Thanks for all your concern regarding my health and the coronavirus. We filmed this in December, and I've been back in the US since Christmas. I've decided to stay on this side of the world until the epidemic dies down. In the meantime, I urge you to please be respectful of all the friends I have in China right now that may potentially be affected by this outbreak. This is obviously a scary thing, and the news isn't helping, but we're talking about real people, with real families, during Chinese New Year, with is the equivalent of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years all rolled into one big holiday. My thoughts and heart goes out to everyone in Shenzhen and across China!
SAME + ISLAND COSTS everything is 5 times more expensive here. incredible to live in shitholes, you never see the real costs only overpriced stuff due to distance from manufacturer and the commissions taken by middle men.
Same thing in Finland. We have small specialized stores for stuff like this but they stock 1/8th of the amount and prices are way higher due to low volumes. This video is DIY heaven.
Habitat for humanity calls me on occasion when they get automation . Usually they don't know what it is or what to do with it. I usually get it for free. But you should get to know them if you want this kind of stuff.
I'm continually amazed at the manufacturing prowess coming out of China. There seems to be something for every little thing you can think of. That's so crazy.
they arent any good hell our local plastic factory used those suction cups to pull parts out of press molds and stopped they are ripping foreigners off a few times but largely domestically daily
I woukd not call in prowess... they never designed or invented anything, they just make fake copies of the real thing on mass.... usually with nasty quality.
Jesus Christ this was cool. I hope you go back there. Sorry to comment so much but industrial salvage and supplying equipment is half of my business… I hardly meet another person who knows what “ industrial salvage” is..... so this was golden. Scotty you need to carry a “five hour power” or some form of caffeine 😂 you can’t leave us hanging like that
Flojoe6274 Yes i agree. I was being sarcastic But I hope Scotty returns to that market, and shows us some electronics test equipment like those huge power supplies, oscilloscopes and such. Also the small “hobbyist“ equipment like tabletop CNC machines and 3D printers… and even the big beautiful industrial machines. I would love to see some test equipment! I purchase countless items and machines from that market… ranging From small parts that are pennies each… to large expensive machines that are shipped over on a freighter. Also, it’s funny the market is named “Yihua”... I wonder if it’s owned by the company who sells the yihua soldering equipment??? I would love to be there in person!
I traveled to China about 20 years ago during SARS pandemic and I remember how awesome Shanghai , Hong Kong, Shanxi etc was. Going to a multi level mall where young women with bows wrapped around themselves would greet you on each floor. I never felt in danger, the young kids would follow my red headed wife around saying hello and the people and food was great! Awesome vid for gear heads, Thanks Guys! Can’t wait to go back too!
About 30 years ago we built from scratch an arcade machine with 3 x 6" (stroke) air rams (2" wide) and a cockpit cabinet on a large steel frame. We installed a flying arcade game into it. It had a yoke flight control that I connected to the air control solenoids via darlington pair transistors to drive them. It used basic TTL logic to control the "flight" and I tapped into the game circuit board to automatically power up the control board and lift the front ram as it took off. When the game was finished I used an "end game signal" on the game board to shut the control board back off. We installed a seat belt as it was much more vigorous for smaller kids (It flew someone as big as 150Kg). It used 1/8" valves for the air flow to the rams and required a 10CF compressor to keep the air up to it. We tried 1/4" valves during our R&D phase and it was so fast and violent that it made the 200Kg machine bounce down the factory floor while I was yelling "Switch the f...ing thing off" as I was throwing the control lever backwards and forwards with no control. It had a 20" CRT mounted in it. It worked commercially in an arcade centre for about 5 years. There is a good air project for you.
Scotty, I think you should make a pneumatic stamp. It would stamp your logo on the back of phones? Challenge would be to make it mobile, this means anyone meeting you could get your logo stamped on their phone, or, other personal items. 👍😎👍MDS 🇬🇧
It could be a rubber stamp and use ink, making it would not be hard, frame, extender/stamper, tubing, micro air compressor with a small tank, you could make it a 2' cube (50cm ish cube) prob smaller really
Noah Wilke There are various media other than metal stamps. My thoughts were the soft sponge or rubber type. Obviously wouldn’t use anything to break peoples items !!!
If the apocalypse happens that store is going to be priceless, you could literally make anything from scratch by hobbling parts together, like a giant real life lego store.
@@csorrows Only in the case of a solar flare or EMP, in a normal apocalypse where electronics survive you can run generators on fuel (gasoline isn't necessary, you can run them on oil/alcohol mix, or diesel generators on fly oil etc). Any parts that are electronically powered can be modified to be powered by anything in most cases.
I wish we had places like these in the west. In denmark, almost everything for diy electronics has to be imported from china, the uk or germany, which makes shipping times really long sometimes...
I've never seen a similar place like this in Europe, which is a shame because it makes life easier for engineers and DIYs due to the brainstorming you get to build or fix something just from walking along these aisles! And besides waiting too long for items, buying online is also difficult to gauge what you want and compare what you're buying with other similar products just with a glance.
Its not in the best interest of big business to allow this. Basically they want you to buy their junk. Then throw it away if it malfunctions and buy the whole thing instead of fixing it yourself. Or even build your own.
