Got to say, Ive never been happier for you to say, “Get in there!” Fixing your own thing and fighting all the blowing away of components. Congratulations
amen to that on top of that this is actually the second time he fixed one of his own things his black light for drying stopped working in a earlier video he fixed that as well.
I wont lie... I laughed my ass off to the flying capacitors and your video editing skill 😂😂😂 I know the struggle and I know how tiny those components are. Great work on fixing the thermal cam even without the help of a thermal cam ;) :)
Sad to think of all the good electronics that get thrown out every year from an equally small bit faulty. But as with all machinery...when they have issues the repair is often a simple matter but it's the FINDING of the issue that is the real bugger. Well done Steve!
Reminds me of an old IT legend I heard Big company has a fault in their giant mainframe computer. They call in an IT guy Guy walks in, looks around for a second, finds a component and puts a big chalk X mark on it The company then receives a bill from the IT guy. $40,000 "This is outrageous," the company says. "We demand that you itemize this bill." They receive an itemized bill: Piece of chalk: $1 Knowing where to draw the X: $39,999
problem with thoe "easy" repairs is, that you have to have the right parts lying around or you'll be waiting for them till they arrive. if you need the device NOW and can't wait days or even weeks, then that sucks. once you have those parts lying around, like Steve, it's always better to fix it yourself, if you have the talent. soldering irons are cheap, not sure about that heat-blower-thingy though
From one Steve to another, it was actually nice to see a repair that wasn't going someone's way, with components doing a vanishing act! Keep up the good work, love the videos you make, short, sweet and to the point!
Difficulties leading up to 10:45... pro-tip: toothpick instead of tweezers. It's made out of wood, so it doesn't conduct, nor wick away heat. Much easier to hold a surface mount component with. Also: hot air for desoldering only on such light components. Just put a little blob of solder onto your soldering iron, hold the component down on the wicked pads with the toothpick and stick it down. Then come back with the flux to tidy it up.
I winced watching the use of hot air, I spent years repairing camcorders and my use of hot air was minimal, no need on discrete components, removing or replacement, C53 had too much solder on, doesn't need big blobs, solder should curve down I also used kapton tape to shield delicate parts not aluminium tape.
Out of all the fix it guys I follow, u are the best😊,u could make a video about replacing a standard plug worth watching🙂,this guy deserves subscriptions 👍👍
That cap made a journey across japan; references to another british youtuber aside, I have to say that I really enjoy watching your videos, when I watch your videos time fly like a capacitor.
Watching those tiny components fly off the board to a soundtrack extremely similar to an instrumental version of 'Living In A Box's eponymous debut song was absolute comedy gold. 😁Thank you for your sacrifice and congratulations on another successful fix. 👍👌
This beautiful soldering session! 🤣🤣🤣 For this type of work I always use two Weller WS80 soldering stations with needle tips! There are also soldering pliers from Weller for SMD R or C, but I don't have one. 😔
As always a great episode and lots of successful humorous scenes with Mr. Picard. We too would run away if we were heated with 400 degree air. Regards.
These raps have been getting better and better these last few vids, they're genuinely becoming my favorite part of your videos. I wanna see where your flow goes next.
It's so funny! I mean I have no idea about that soldering-stuff at all. I know it's difficult and I know you are good at it, but you present it with so much self-irony you just cannot help but laugh! Great job 👍!
I had a good laugh with this one. Those parts flying off in all. I normally only use hot air for removal of components, and it’s a lot easier if you just hand solder the smd components. Great work, Steve. I thoroughly enjoy your content, keep it up man. Cheers! 🍻
you should arrange a wall of slightly melted jelly babies around your work area so when that inevitable cap goes flying the jelly squad catch it. you can have that idea for free :)
I half expected the issue to be the power button since you didn't check that at first... congrats on fixing it. PS - I never thought hot air soldering could be so hilarious.
Sometimes I think a normal iron tip would be better Steve? But there again it is hard to guage because the magnifier does such a good job of, well, magnifying. Love the channel mate!
