Workshop in a Backpack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2020
- What's in my bag? An entire workshop. I built this electronics toolkit go-bag to bring Voidstar Lab into the field, and now you get a tool bag tour.
See which electronics tools I trust in emergencies, discover some surprising field kit ideas, and learn how a prototyping pro preps his toolbox.
Highlights include my battery-powered mobile soldering station, an indestructible backpack with secret powers, un-smashing a tablet, and munching tasty field rations.
This video has the absolute best post-roll Easter egg of any episode so far, and I cannot recommend enough that you watch it before you go. It was barely possible to film without dying of laughter.
CAUTION! This video takes place in an alternate reality in which the 'rona never spread. In your universe, some behavior mentioned is very risky. Protect yourself, your family, and your country by staying indoors as much as possible, wearing a protective mask, and maintaining social distance.
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Dude your cold blunt humour is what sets this apart from other tech youtubers . Dont be afraid to let the real you show on camera. :)
Yep him and Marco reps would get along great together
This channel is like “This Old Tony” in the bud, electronics version.
I took a degree in electronics over a decade ago but can’t even solder two wires with proper reliable conductivity, let alone deal with PCBs.
Now I see 3D Printing (CAD, mechanical engineering), electronics, software are all coming into one place to create stuff. Amazing. Makes me want to get started with Arduino.
Counter: Zack has a face
tony has one too, its in one of his videos.@@OtakuNoShitpost
My grandfather has a soldering gun from 1965 that has been broken many times that he repaired. He only kept it around because Sprint bought it for him when he worked for them. (He and I also prefer lead based solders vs more modern ones. And yes we keep around small fans to ensure decent ventilation.)
Dude, TH-cam recommended you because your 3D Printing video. I know you don't have much up right now but keep on posting! You're fricking great! Subscribed.
Thanks a lot! I'm posting a new video every Monday, so that playlist should fill up fast!
Just found your channel dude. Your kicking ass. Your channel is going to blow up dude. Good work.
I found this channel a little under a month ago and damn has it grown since then
What a weird crossover seeing you here lol
This aged well :)
I had a pair of behind the head headphones when they went out of style for a while and became impossible to replace. They were Logitech, but they were made of some ungodly brittle plastic and were made up of tons of tiny pieces screwed together. There were about 24 screws in a simple pair of headphones. I had to replace the battery twice, all of the wiring, the USB port had to be soldered back on, and way before 3d printers, I took several small pieces and made moulds of their shattered remains and made gorilla glue copies that I had to sand down. I finally retired them when something on the board burned out and I didn't feel like running it down, but I have them somewhere still. They are probably only about 25% original material now, they are mostly made of gorilla glue, kapton and courage now. Now that I own a few printers, you've made me want to drag those out and rebuild them. There just never were better, not comfortable headphones to wear with glasses.
Yea, I do- So about 5 years ago my dad bought some big kind of like Beats over ear headphones. 3 years ago the driver wires broke and I fixed them. 2 years ago the charging port broke and I re soldered the thing- 2 days ago it broke again and I made it charge with an internal power bank I slapped in there... Balance is a bit off but it works just fine
Whatever this guy's job is, I want it.
His speech s so old fashioned and so good ( as good as his technical preps!
Love the bag! I just finished putting together my own TS80 soldering kit, made a stand with a spring in some square stock aluminum mounted to an aluminum angle piece which I can pivot up to any angle, threw that in a pink space maker case along with a QC3 battery pack and some other little bits. I like the masking tape for holding down those tiny pcbs
ah I get it! You show the TSA this video each time to avoid having to explain the sus looking backpack!
grey backpack lookin kinda sus
@@ZackFreedman bit sussy ngl
At the beginning of the video, I wondered how you kept the monocle from slipping. At the end of the video you showed me how. 10/10.
Love the comment about tools.
"Tools exist to solve problems. As long as a tool works fine and solves the problem, I don't even think about replacing it."
And "I like my crusty ass gear. I trust it."