@@autonomousglisteningwater2286 Big business doesn't give a shit about DIY places like this. The number of people doing their own work even in industrial countries like this is insignificant compared to the regular consumer. In places like Europe or the US we have enough money to just buy another whatever so the number of people who would use a store like this are a few hobbyist makers. Reality is that these places aren't cost effective or efficient for business, and in places with safety and environmental standards the parts aren't cheap enough for steady diy business.
I wish we had markets like this in Canada, both for electronics and industrial equipment. I'd love to have a place I could go like that to just get everything I need (at a good price) for any project I have in mind. Though I've yet to start any projects cuz I'm broke, and parts add up quick.
Some amazing markets .... could easily spend weeks in there and still find new things. I now want a bunch of $5 andons .... thinking of lots of uses for them. Example: could put one outside my boss's office and make it flash green when they are in a good mood, red when they are in a bad mood, etc.
Your vids really demystify the industrial plants in China. I really enjoy them. Glad you're away for the time being though, what with the whole corona virus spreading. Hopefully the virus weakens and passes soon without harming too many people.
They also shows that there are people there who really are proud of their products. Most of the time we just hear about the bad products coming from China, but you show that there is more to it than that. Over time China is just becoming more and more of a mystery to me. You've got the government and the corruption, one the other hand there's thousands of years of history and art. They also have some pretty high tech industries and they are producing more and more original designs rather than simply copying products. But at the same time they flood the market with low quality knock off copies. There is a lot in China I find interesting and at the same time there is so much that makes me want to run in the general direction of away. And I'm already pretty far away...
My heart goes out to everyone effected. I deleted all my social media yesterday because I couldn’t handle all the memes and the blaming and pointing fingers at Chinese people for “starting and spreading” the virus.
@Dave David it's not deadly. Since it's highly contagious, so the government needs to take drastic measure to stop spreading. Many people have been cured already
I work at a major EU car manufacturing plant. We call the lights Christmas trees but have a manufacturing system called Andon. It was invented at Toyota. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_(manufacturing)
being a hobbyist and inventor would be so damn awesome, you could just buy this stuff for pennies and make amazing machines. Honestly I can't believe the Chinese don't just make boston robotics level shit for funsies
when he made the "oh wow thats cheap" face when he heard how cheap the andon was, the shopkeeper was probably thinking like "i shoulda said way more.."
Polite Cat That’s how an American or a British capitalist would think. These people are happy with their family and life,,they don’t need silicon tits and Porsche’s,,,,,and maybe if you opened your eyes, you might realise, you don’t?
The price in that market has nothing to hide, literally you can ask another seller at 5 meters away. I am surprised that they even selling that little amount to them bc there’s no profits at all.
@@Mark-cx9rt It's like an Apple store where you can go look at their product selection, have your products fixed, make deals, and interact with a human. It's a better customer experience for those who are looking to order in bulk for their factories.
I love all thoses stores you make us discover, i constantly mention the kilometer long store that was themed with christmas light for 50 meters then halloween then another place was full wedding decorations and people are always amazed, keep on making us discovering this , Thank you !
My old tool box had a sticker that said "Non-Professionals Do Not Open" and above it was a bumper sticker exclaiming "I Don't Listen To Warning Stickers!".
This is the VERY FIRST "advertisement" that I've purposefully clicked on after 25+ years on the internet. I'll give the Brave browser a shot, if for no other reason than to support your awesome channel, but also because I've been thinking of switching back to Firefox for privacy issues now that Google has gotten so big that it parted ways with its original "Don't be evil" motto. Thanks for your informative content
I spent time in Taiwan. I was amazed by these small shops selling parts, tools & stuff which cost so much in the West but cost literally pennies in Taiwan
@@StrangeParts Just a heads up, a lot of us would use the Brave browser if Brave Rewards were actually available in our country.. But they're not (and we've been waiting forever)
Just going to add on the vibration sorter. I'm working in what is essentially a pepperoni factory. Small time family owned so automation is pretty limited, but we've got a sort of vibrating trough after the slicers which leads into an upwards elevator which dumps sausage into a weigher/bagging machine. trough's whole point is to vibrate all the pepperoni slices so that it consistently fills the next conveyor and doesn't overload it (since it's open and sausage can and does fall off onto the floor if it gets piled up). It's not a perfect solution since we have someone stationed at it to make sure it's working and everything is coming out of the trough nicely, but it definitely makes their job into more of a quality control thing instead of QC and constantly flattening piles of meat.
My dad and his bro would love this place. They'd literally be spending their time in that shop and be making lot of stuff at home. Sad that we don't have access to such kind of market where we can find everything.
I don't know about Shenzhen but in Shanghai surrounding the area around Beijing Road, they have stores and malls selling machinery as well as hardware such as the ones the video
@@robinandersson7963 ok. I believe that's what I'm looking for. I'm looking for the machines you find in the average machine shop. Mills lathes grinders etc. Not so much the computer controlled ones. But the manual ones for sure.
@@robc8468 it all depends. I've priced them both ways. You often pay more through grizzly (which I already own a machine from) and off Ebay. But for now I'm gonna hold off. And maybe once they're done with the corona virus. I'll order a new machine and see if it was worth it.
Hey bud.. watching this you just reminded me.. i turned off my brave auto contribute.. because i wanted to stack some bat's. I just turned it back on to auto contribute.. and made sure that you were the only one in my auto contribute. Thanks for all the content.