Louis Rossmann actually covered the flying capacitor thing in a video. It's not just the high airflow actually (although I'm pretty sure Steve ought to reduce it). What I noticed (if I see this right) is that Steve grabs the capacitor (and the voltage regulator by extension) at the very low end which means the metal sides don't make as well contact cause the tweezers are actually somewhat in the way. Louis recommended trying to grab the cap at a higher point so that when you place it the tweezers won't be in the way and the risk of the cap flying away would be much reduced. I don't know but it made a lot of sense when Louis explained it in his calming voice XD
We all have days like that, some where there is a pile of components in every electronic engineers house. But made me. Laugh an awful lot. So video. Successful
Steve! If you're going to be doing more soldering in the same part of the board, why don't you cover newly soldered components - especially the minute ones - with a piece of tape once they're in place. And why don't you put the components you have removed, that you want to re-use, re-install or investigate, in one of the two lidded compartments on your blue work-board, then they would "ping" away or get blown away by your hot-air gun. I really enjoy your videos, your's and Vince's are my "go to" channels. Keep up the good work.
Love, love the channel. When heating up the solder for component removal or insertion do you hold the ends where the solder is? Surely, that is dissipating heat? I would be holding the component down by pushing down on said component. Also, you never tin the soldering iron tip before trying to solder? I think the flux in the solder helps heat transfer making a quicker, better joint. Just observations, not criticisms!!!
Nice job. I gotta agree with some of the other comments, and I'm sure you already know, but resoldering the components with the iron instead of hot air is best, since you won't be needlessly heating up surrounding components and won't have to worry about your airflow being to high to send the components flying.
So many time you have seen the components flying away, and still you don't lower the air speed. I work with 10 - 15% airflow speed, and heats faster.. Still great job and a pleasure to watch
That's a really interesting thing to know! After some time watching you I decided to get the same camera, now I know what to look for if one day it decide to not work anymore for me too! Thank you for the educative content :)
haha, its nice to know that you do blunders with soldering / heat guns, the amount of times i've lost something because it flew across the room. I'm constantly standing on them
You have nice flux, solder and tips, so use them. After wicking the solder off, touch one pad of each component and use this pad to mount your component on the board. Once satisfied with the orientation, solder the other pads
I'm jealous of that capacitor. I'm a pilot and that capacitor had more flight time than me today. I love it!
When that cap blew away, the facepalm gif was so perfect I think my neighbours heard me burst out laughing
Five time in a row 😂
Pure gold! 😂
The jean luc picard meme usage cracked me and i almost choked to death.
Got to say, Ive never been happier for you to say, “Get in there!” Fixing your own thing and fighting all the blowing away of components. Congratulations
amen to that on top of that this is actually the second time he fixed one of his own things
his black light for drying stopped working in a earlier video he fixed that as well.
he got his plan, creating his own stupidity for content.. so entertaining.. 🍻
Rumour has it that you don't need the hot air gun on gale force 10.
But it is for dramatic effects !?
That's true, but you have to keep in mind that not every hot air station is capable of gale force 11.
Lmao
120 was the number of flyaways
couldn't stop laughing, you knew it was going to keep happening
The royalty costs for the Star Trek gifs are adding up 😂
I wont lie... I laughed my ass off to the flying capacitors and your video editing skill 😂😂😂 I know the struggle and I know how tiny those components are. Great work on fixing the thermal cam even without the help of a thermal cam ;) :)
I laughed aswell. Every time i was thinking surely he got it this time, come on Steve but then it flew away and i laughed even more.
yep, just woke up my wife cause my fat ass caused an earthquake in bed while laughing
11:40 “I’m beginning to wish I’d just used the soldering iron.” Lol.
Sad to think of all the good electronics that get thrown out every year from an equally small bit faulty. But as with all machinery...when they have issues the repair is often a simple matter but it's the FINDING of the issue that is the real bugger. Well done Steve!
Reminds me of an old IT legend I heard
Big company has a fault in their giant mainframe computer. They call in an IT guy
Guy walks in, looks around for a second, finds a component and puts a big chalk X mark on it
The company then receives a bill from the IT guy. $40,000
"This is outrageous," the company says. "We demand that you itemize this bill."
They receive an itemized bill:
Piece of chalk: $1
Knowing where to draw the X: $39,999
problem with thoe "easy" repairs is, that you have to have the right parts lying around or you'll be waiting for them till they arrive. if you need the device NOW and can't wait days or even weeks, then that sucks. once you have those parts lying around, like Steve, it's always better to fix it yourself, if you have the talent. soldering irons are cheap, not sure about that heat-blower-thingy though
Talent, knowledge, ability (try doing that with a tremor), equipment, etc.
