If you want the little capacitors and diodes off the board without having to use a soldering iron, use a heat gun to heat up the entire board at once. Makes removing the components much easier. Keep up the awesome builds!
Yeah, since you're just removing components without worrying about keeping track of each one or making sure they still work afterwards, a heat gun or even a little toaster oven will get all the surface mount ones to just slip off in mass.
@@LaserGadgetsit literally helps the solder flow and makes the parts come out easier and if it’s being harvested for scrap, why would anyone be concerned about the the components functions even though they wouldn’t be damaged by flux
Most important advice for this kinda work: If it doesn't come off easily, don't force it. Oh and for the PCBs.......use an oven. Heat up, let it melt, give it one good shake and most of it will fall off.
No, don’t use an oven. The board itself will give off toxic fumes. Not a soldering iron either. There is a tool called a heat pen. It looks like a very fat soldering iron but blows a concentrated stream of air that’s hot enough to melt solder. Hold the part to be removed with neddlenosed pliers or hemostats, heat the other side, and wiggle until the part pops off.
@@markfergerson2145 My friend.....ethanol is toxic. Buy an old oven (I was sure he wouldn't put it in his pizza oven) and do it that way. You guys and the word TOXIC. You melt hotglue, thats not a problem but welding a shampoo bottle is killing you. Come on.
I started saving & collecting greeblies some time ago , too. Mostly due to the cost of using model kits as a source of these little pieces. Very rewarding little hobby in itself , it yields a lot of pieces unrecognizable to the modelling observer. It's harder to disguise things like tank wheels , plane engines and auto parts and you can find plenty of free junk everywhere besides.
I find it almost therapeutic to disassemble gadgets like this, also people around me think I'm super smart for some odd reason when they see me doing this XD
my worst greeblie hunt was from "vintage" radio - it was just a wooden box with 1 PCB, LCD and a few buttons + speaker. and also car radios - just a few salvageable buttons and LCD...
Cameras are definitely more tricky to get apart. Some of the vintage cameras can be extra frustrating when you encounter frozen or stripped screws! An object like this one is not going to have anything properly symmetrical, but these shapes work for my more cyborg/biomorphic builds where I am creating animals that benefit from a more irregular appearance. Some of the forms that I see are the sort that I chop into even smaller pieces using a jeweler's saw.
This mirrors my limited experience taking apart electronics. With fewer mechanical components within them, I didn't get much inspiration and usable pieces as expected. Still a fun process though!
If you want the little capacitors and diodes off the board without having to use a soldering iron, use a heat gun to heat up the entire board at once. Makes removing the components much easier. Keep up the awesome builds!
don't forget flux to make it faster (adding this for inexperienced)
@@crysis4561 You use flux for soldering stuff on. To get stuff out its a waste. And smells. And might ruin some parts.
Yeah, since you're just removing components without worrying about keeping track of each one or making sure they still work afterwards, a heat gun or even a little toaster oven will get all the surface mount ones to just slip off in mass.
@@LaserGadgetsit literally helps the solder flow and makes the parts come out easier and if it’s being harvested for scrap, why would anyone be concerned about the the components functions even though they wouldn’t be damaged by flux
Most important advice for this kinda work: If it doesn't come off easily, don't force it.
Oh and for the PCBs.......use an oven. Heat up, let it melt, give it one good shake and most of it will fall off.
No, don’t use an oven. The board itself will give off toxic fumes.
Not a soldering iron either.
There is a tool called a heat pen. It looks like a very fat soldering iron but blows a concentrated stream of air that’s hot enough to melt solder. Hold the part to be removed with neddlenosed pliers or hemostats, heat the other side, and wiggle until the part pops off.
@@markfergerson2145 My friend.....ethanol is toxic. Buy an old oven (I was sure he wouldn't put it in his pizza oven) and do it that way. You guys and the word TOXIC. You melt hotglue, thats not a problem but welding a shampoo bottle is killing you. Come on.
I started saving & collecting greeblies some time ago , too. Mostly due to the cost of using model kits as a source of these little pieces. Very rewarding little hobby in itself , it yields a lot of pieces unrecognizable to the modelling observer. It's harder to disguise things like tank wheels , plane engines and auto parts and you can find plenty of free junk everywhere besides.
I love the spinning antenna idea! Hope to see it on a future build! I love these tear down/greeblie hunting videos btw, keep up the great work!
That little flippy lens could keep me entertained for hours!
Really cool look at your process to find greeblies 😊😊😊
I love taking stuff apart too! I have so many parts. Don't know if I will use them but I hate to throw anything away. Thanks for sharing!
There are some excellent greeblies there. The shiny wheel assembly and the lenses would be cool for many sci-fi builds.
I try to use just about everything from radio or computer or anything I can get my hands on. The trash can you have. I try of using them
I do the exact same thing. I can't just throw something away, without taking it all apart first.
Great job.
On a piece like that I would make a sci-fi prop as it doesn't easily lend itself to a ship. Just another rabbit hole one can explore
If you get you hands on compact ball bearings and the like, think "rotating artificial gravity section".
I find it almost therapeutic to disassemble gadgets like this, also people around me think I'm super smart for some odd reason when they see me doing this XD
What does not kill you makes you...smarter?
I found a discarded 07 imac and i enjoyed taking it apart more than any of the bits I found
My wish has been heard. Thanks alot!
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my worst greeblie hunt was from "vintage" radio - it was just a wooden box with 1 PCB, LCD and a few buttons + speaker.
and also car radios - just a few salvageable buttons and LCD...
Cameras are definitely more tricky to get apart. Some of the vintage cameras can be extra frustrating when you encounter frozen or stripped screws! An object like this one is not going to have anything properly symmetrical, but these shapes work for my more cyborg/biomorphic builds where I am creating animals that benefit from a more irregular appearance. Some of the forms that I see are the sort that I chop into even smaller pieces using a jeweler's saw.
Old electronics always inspire me in making something retrofuturistic, like the blade runner scope or alien's xeno radar
Awesome video brother
This mirrors my limited experience taking apart electronics. With fewer mechanical components within them, I didn't get much inspiration and usable pieces as expected. Still a fun process though!
looks like some alien reactor
Time to invest in one of those $30 electric screwdriver... Makes that sort of work a breeze
I’m a bit upset about this disassembly that camera is not cheap even in non working condition :(
I think it’s more valuable as art than as a camera.
A worm drive.
That's the name of that twin gear set on the end of the motor.
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Noooo, Don't use a soldering iron. Blow torch and a whack... =)
thats a worm gear
Greeble?
Google it!
@@egonm9999 hahaha oh yeah
I sold one of them for about $100 on Ebay 😁