So much knowledge in those statements. And applies to all types of tools. Electronic, woodworking, edc, etc.
A great reminder too when feel that desire to get the new shiny. There are some things I'm still going to get new things of trying to find what works best for me, but once I find it, there's no need to look for another. (At least until it get too worn or breaks. Lol)
This is absolutely perfect. I have had a go bag for years. I had a Victorinox 17" laptop bag with all kinds of pockets for tools, laptop etc. Your bag is superior for its fold out tool holder. I was always losing tools at the bottom of a pocket. Sadly my bag wore out and they don't make it anymore. I am going to get one of these for sure!
I also have the 2011 mac book pro 17". You are right about the great number of ports on the old mac book pros.
Fantastic tool bag, love that the screwdrivers fit into nerf blasters. I’d recommend throwing in some rare earth magnets. Very helpful when trying to retrieve something magnetic (like fallen screws) from hard to reach locations ~ tape a magnet onto a broom handle to reach under/behind unmovable objects
That's a really good idea. You could also stick screws to them to keep them together. I'll definitely think of a way to work some in.
I stick them to my screwdriver shafts to make temporarily magnetic tips so I don't lose tiny screws as often. I find that permanently magnetic ones collect metal shavings and aren't always what I want anyway.
@@ZackFreedman bit of a necro, but there are screwdriver bits that are just neodyneum magnets, ifixit's larger kits include one for example; additionally there are purpose built ones that are about pen-sized and work like those telescoping pointers but with a magnet on the end
That spelljammer reference was pure gold
The youtube algo also decided to recommend your channel to me, and I'm digging it! It's cool to see a channel in its early days that you know will be 50x bigger in a year... Good luck!
Thank you! It doesn't matter how many folks are watching, as long as the ones that are get motivated to build stuff.
@@ZackFreedman Too late -- your videos gave me my dopamine hit for the day. :)
One idea: it would be really cool to do a multi-week (month long+?) build-along project, with maybe a heads-up for purchasing supplies. It would be cool to see other peoples project pics as it progresses.
I love the bag, also, my gadget that I refuse to let die is my MP3 player. Cowon X9, I lost the cable for it, so to charge it I soldered some loops onto the battery solder pads and every time it goes flat (Once a week, killer battery life) I open the case and connect a USB lithium battery charger to it. Only issue is the music that's on the inbuilt part of the memory is forever the same now, until I get sick of it and replace the proprietary connector with USB C or something.
When the battery dies I'll be retrofitting whatever I have on hand, which will probably end up being an 18650 with 3 times the battery capacity, and if the screen goes I'll figure that out when it happens. Love that MP3, it's always in my car and it's been with me to 5 countries.
Hey another crescent flush cut shill! 😂
I love my crescent set.
Also, that The so-called Sheep's foot blade, also known as a Mariner's blade, is one of my favorite designs. It was originally designed for common crew on sailing ships. The crew need knives for their work and also for safety in case someone gets entangled in the riggings which happens sometimes. BUT, the ship's officers harbored a constant fear of a mutany so they didn't want the common crew to have weapons. The Mariner's or Sheep's foot is a good blade style for utility and for enganglement emergencies, but not so good as a weapon. And so that's where this profile came from.
:D
This guys channel is going to explode.
Well, I've got a ways to go.
Time to start collecting.
Very good stuff Zach...keep up the humor it’s fantasitc
I feel like over the next few months this channel is going to blow up. Great work the videos on your channel are amazing.
Convenient that this was shown to me a little over a week after I started putting together my own mobile bag. My 9 to 5 job could use a go bag too but that would be over 100lbs
I was going to say for my Etsy I have some stuff I designed around Altoid Tins, Im a bit fancy now because I ordered black Altoid tins from suppliers over Alibaba and then I laser engrave off the paint to etch a design into the lids (if you do this careful about over-engraving, heating the tin and then ruining how it closes.
But on the Moleskin thing.... I prefer a Moleskin, because Im left handed and I don't like writing with my hand resting/running up and down a length of wire which starts to hurt after a while.