From one Steve to another, it was actually nice to see a repair that wasn't going someone's way, with components doing a vanishing act!
Keep up the good work, love the videos you make, short, sweet and to the point!
Never laughed, so much at a repair video😂😂, and you fixed in the end
Bravo
Steve, you need a "Number of days without Picard face-palm" board as well, lol. Also, that selfie was hot.
I like the humor of using a hot air gun instead of a good ol soldering iron and desoldering braid.
Difficulties leading up to 10:45... pro-tip: toothpick instead of tweezers. It's made out of wood, so it doesn't conduct, nor wick away heat. Much easier to hold a surface mount component with. Also: hot air for desoldering only on such light components. Just put a little blob of solder onto your soldering iron, hold the component down on the wicked pads with the toothpick and stick it down. Then come back with the flux to tidy it up.
Pro tip - just use a soldering iron for soldering these. There is absolutely no need to use a hot air gun
Ceramic tweezers.
I winced watching the use of hot air, I spent years repairing camcorders and my use of hot air was minimal, no need on discrete components, removing or replacement, C53 had too much solder on, doesn't need big blobs, solder should curve down I also used kapton tape to shield delicate parts not aluminium tape.
The Picard gif made me laugh, I think it was the timing of the music too. Da duh da da da and the cap would go flying off.
Out of all the fix it guys I follow, u are the best😊,u could make a video about replacing a standard plug worth watching🙂,this guy deserves subscriptions 👍👍
How about reducing the airflow a bit when components start flying?
Was fun seeing airflow set to warp 9, even if Picard didn't approve.
How about using a soldering iron when you need to tackle just 2 dots?
@@frozen_sun : )
That cap made a journey across japan; references to another british youtuber aside, I have to say that I really enjoy watching your videos, when I watch your videos time fly like a capacitor.
6:02 I became briefly confused and thought Steve was about to take me on a Journey Across Japan.
In the words of the good Captain... 'Merde!'
Good fix. Always better when it's something yours and expensive!!
😍 definitely felt good to keep this thing alive!
Watching those tiny components fly off the board to a soundtrack extremely similar to an instrumental version of 'Living In A Box's eponymous debut song was absolute comedy gold. 😁Thank you for your sacrifice and congratulations on another successful fix. 👍👌
Never thought that soldering could be pure comedy gold 😍
that capacitor flying off the second time, had me!!
Haha! Awesome fix. To think that some would chuck it in the bin. :O
😁 thank you! I really didn't want to have to chuck this away!
It's very rare that a fix vid makes me belly laugh so thanks for that :)
6:02 I feel like taking a Journey across Japan now for some reason.
XD I panicked thinking the video skipped to another video
Ha Ha Steve, Captain Picard made me laugh so hard. Great editing.
I should also compliment you on finding the fault and successfully repairing it.
Good job, mate. 👍
Might help turning down the whirlwind generator a tad 😆
This beautiful soldering session! 🤣🤣🤣
For this type of work I always use two Weller WS80 soldering stations with needle tips!
There are also soldering pliers from Weller for SMD R or C, but I don't have one. 😔
Great repair. I'd hold the air gun a bit more to the vertical and lower the air speed a fair bit.
That music you used during the episode got me excited for a fan showdown. But also... it always reminds me of Living in a Box by Living in a Box
I was fairly sure it was the instrumental... has all the right horn lines (so to speak)
As always a great episode and lots of successful humorous scenes with Mr. Picard. We too would run away if we were heated with 400 degree air. Regards.
Nicely done Stez
Thanks Vince! 😍
@@StezStixFix Pleasure buddy!
I like that we'll done , am here trying fix a sound system but might need your advice
Thank you, Steve, for making my Saturday evenings ever so better with your regular upload 💐
These raps have been getting better and better these last few vids, they're genuinely becoming my favorite part of your videos. I wanna see where your flow goes next.
Hey mate not sure if you will see this, but because of you i started doing videos on my own repairs etc 👍 really enjoy your content 🔥
Steve you put in lot of work in de videos I like
And no blister! Good job mate!
