I really love the discussion about making the friction hinge, it looks really cool, though I think over engineered. I think the most elegant friction hinge desi

I really love the discussion about making the friction hinge, it looks really cool, though I think over engineered. I think the most elegant friction hinge design I have ever seen was on my Panasonic CF-73. It's almost 14 years old now, used every day for at least 10 of those years, and I still use it time to time, and the hinge works perfect! Here is an image of it: http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m8yCFI6LbAmeo1QDFT4iTHg.jpg http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m8yCFI6LbAmeo1QDFT4iT... Simple, stupid, works :) Though for the surface, there is a requirement to make easy to open at first, first 20 degrees or so, which requires complexity.