Actually, that's their advantage. You will almost never have to wait for parts and supplies. I believe that's the reason why Tesla was able to produce the first car in such a short time.
7:33 Vibration pot is not what we call them in the US. We call them bowl feeders. They are almost always used to feed a connector or part into a machine. Bowl Feeder is what I have always seen on the PO or invoice when we are ordering new equipment.
I miss Akihabara, have part interest in a factory in SZ. Miss parts shopping in SZ. We do not shop on the electronics mart, we work directly with the parts manufacturers that sell to the folks in SZ. Thanks for your videos. Do the pre strange parts... stay safe in these times.
Build something for breakfast out of these automatic building parts! Do a coffee, some toasts with butter and all on a dish! That would be cool! Use Node Red to build it!
These are always the highlight of my day. A lot of these videos don't pertain to my profession or even my hobbies, but it is so fascinating to see Shenzhen up close, personal and in detail. I love seeing your new videos and your enthusiasm for the markets, and I just love seeing the markets themselves. Let's start importing andons & tape, amirite? Thanks for the vids, Scotty.
I do love and respect that you admit that your a human trying to live like everyone else and you happen to earn you living making these videos, but also dont like being blown up with ads.
in USA I am glad I have a CNC shop with mills and a manual lathe because it's a pain in the ass trying to find something in Lowe's or home Depot that might help with a one day project
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@@pyramydseven it's on quite a few. Almost all major ones including coinbase. It's been around a few years now and is really starting to mature so the scary risks of taking a chance on something new is basically 0 at this point
It's a very detailed introduction regarding SZ electro parts market, and then finally I have some clues why my customer are not going to buy spare parts from us. As a professional handler vendor, I think your videos already address some good points of automatic production.
A new destination added to my bucket list. What an awesome place, thank you for sharing. We all know most of our stuff comes from China but to see a place like this is just WOW. As a Brit there's a question I've been dying to ask for ages concerning the American pronunciation of "solder" every American I've ever heard leaves the 'L' out and pronounces it 'sodder' while we say sol-der. It intrigues me.
Man when i was 7-8ish my grandpa showed me how to solder and make circuits and really sparked my interest in engineering and tech. Wish i had such a marked around the town lol i cant imagine how ofthen i sacrificed some stuff because i missed some fitting parts.
I am always mesmerized by those Strange Parts videos even though my skills in building something are limited to screwing and unscrewing But I think that we monk are really stunned by this unknown world, this different culture and those tons of electronic stuff that can do such things sold in those huge markets we had no idea of.
When this video came out I was in a random other job; Now I have 3 years experience working between IT and OT in a factory with loads of different production lines it has taken on a whole new meaning on rewatch
Aw man, you even showed the lunch place. Damn, that really takes me back. I miss those places where you get a brick of rice, and then a whole bunch of whatevers to choose from.
I visited similar markets in other city and province in China about 10 years ago. They had all these stuff, but just not as current as in the video. Only the smaller factories use them or company use them for development and prototype. Big production need much bigger quantities and reliable supplies of the specific parts.
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You've come a long way from putting headphone jacks in iPhones dude. Great going and good luck for the future dude. Also putting USB C in iPhone video maybe?
If you think the solenoid is loud, imagine the sound of the air added to that, without the mufflers... then imagine 15 of them, running constantly, all day!
Great video. I absolutely love this kind of stuff. I could never go to a place like that with any real amount of cash in my pocket. I would end up building a Willy Wonka device that has no real purpose but still super cool all the same.
6:20 as far as I know (I'm integration engineer that worked with many different machines) red indicates that the motion on the machine is activated and that maintenance of the machine is dangerous green indicates that the machine is on "safe" condition when the motion is partly disabled and yellow is that the machine is off and there's live electricity on it.
I saw a vid on YT of a machine making LED Christmas light strings. It had that shaker-sorter pot to get the LEDs oriented & fed up to a gripper. The machine then electronically tested each LED for function & polarity. LEDs the wrong way round were diverted to be turned around. Another section measured out, stripped, & tinned wires. The oriented & working LEDs met up with the tinned wires & got soldered. Another section applied heatshrink. The whole thing just spat out a continuous stream of wired LEDs, in a choreographed mechanical ballet.
Someone needs to make something like tours for industrial equipment markets. So I could travel to the market with a guide/translator, buy shait and the guide would take care of logistics to put everything on pallets and ship it to where I need. I have bought stuff from Alibaba, but it is close to impossible to do small combined bulk from multipple manufacturers, for smaller business, that does manufacturing, not distrubution. For those who don't know - freight shipping stuff to EU costs around 250$ for a half ton pallet.
I am kinda anti-china manufacturing, because they have taken most of manufacturing away. I like to buy local/EU by paying a bit extra. But you can't blame China for everything. Just recently I had to buy collet chuck for a mill and in my local store it cost around 500€. Was it some kind of german-made piece of art? No! It was the same set I later bought on Ali for 75$. Why it's so expensive? Because when the product comes to a store it goes through so many hands.
Thank you for showing us china and what it is to offer as far as the engineering. One thing about traveling internationally, meeting great people make it all worth it.
