoth