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   From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   >>> I may have several hundred to do...   
   >>   
   >> These then become disposable items?  No real chance of repair?  (as long   
   >> as you think that appropriate...)  I consider my enclosures to be   
   discardable   
   >> but replaced at the depot (reusing the "guts")   
   >   
   > Repair would be to cut off the fixings with side-cutters / scalpel, desolder   
   > and replace (it's for components, not the case).   
      
   Then you likely want something that is repeatable.  Using a "random   
   heating element" would likely result in too much variability.   
      
   >> Screws?  Mechanically clamping it in place with a boss extending from   
   >> the other half of the enclosure?   
   >   
   > It's for keyboard switches, which are a given, so I have to work with what   
   they   
   > are.   
      
   My bad.  I see you stated effectively that in your original post.  :<   
      
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