Cool! I just found out both places are not far from Shenzhen airport. Maybe next time I fly to/from there I'll stay an extra day near the airport just to check out these places
The circuit board tester jig was super neat to see, have heard of them before as an EE but never seen what one looks like! I typically design with ample test points and extra vias, but our facility has to test first article boards by hand once they come in because we are a small company
I could spend days in a place like that. I would probably be so overwhelmed by everything I wanted I would leave with nothing. Definitely engineering sensory overload.
You take your fortunate viewers on a fascinating journey to places they've never seen or thought of before. This is a very interesting, informative and entertaining video. Subscribed.
Thanks for all your concern regarding my health and the coronavirus. We filmed this in December, and I've been back in the US since Christmas. I've decided to stay on this side of the world until the epidemic dies down.
In the meantime, I urge you to please be respectful of all the friends I have in China right now that may potentially be affected by this outbreak. This is obviously a scary thing, and the news isn't helping, but we're talking about real people, with real families, during Chinese New Year, with is the equivalent of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years all rolled into one big holiday. My thoughts and heart goes out to everyone in Shenzhen and across China!
Mmmm Decembed
glad you're ok, please wear a mask
What's decembed
Stay safe!
yes man and now its the spring festival, that corona isnt helping,
This is like heaven. Where I come from, "hardware" stores only sell bathrooms, lamps and paint.
SAME + ISLAND COSTS everything is 5 times more expensive here. incredible to live in shitholes, you never see the real costs only overpriced stuff due to distance from manufacturer and the commissions taken by middle men.
Yeah, I wish there was a 'special economic region' in my area.
Same thing in Finland. We have small specialized stores for stuff like this but they stock 1/8th of the amount and prices are way higher due to low volumes. This video is DIY heaven.
Ace is the place where the unhelpful hardware goes
Wanna build something, go to China with £20 haha
I'm glad this place is on the opposite side of the world, otherwise all my money would be spent there.
Same.
I would die for going there. It’s such an awesome thing.
Yeah, but now Scotty can buy stuff and ship it to the US for us... Scottybaba? Scottyexpress?
Absolutely. My garage would be filled with stuff I have no use for but can't live without.
Habitat for humanity calls me on occasion when they get automation . Usually they don't know what it is or what to do with it. I usually get it for free. But you should get to know them if you want this kind of stuff.
So many cool stickers to post in the bedroom like "Hot Service" and "Check Lubrication Frequently".
lol
Maybe there is a special market FOR "bedroom stuff"? Stay tuned for a more amusing video!
I love this place! I'd get lost for hours. It's like Aliexpress in real life.
I know ! I would love to walk around and feel like a king with $100!!!
What's the name of the place ??
I was in Shenzhen and just visited SEG plaza almost 1 week :( because was soo big site.
@@StarProduction369 hua-qiang-bei ,or Huaqiang North, (means North of the huaqiang road) , in Shenzhen city ,which besides Hongkong .
It's like disneyland for engineers.
Frankly the hardware store has always been Disneyland for me even before i became an engineer.
Beat me to it, lol
heaven for engineers*
@@holyravioli5795 same, Im a scrap head 😂
You’re right
I would rather go there
I'm continually amazed at the manufacturing prowess coming out of China. There seems to be something for every little thing you can think of. That's so crazy.
Yeah, and I’m still only scratching the surface. There are entire cities that specialize in producing one thing. Like shoes for instance.
@@StrangeParts huh, might be worth exploring 😉
It used to be like that in the US. The US business sector sold it all and ceded the markets to China.
they arent any good hell our local plastic factory used those suction cups to pull parts out of press molds and stopped they are ripping foreigners off a few times but largely domestically daily
I woukd not call in prowess... they never designed or invented anything, they just make fake copies of the real thing on mass.... usually with nasty quality.
Jesus Christ this was cool. I hope you go back there. Sorry to comment so much but industrial salvage and supplying equipment is half of my business… I hardly meet another person who knows what “ industrial salvage” is..... so this was golden. Scotty you need to carry a “five hour power” or some form of caffeine 😂 you can’t leave us hanging like that
Sensory overload is real. Would have loved to see more but rather you spoke up and took a break.
Flojoe6274 Yes i agree.
I was being sarcastic
But I hope Scotty returns to that market, and shows us some electronics test equipment like those huge power supplies, oscilloscopes and such. Also the small “hobbyist“ equipment like tabletop CNC machines and 3D printers… and even the big beautiful industrial machines.
I would love to see some test equipment!
I purchase countless items and machines from that market… ranging From small parts that are pennies each… to large expensive machines that are shipped over on a freighter.
Also, it’s funny the market is named “Yihua”... I wonder if it’s owned by the company who sells the yihua soldering equipment???
I would love to be there in person!
Jacob Heth, you win most ironic comment on the internet today, congratulations.
😂😂😂 I like your reaction to this video. I don't get it but I like it
@@RoverT65536 I haven't had my caffeine.
How is his comment ironic?
I thought it was funny and logical.
I traveled to China about 20 years ago during SARS pandemic and I remember how awesome Shanghai , Hong Kong, Shanxi etc was.
Going to a multi level mall where young women with bows wrapped around themselves would greet you on each floor. I never felt in danger, the young kids would follow my red headed wife around saying hello and the people and food was great! Awesome vid for gear heads, Thanks Guys! Can’t wait to go back too!
About 30 years ago we built from scratch an arcade machine with 3 x 6" (stroke) air rams (2" wide) and a cockpit cabinet on a large steel frame. We installed a flying arcade game into it. It had a yoke flight control that I connected to the air control solenoids via darlington pair transistors to drive them. It used basic TTL logic to control the "flight" and I tapped into the game circuit board to automatically power up the control board and lift the front ram as it took off. When the game was finished I used an "end game signal" on the game board to shut the control board back off. We installed a seat belt as it was much more vigorous for smaller kids (It flew someone as big as 150Kg). It used 1/8" valves for the air flow to the rams and required a 10CF compressor to keep the air up to it. We tried 1/4" valves during our R&D phase and it was so fast and violent that it made the 200Kg machine bounce down the factory floor while I was yelling "Switch the f...ing thing off" as I was throwing the control lever backwards and forwards with no control. It had a 20" CRT mounted in it. It worked commercially in an arcade centre for about 5 years. There is a good air project for you.
Scotty, I think you should make a pneumatic stamp. It would stamp your logo on the back of phones? Challenge would be to make it mobile, this means anyone meeting you could get your logo stamped on their phone, or, other personal items.
👍😎👍MDS 🇬🇧
Yup this!
Except most phones are glass backed now
It could be a rubber stamp and use ink, making it would not be hard, frame, extender/stamper, tubing, micro air compressor with a small tank, you could make it a 2' cube (50cm ish cube) prob smaller really
Noah Wilke There are various media other than metal stamps. My thoughts were the soft sponge or rubber type. Obviously wouldn’t use anything to break peoples items !!!
Aaron Reash your a mind reader. 👍😎👍
If the apocalypse happens that store is going to be priceless, you could literally make anything from scratch by hobbling parts together, like a giant real life lego store.
But then you need an update or troubleshoot your factory computer system and without the internet you are f**ked.
You would also be without a lot of power so this stuff would be useless until a large power source gets built.
@@csorrows Only in the case of a solar flare or EMP, in a normal apocalypse where electronics survive you can run generators on fuel (gasoline isn't necessary, you can run them on oil/alcohol mix, or diesel generators on fly oil etc). Any parts that are electronically powered can be modified to be powered by anything in most cases.
I wish we had places like these in the west. In denmark, almost everything for diy electronics has to be imported from china, the uk or germany, which makes shipping times really long sometimes...
@Blind Bob why do you... keep talking.. so suspensfully.... like this..
Also in Germany
I've never seen a similar place like this in Europe, which is a shame because it makes life easier for engineers and DIYs due to the brainstorming you get to build or fix something just from walking along these aisles!
And besides waiting too long for items, buying online is also difficult to gauge what you want and compare what you're buying with other similar products just with a glance.
Its not in the best interest of big business to allow this. Basically they want you to buy their junk. Then throw it away if it malfunctions and buy the whole thing instead of fixing it yourself. Or even build your own.
@@autonomousglisteningwater2286 Big business doesn't give a shit about DIY places like this. The number of people doing their own work even in industrial countries like this is insignificant compared to the regular consumer. In places like Europe or the US we have enough money to just buy another whatever so the number of people who would use a store like this are a few hobbyist makers. Reality is that these places aren't cost effective or efficient for business, and in places with safety and environmental standards the parts aren't cheap enough for steady diy business.
I wish we had markets like this in Canada, both for electronics and industrial equipment. I'd love to have a place I could go like that to just get everything I need (at a good price) for any project I have in mind. Though I've yet to start any projects cuz I'm broke, and parts add up quick.
As a machinist from alberta I support this idea
Market too small and too little engineers and manufacturers
Some amazing markets .... could easily spend weeks in there and still find new things. I now want a bunch of $5 andons .... thinking of lots of uses for them. Example: could put one outside my boss's office and make it flash green when they are in a good mood, red when they are in a bad mood, etc.
This had me balling. 🤣
Your vids really demystify the industrial plants in China. I really enjoy them. Glad you're away for the time being though, what with the whole corona virus spreading. Hopefully the virus weakens and passes soon without harming too many people.
They also shows that there are people there who really are proud of their products. Most of the time we just hear about the bad products coming from China, but you show that there is more to it than that. Over time China is just becoming more and more of a mystery to me. You've got the government and the corruption, one the other hand there's thousands of years of history and art. They also have some pretty high tech industries and they are producing more and more original designs rather than simply copying products. But at the same time they flood the market with low quality knock off copies. There is a lot in China I find interesting and at the same time there is so much that makes me want to run in the general direction of away. And I'm already pretty far away...
My heart goes out to everyone effected. I deleted all my social media yesterday because I couldn’t handle all the memes and the blaming and pointing fingers at Chinese people for “starting and spreading” the virus.
@Dave David it's not deadly. Since it's highly contagious, so the government needs to take drastic measure to stop spreading. Many people have been cured already
rare kind words on TH-cam, thank you.
China is big enough for everything...
I didn't know those things were called andons. Means "lantern" in Japanese.
Yeah, we used to generically refer to them as Christmas Trees
@@TheCuriousOrbs In Germany, "Christmas Tree" is also common, but mostly they are called "Traffic Lights"
I work at a major EU car manufacturing plant. We call the lights Christmas trees but have a manufacturing system called Andon. It was invented at Toyota.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_(manufacturing)
and there was me thinking it was And gate logic control lol
Andons are so useful!
