Case Damage - Options?

[Count.Zilch]

Coming from the Thinkpad X1 Carbon world, I found out my new Framework 13 Gen 12 doesn’t handle knocks as well as I’m used to Fell a few feet while in a laptop backpack (which wasn’t very well padded I guess) while travelling.

Everything seems fully functional. What are the options for repairing this? I’m wondering if I can take it apart and bend the aluminum back somehow to make it close properly. I know it won’t look perfect, but I haven’t worked with aluminum cases before.

Otherwise, I assume I need to buy a new case base + new keyboard to get it back to new?

[Second_Coming]

Must be a new trend…dropping laptops instead of the mic.

Laptop fell from 1.7 m -> bent corner

Hi everyone, long story short, my beloved Framework 13 fell on a tile floor from about 1.7 meters, being only partly inserted into a neoprene laptop sleeve, with one of the sides uncovered. The left bottom corner got a hit, and is now bent up, towards the screen. The screen is fine and everything works, just the corner is bent (uff). [PXL_20230523_162656661] [PXL_20230523_162528132] What do you think would be the smartest way to bend the corners back into the original shape?

[Frankie_Wild]

@Count.Zilch

Otherwise, I assume I need to buy a new case base + new keyboard to get it back to new?

Unfortunately no other options for now but…

[COLLECTION] Framework body kits

Can we keep this as a meta mega thread for body kits only projects? Here is the ones I found so far: I started working on such a body kit that turns Framework 13 into a Frankenpad: Please aggregate only DIY body kit projects here i.e cases that can be sold on the marketplace separately from components and listed into the Customizations section which contains display bezels so far.

I am working on a DIY body kit that’s as close to Thinkpad durability as possible. The first experimental build will be based on carbon fiber mix of materials.

Hopefully people will come up with more kits and variations so we can choose the body kit based on our usage and environment.