You are for sure my favorite channel. 100%
I'm new here and loving your channel. Man you are fracking hilarious. Now going back to watch all your older videos.
3:53 random asmr
5:41 lmao alright
@5:42 "Do you have a gadget that you just keep repairing and refuse to let it die?"
Yeah, it's my depression and anxiety.
Dude i hope your channel blows up , even an engineery whats in my bag type video was fun af ngl
The Pilar is an excellent knife. I've EDC'd the HH edition (so UK legal) since it released. Non-locking and one-hand-opening, very nice.
Yes to keeping good old gear in service. I've repaired the Sansa Clip + over and over and over... resoldering the headphone jack to the motherboard or replacing batteries or replacing the case back because the clip itself broke... but they're the best MP3 player ever made and they run a very customizable replacement firmware (Rockbox).
Like the rgb behind the parts drawers. Might have to copy that 🙂
this king carries BOTH a 3.3v and a 5v serial adapter what a legend
Your my inspiration man... Before watchin your videos I had almost forgot about my electronics engineering degree!
Nice channel dude! I missed one of my favorite electronics tools in the roundup. "Blu Tac" is a must for me for holding stuff when i solder.
I am 21, I have a have buton up shirt that i had since i was 14, and i go out a lot in the woods and use it all the time and i always asked someone to patch to holes but with the right colors and now it just has seams all over the arms which from all the patching made it bigger and that's why i can still ware it, I love that shirt, hope it's survives at least a decade
This channel is going places!
Just released the subscription valve! Thanks for a great video!
Still good watching this in 2023!
nice man!!! 🤘😲🤘 just found you about a week ago. you are great kind sir!! 😌
this is great stuff
real talk man, you have enough room for a full roll of blue tape. that shit is mad useful
You’re a crazy man... and I like that 🤪
My boy with the voyager legend! Woot woot
My glasses are my tool I won't let die. Used some metal from a cookie tin and some shrinktube to fix the hinge that fell apart. Works great. Doesn't hinge anymore though.
for soldering support you could easyly fit an omnifixo into your bag. this thing is awesome
This is a new channel? great fun content!
I have 3D printed and resouldered almost every part on my Sony MDR-XB950B1 headphones. Yes, both headphones, because even the replacement one that I bought has broken
The Theseus ship headphones. If you resolder, 3D print and repair almost every part of the headphones, is it still the same pair of headphones
@@spetsnatzlegion3366 I have officially owned 2×950B1s, 1×650BT, 1×950N1 and they've all broken. About to get the Sony WH-1000XM5s. Wish me luck.
I don’t know what 90% of these tools are but man you make them look so cool.
Classic Zack.... so nostalgic 🧐
My Logitech G700 mouse is my bit of tech that I refuse to let die. It is the perfect shape and four thumb buttons and three extra pointer finger buttons is enough for my macros but not so many that I have to fumble around with a dozen buttons. Various buttons have died on it over the years, but I keep opening it up and swapping them out. I think I'm on my third or fourth left click by now. I love this mouse.
I love mine too. When I got it I thought I would only use it wirelessly but turns out I only use it wired. Never had to fix anything on it though.
I still carry a 2012 Macbook pro :D and it's still great
Epic content
Dude, I love my Legend, and mine broke in the same spot! Try Flex Seal or rubberized beadliner to glue/fill the rubber bit.
I've got a pair of cheap headphones I originally got for Christmas in 2016, since then I've repaired both dangling speakers several times.
when i saw your bluetooth hedset i gave a thought of rassberry pie and it was 3 year old pie i repaired so many times that it has sloder paste bubbles on it stuck
What you said: Magical adventure to where Coronavirus isn't an issue
What I heard: Inter-timestream disease vector
What you then said: Going to all the densely populated conferences
It’s ok. The time dirigible only works on gentlemen.