I love these markets so god damn much, honestly the only reason why I want to come to china
I went there just because of them. And I met scotty in the markets :D you can see it on my instagram: bene0_0
being a hobbyist and inventor would be so damn awesome, you could just buy this stuff for pennies and make amazing machines.
Honestly I can't believe the Chinese don't just make boston robotics level shit for funsies
Well, now there's Coronavirus in parts of China.
Wouldn't food be another reason?
Agreed, just awesome!!
11:45 The smile of the seller is so cute.
Ever seen a slap parp?
when he made the "oh wow thats cheap" face when he heard how cheap the andon was, the shopkeeper was probably thinking like "i shoulda said way more.."
That's the thing... There's a dude selling the exact same thing for the same price 5 meters away.
Polite Cat That’s how an American or a British capitalist would think. These people are happy with their family and life,,they don’t need silicon tits and Porsche’s,,,,,and maybe if you opened your eyes, you might realise, you don’t?
The price in that market has nothing to hide, literally you can ask another seller at 5 meters away. I am surprised that they even selling that little amount to them bc there’s no profits at all.
Behind each booth may be a small factory. They don't make money from single purchases like this, they're doing this to "make friends".
@@Mark-cx9rt It's like an Apple store where you can go look at their product selection, have your products fixed, make deals, and interact with a human. It's a better customer experience for those who are looking to order in bulk for their factories.
$5, and both parties were happy, the buyer got it cheap, and the seller got full single unit retail price for him.
The guys working in the factory: Am I a joke to you?
@@djordjeblaga7815 You got your bowl of watery rice, enjoy it.
But but but... plane ticket
I love all thoses stores you make us discover, i constantly mention the kilometer long store that was themed with christmas light for 50 meters then halloween then another place was full wedding decorations and people are always amazed, keep on making us discovering this , Thank you !
12:21 “Non-Professionals Do Not Open”
Me: “okay” and walks away with head down in defeat
Electric Sway a little bit of colored electrical tape over the “non” will solve your problem.
I'm a professional idiot, and I do as I please! LEMME AT IT lol
My old tool box had a sticker that said "Non-Professionals Do Not Open" and above it was a bumper sticker exclaiming "I Don't Listen To Warning Stickers!".
@@jetjazz05 Did you intend to call yourself an idiot? 😂
I'm a professional idiot!
*vs*
I'm a professional, idiot!
really, then you should meet me.
Do not open
Me : hold my beer.
This is my entire amazon/eBay search history in one market. amazing.
"I hope you enjoyed this adventure, I'm Scotty from Strange Parts"
I always enjoy your adventures, Scotty
This is the VERY FIRST "advertisement" that I've purposefully clicked on after 25+ years on the internet. I'll give the Brave browser a shot, if for no other reason than to support your awesome channel, but also because I've been thinking of switching back to Firefox for privacy issues now that Google has gotten so big that it parted ways with its original "Don't be evil" motto. Thanks for your informative content
I just happened on this site. I'm a factory maintenance technician and love with this site!
21:12 funny how that little teasing song is internationally used.
As an Industrial Engineer, this video was gold xD
I spent time in Taiwan. I was amazed by these small shops selling parts, tools & stuff which cost so much in the West but cost literally pennies in Taiwan
7:20 This is how Lego clones get single bricks to put into sets.
lego clones? all of industry uses those things not just clones lol
@@OtakuSanel yeah, but I only watched the factory tour for one of them
You showed me paradise, now i added it to my wish list in near future will visit that place :)
I'm so glad you're pushing Brave! I've already tipped you a few times in BAT over the last few months :)
Thank you!
@@StrangeParts Just a heads up, a lot of us would use the Brave browser if Brave Rewards were actually available in our country.. But they're not (and we've been waiting forever)
@@StrangeParts You're the one that should be thanked! I appreciate all the amazing content you put out, and I hope you appreciate the reach it has. :)
Just going to add on the vibration sorter. I'm working in what is essentially a pepperoni factory. Small time family owned so automation is pretty limited, but we've got a sort of vibrating trough after the slicers which leads into an upwards elevator which dumps sausage into a weigher/bagging machine. trough's whole point is to vibrate all the pepperoni slices so that it consistently fills the next conveyor and doesn't overload it (since it's open and sausage can and does fall off onto the floor if it gets piled up).
It's not a perfect solution since we have someone stationed at it to make sure it's working and everything is coming out of the trough nicely, but it definitely makes their job into more of a quality control thing instead of QC and constantly flattening piles of meat.
My dad and his bro would love this place. They'd literally be spending their time in that shop and be making lot of stuff at home. Sad that we don't have access to such kind of market where we can find everything.
Should’ve put the title to “Disneyland in China (For engineers)”.
for next episode: Build a Rocket From HUAQIANGBEI
if I enters this market, tell my family i found peace !
💀
Is there a machinery shop? As in lathes, milling machines, grinders, etc..
I don't know about Shenzhen but in Shanghai surrounding the area around Beijing Road, they have stores and malls selling machinery as well as hardware such as the ones the video
@@robinandersson7963 ok. I believe that's what I'm looking for. I'm looking for the machines you find in the average machine shop. Mills lathes grinders etc. Not so much the computer controlled ones. But the manual ones for sure.
The shipping would kill your budget unless you were buying by the container load try Grizzly Tools in the US or buy off ebay..