@@ZackFreedman I think it's safe to say you've *lost* this argument
The tool I keep fixing and modifying is a ln old Idea-pad that runs Manjaro Linix. I replaced the 2.5" disk drive with an SSD. The ram got upgraded to 16gb of ddr3 1333mHz. The bottom chassis has a Crack in it from that time it fell down some stairs, that was patched up with JB weld. There have been some little plastic chips taken out of the corners as well, which were replaced by filling the holes with hot glue. It's not as powerful as my main machine, but it does everything I need it to for quick coding and blender-ing on the road.
good video
Don't talk crap again about Powershell! This is my third video tonight after having been suggested the circuit board video and I'm loving it. I will now subscribe to watch your video and also listen for any more bad comments.
It's an amazing object oriented shell language. Yes, you might find the verb-noun a bit much, but you have tab completion for that, and it makes it easier to discover commands(yes, I mean cmdlet).
Please do install Powershell 7 and give it another go. Maybe on windows too.
EDIT: I'm now just a bit later, and if your interested, I have a powershell script that can notify you of new (and removed) COM devices. I haven't tested BT COM, but I think it might work. Useful when switching a lot of serial devices.
I know I'm super late on this, but might I recommend a kokuyo campus notebook? Wide selection of paper, dot grid rule, and best of all, you can switch out paper for when you don't need those pesky notes anymore!
You should look into Swan Morton scalpels, infinitely better than x-acto blades and handles plus they cost less. The fixed blade is the best, but you'll need to print a cap or case. They have a retractable version but it's a little clunky and the blade has a little bit of play still 10/10 though.
Oh air ports are fun. i run a general dynamics GD8000 its got a mageisum case x rays dont like it and it sets off the explosive detection equiment evrey time LOL.
Been wanting to make a wearable 3D pen rig. Can't be arsed to work a 3D printer into my room but I bought a Mynt3D pro pen and seems reliable for making small tools and novelties, but I always have to work around that big filament spool and battery pack tied to the pen. Hoping I can figure out a way to mount the spool to a backpack.
This guy is a total badass
I'm still using my early 2013 MacBook Pro. I use CAD and OnShape fine.
Subscribed.
I would love some links to some of these items. Where did you get the bit to open your leather man?
What a great ending lmao
My favorite overused item is my lighter from over a decade ago. I hope i never have to buy another. By the way, I love your videos. The ideas are incredible
IS THAT THE ASUS TRANSFORMER MINI?!? I still have mine within reach! It's such a great littlentablet. It's basically like a cheaper *slightly* less powerful Microsoft Surface. Its awesome!
I've got a different task in mind, but I'd like to get the backpack you got, since it looks to be ideal. What was the name of the backpack again? And where did you order / buy it?
My friend has a computer from 2002 that he made modern. It still uses the same motherboard
Does anyone have a link to that bag? I would love to pick one up.
I wonder if this could be updated with a Positron v3 printer, as that can easily be moved around.
I have a kindle keyboard (2nd generation kindle) I actually own like 3 of them, and 2 light covers, and I keep rebuilding them when they break. I did hack one of my light covers and combined it with my Oberon cover so it’s pretty and functional
I have had the same dryer for the last 20 years and have just about every part to repair it on hand. It shouldn’t be down for more than an hour no matter what happens. Laundry is important.
Hey Mate good video and content of my interest and workingfield.
I am curious what is you everyday job where you get to use all that equipment :)?
I'm a prototype developer - clients hire me to build small numbers of custom electronics.
Some are entrepreneurs who want to build products some are artists with ambitious ideas, and some are even making movies and need specialized props.
It's an awesome job - I never know what I'll be building next.
@@ZackFreedman damm I envy you to have such a interesting job :)
I like my job too, but should I change, something like yours really speaks to me :)
Btw great content with a good amount of humor :)
You're a cool dude
every tweeker electrician fisherman/handy man has a workshop in a bag
you got a link for all the tools your carry?
I welcome you to the state of Colorado
Dude I really like your work. I am considering starting a similar style tech channel and would love to pick your brain about it!