@@robc8468 it all depends. I've priced them both ways. You often pay more through grizzly (which I already own a machine from) and off Ebay. But for now I'm gonna hold off. And maybe once they're done with the corona virus. I'll order a new machine and see if it was worth it.
Check the App Store for grinder. You will be presently surprised 😮
Hey bud.. watching this you just reminded me.. i turned off my brave auto contribute.. because i wanted to stack some bat's. I just turned it back on to auto contribute.. and made sure that you were the only one in my auto contribute. Thanks for all the content.
24:09
-Universal packing material
Scotty: yes
i want my house in that place so i dont have to wait 30-40 days for my parts, this place looks like my warehouse but in a big scale coz im in europe
Want to have one in the States?
Actually, that's their advantage. You will almost never have to wait for parts and supplies.
I believe that's the reason why Tesla was able to produce the first car in such a short time.
OMG, what amazing stores! If we had those here, I'd go broke trying to put together various stuff!
I don’t have ad block but I’m gonna download brave just to support you. You thoroughly deserve it
7:33 Vibration pot is not what we call them in the US. We call them bowl feeders. They are almost always used to feed a connector or part into a machine. Bowl Feeder is what I have always seen on the PO or invoice when we are ordering new equipment.
I miss Akihabara, have part interest in a factory in SZ. Miss parts shopping in SZ. We do not shop on the electronics mart, we work directly with the parts manufacturers that sell to the folks in SZ. Thanks for your videos. Do the pre strange parts... stay safe in these times.
Build something for breakfast out of these automatic building parts! Do a coffee, some toasts with butter and all on a dish! That would be cool! Use Node Red to build it!
These are always the highlight of my day. A lot of these videos don't pertain to my profession or even my hobbies, but it is so fascinating to see Shenzhen up close, personal and in detail. I love seeing your new videos and your enthusiasm for the markets, and I just love seeing the markets themselves. Let's start importing andons & tape, amirite?
Thanks for the vids, Scotty.
Oh I’m in love! This is the best shopping centre ever.
I do love and respect that you admit that your a human trying to live like everyone else and you happen to earn you living making these videos, but also dont like being blown up with ads.
in USA I am glad I have a CNC shop with mills and a manual lathe because it's a pain in the ass trying to find something in Lowe's or home Depot that might help with a one day project
Ive been using brave on my mobile phone for some time now. I havent made the switch to brave on my laptop...... until now.... Tho you didnt mention the BIGGEST reason to switch. For anyone not using brave, they pay you in BAT, (there cryptocurrency) to view adds if you have it set. Its not much but over time it really adds up. in the past week, ive viewed 9 adds and made $1 in BAT. I recommend this browser to everyone.
did not Know, thinks will look in to that! :-)
Happen to know if BAT is on an exchange?
@@pyramydseven it's on quite a few. Almost all major ones including coinbase. It's been around a few years now and is really starting to mature so the scary risks of taking a chance on something new is basically 0 at this point
This is not the video that I expected but I really love it, you should do more of this random tech video’s!
Oh my god I want one of these in my town!!! Home depot aint cutting it
It's a very detailed introduction regarding SZ electro parts market, and then finally I have some clues why my customer are not going to buy spare parts from us. As a professional handler vendor, I think your videos already address some good points of automatic production.
The quality about him is he thinks before speaking. Not that he is two face, he tried from his heart not to hurt anyone's feelings.
A new destination added to my bucket list. What an awesome place, thank you for sharing. We all know most of our stuff comes from China but to see a place like this is just WOW. As a Brit there's a question I've been dying to ask for ages concerning the American pronunciation of "solder" every American I've ever heard leaves the 'L' out and pronounces it 'sodder' while we say sol-der. It intrigues me.
AvE just squealed like a little girl...
He hates Chinesium tho....
he doesn't like to part with his Canadian Kopeks. Keep your Richard in a vice!
Oh I bet he would still be drooling all over. Not all chineseium is bad.
I'd LOVE to see him let loose in these places!
@@danhammond8406 yep, he hates the cheap crappy chinesium but does give props to the stuff thats done right
This looks like an inventor's heaven. I'm sure if even one store like this existed in North America we'd see a boon in technology
Unlikely...
American lawyers would shut any store like this down. Too much liability. Not insurable.
I'm an engineering manager for a large pig and poultry feed producer, this place is heaven for me ❤ I'd love to visit! 😍😍😍😍
Man when i was 7-8ish my grandpa showed me how to solder and make circuits and really sparked my interest in engineering and tech. Wish i had such a marked around the town lol i cant imagine how ofthen i sacrificed some stuff because i missed some fitting parts.
in the US we used to have supply chain stores like this but adopting JIT supply systems has left the US
I don't use ad blocker cause I want to support my favorite content creators like you
And it will be really good if others do it to
This is first time I see your channel. It's amazing!
I am always mesmerized by those Strange Parts videos even though my skills in building something are limited to screwing and unscrewing
But I think that we monk are really stunned by this unknown world, this different culture and those tons of electronic stuff that can do such things sold in those huge markets we had no idea of.
When this video came out I was in a random other job; Now I have 3 years experience working between IT and OT in a factory with loads of different production lines it has taken on a whole new meaning on rewatch
Run homie, RUN !!
General Johnny run forest run
What lifestyle must one have to be able to say: 'This is one of my favorite places to look at warning labels'.
A good one.
*Scott can't remember the word 'heatsink'*
Friend: "...Scotty's got no chill right now..."
XD
Aw man, you even showed the lunch place. Damn, that really takes me back. I miss those places where you get a brick of rice, and then a whole bunch of whatevers to choose from.
I don't block or skip ads in your video. Because you deserve it. Keep it up!!!
I'm a fan of brave just started using it a couple months ago and I really like it, everyone should switch over to it.
I’m happy just knowing a place like this exists!
0:30 "A lot more industrial and mechanical and... awesome."
😆
I visited similar markets in other city and province in China about 10 years ago. They had all these stuff, but just not as current as in the video. Only the smaller factories use them or company use them for development and prototype. Big production need much bigger quantities and reliable supplies of the specific parts.
Out of all YT sponsors, this would be the first one I'm actually interested in.
Warning Card: HOT SUREACE
Me: Give me a thousand.
You want a thousand cards with typos ?! ;)
Ah, yuh.
Those are the geek malls, love it!
Nobody:
Nobody at all:
Mah dude: " dOnt sTeP oN tHe kiDs"
Peak Design. I’m only 30 seconds into the video and I’m hooked!
You are the first person on the web i've been able to donate all of my brave rewards. Please take them all! I've earned a bit over 10 BAT, now you've earned 10 BAT!
You've come a long way from putting headphone jacks in iPhones dude. Great going and good luck for the future dude. Also putting USB C in iPhone video maybe?
That wud be a damn cool project
Lokman he started thinking about it in a video
ive done that to my old samsung kkkk
4:12 "...But it's real quiet..."
Whaaat?! I Can't hear you over all the noise!!
@ are you a robot ?
If you think the solenoid is loud, imagine the sound of the air added to that, without the mufflers... then imagine 15 of them, running constantly, all day!
Great video. I absolutely love this kind of stuff. I could never go to a place like that with any real amount of cash in my pocket. I would end up building a Willy Wonka device that has no real purpose but still super cool all the same.
Vibration pods are one of the most impressive, it always made me think how things are completely passively moving UPWARDS ?!?!
6:20 as far as I know (I'm integration engineer that worked with many different machines) red indicates that the motion on the machine is activated and that maintenance of the machine is dangerous green indicates that the machine is on "safe" condition when the motion is partly disabled and yellow is that the machine is off and there's live electricity on it.
if you could find an LED factory or LED stuff related theme would be so cool, i love LEDs
I saw a vid on YT of a machine making LED Christmas light strings.
It had that shaker-sorter pot to get the LEDs oriented & fed up to a gripper.
The machine then electronically tested each LED for function & polarity. LEDs the wrong way round were diverted to be turned around.
Another section measured out, stripped, & tinned wires.
The oriented & working LEDs met up with the tinned wires & got soldered.
Another section applied heatshrink.
The whole thing just spat out a continuous stream of wired LEDs, in a choreographed mechanical ballet.
But brother Ahmad loves IED's 🤣🤣🤣 jk. Jk. 😁
Robin Hugli we have some
Makes me sick how much we get ripped off. Need to start an import biz.
19:58 Security is creepin' on you!
They don't allow photography in some areas. I walked into an indoor electronics market that had curtains over all the doors.
11:45 The smile of the seller is so cute.
Kenneth was a really fun addition to this! Thanks for the video!
Someone needs to make something like tours for industrial equipment markets. So I could travel to the market with a guide/translator, buy shait and the guide would take care of logistics to put everything on pallets and ship it to where I need.
I have bought stuff from Alibaba, but it is close to impossible to do small combined bulk from multipple manufacturers, for smaller business, that does manufacturing, not distrubution. For those who don't know - freight shipping stuff to EU costs around 250$ for a half ton pallet.
I am kinda anti-china manufacturing, because they have taken most of manufacturing away. I like to buy local/EU by paying a bit extra. But you can't blame China for everything. Just recently I had to buy collet chuck for a mill and in my local store it cost around 500€. Was it some kind of german-made piece of art? No! It was the same set I later bought on Ali for 75$. Why it's so expensive? Because when the product comes to a store it goes through so many hands.
3rdHalf hey I actually live in China. Wanna come?
Thank you for showing us china and what it is to offer as far as the engineering. One thing about traveling internationally, meeting great people make it all worth it.
So basically factory for factories.
Great video as always
I wish my house is near by so I can visit those places every day!!!
Kid in a candy shop. 👍🏼👽
Then u wont be earning enough to want to visit every day
honestly you're the first person to convince me to change browsers from opera
Cool! I just found out both places are not far from Shenzhen airport. Maybe next time I fly to/from there I'll stay an extra day near the airport just to check out these places
The circuit board tester jig was super neat to see, have heard of them before as an EE but never seen what one looks like! I typically design with ample test points and extra vias, but our facility has to test first article boards by hand once they come in because we are a small company
I could spend days in a place like that. I would probably be so overwhelmed by everything I wanted I would leave with nothing. Definitely engineering sensory overload.
Motion sensed beer dispenser!
Best travel channel on The Net, Scotty. Love every episode.
You take your fortunate viewers on a fascinating journey to places they've never seen or thought of before.
This is a very interesting, informative and entertaining video. Subscribed.