I'm by no means an expert, but I could try to point you in the right direction.
Electricity pun caught me offguard
now I'm imagining you turing to the tSA "yes I'm a web developer"
Great bag contents. Did you cover zip ties and duct tape? Did you break into the mechanical room for an apartment complex?
Awesome Video! What are your thoughts on ts80p or a ts100, I do not have a ton of usb c stuff but also not a ton of xt60 connectors. Thanks :)
The TS80P is a minor upgrade over the TS80. I wouldn’t upgrade from a TS80 to the P, but given the choice of which to buy, I’d pick the latter.
I think the TS80P is a smarter buy than the TS100, since you have more cables and power supplies to choose from. It’s also easier to install aftermarket and upgraded firmware.
@@ZackFreedman Alright, thank you. I was leaning toward the Ts80p due to it being newer anyway. How are the tips on it since it has the proprietary headphone jack connector.
@@justinlevy4497 They're decent for field work. The chisel tip is a bit larger than I like, and both tip cool down fast, but they both do the job. I wouldn't recommend it as your workhorse, but it's really impressive for a go-anywhere iron.
@@ZackFreedman Alright, thanks. I don’t rlly have a large place to solder all the time because then I would get a t12. Thanks for all the help and your videos are so awesome.
You the fucking best... hilariously educational and just hella whity
Can’t seem to find that backpack anywhere
Hey, where'd you find the heat-proof USB cable??
I have a similar TS100 and LOVE it, but it would be cool to find a cable that I won't melt haha.
Love your channel btw!
i just realized that the monocle is an equivalent to the hud that you wear
Mmmyes! No veteran aethernaut dares weigh their phlogiston anchor without their trusty analytical monocular!
I've saved my self $40 by repairing a stick blender. First some one melted the cable back in uni. Then a gear wore out so I printed a new one. Then it got dropped and the bit that links with attachments snapped so I printed a new one of those.... Twice because the first time the PLA decided it wasn't tough enough.
I should have just brought a new stick blender. It would have probably been easier.
i used to have a gadget i refused to let die.. until it finally got so broken i could not fix it anymore.. the plastic was failing, and giving way more places than i could fix, and printing a new shell was not possible due to my 3d printer not working(still not working, but i am looking into it) and finally, a chip blew on the pcb, and i cannot solder something that small without damaging it. so i finally bought a new pair of bone conduction headphones, and have had to leave the old one behind.. it's still around, in a box somewhere, along with a few other headphones i have busted by simply using them. waiting for a day i might get them working again.
Next form factor for the Google glass MUST be a monocle. That would be epic... and stylish. Though you might need a better solution then gluing to your face, bit of a downside that.
Mmmyes!
Any chance you've been secretly making a new gnar version of this cyberdeck? It's been two years, Freedman. We need an updated version before the reality we got thrust into collapses...
i have an old microdriver set i nabbed from my moms ex back in 2012 that is missing bits, the remaining ones are rusty, and the screwdriver broke under the rubber grip so it flexes and its held together by nothing but the factory grip glue
Another earned comment; this video is great, Zack! They are getting better and I really hope you continue. I have been hacking for a long time, but am digging learning about your hardware side of things... its great to see something new. I have a video suggestion for you. You look young, but do you know about the Bulletin Board Systems of yesteryear??? Grab SYNCTERM or NETRUNNER and telnet to 20ForBeers.com port 1337 ... you'll need an ANSI compatible terminal like SyncTerm or Netrunner (Or Qmodem or... yer a hacker - GET SOME!) - anyway, write Paulie420 a message... that's me. I wanna tell you all about the current BBS scene.
Kinda sad that blooper at the end wasn't in the oscilloscope frame
The Analytics™ show that most viewers leave during the oscilloscope outros, so I decided to cut them. Don't worry, I'm working on funnier, better ways to work the goofs, outtakes, and gags into the mix.
@@ZackFreedman Maybe just call them bloopers or out takes
Do you have files for the leatherman mods/dummy?