It's so funny! I mean I have no idea about that soldering-stuff at all. I know it's difficult and I know you are good at it, but you present it with so much self-irony you just cannot help but laugh! Great job 👍!
Congratulations you are a Miracle Worker like Scotty from Star Trek.
I had a good laugh with this one. Those parts flying off in all. I normally only use hot air for removal of components, and it’s a lot easier if you just hand solder the smd components. Great work, Steve. I thoroughly enjoy your content, keep it up man. Cheers! 🍻
I stayed for the song at the end. Loved it. 😁
you should arrange a wall of slightly melted jelly babies around your work area so when that inevitable cap goes flying the jelly squad catch it. you can have that idea for free :)
I half expected the issue to be the power button since you didn't check that at first... congrats on fixing it. PS - I never thought hot air soldering could be so hilarious.
@6:03 Getting a 'Living In A Box' flashback. Nice!
A lot of help you were, Dave!
I laughed so hard at the flying capacitor 😂
good job steve - thanks for a lols with the hot air gun it far too much wind
Well done Steve nice fix 😊
Sometimes I think a normal iron tip would be better Steve? But there again it is hard to guage because the magnifier does such a good job of, well, magnifying. Love the channel mate!
Sweetest rap ever. Stez, your people need an album.
MAKE IT SO ❤
Nicely done, Steve.
This is the funniest thing I've seen all week. Brilliant! 😁
In this episode nasty tiny micro electronic components flying everywhere !
Excelent video
I was thinking at one point you were not going to get any of those Components back on 😂but you got there in the end well done 👏 😊
I come for the fix and the humour in equal measure!
Had to chuckle everytime the capacitor blew away way too much wind lol but well done you got there in the end
I legitimately chuckled outloud every time a component went flying. I can imaging how frustrating that was, but it was funny to watch 😝
It blow me away well done 😎👍🏼
You're killing me with the leaf blower!😂😂😂
Louis Rossmann actually covered the flying capacitor thing in a video. It's not just the high airflow actually (although I'm pretty sure Steve ought to reduce it).
What I noticed (if I see this right) is that Steve grabs the capacitor (and the voltage regulator by extension) at the very low end which means the metal sides don't make as well contact cause the tweezers are actually somewhat in the way.
Louis recommended trying to grab the cap at a higher point so that when you place it the tweezers won't be in the way and the risk of the cap flying away would be much reduced. I don't know but it made a lot of sense when Louis explained it in his calming voice XD
Amazingly entertaining! Love watching your videos Steve. Keep up the great work!
We all have days like that, some where there is a pile of components in every electronic engineers house. But made me. Laugh an awful lot. So video. Successful
Steve! If you're going to be doing more soldering in the same part of the board, why don't you cover newly soldered components - especially the minute ones - with a piece of tape once they're in place.
And why don't you put the components you have removed, that you want to re-use, re-install or investigate, in one of the two lidded compartments on your blue work-board, then they would "ping" away or get blown away by your hot-air gun.
I really enjoy your videos, your's and Vince's are my "go to" channels. Keep up the good work.
You’re a very patient man 😂 I’d have flipped the table
Best soldering ever so realistic. They should make a game for this.
Love, love the channel. When heating up the solder for component removal or insertion do you hold the ends where the solder is? Surely, that is dissipating heat? I would be holding the component down by pushing down on said component. Also, you never tin the soldering iron tip before trying to solder? I think the flux in the solder helps heat transfer making a quicker, better joint. Just observations, not criticisms!!!
There's no electronics repair shop anymore.. last time I saw it was 7-8 years ago..
love to see you repairing dead electronic bruv
Ooooo another video in just a few days! Keep 'em coming mate! great content as per usual!
Nice job. I gotta agree with some of the other comments, and I'm sure you already know, but resoldering the components with the iron instead of hot air is best, since you won't be needlessly heating up surrounding components and won't have to worry about your airflow being to high to send the components flying.
Awesome job
So many time you have seen the components flying away, and still you don't lower the air speed. I work with 10 - 15% airflow speed, and heats faster.. Still great job and a pleasure to watch
That was the best “Get in there!”
Amazing Job that! Keep up the Great work! Top video.
Thank you! 😍
Nice one dude!! well done
Love your videos (and MAYBE the raps too... maybe.) From CANADA!
Awesome fix, but I think I was crying from laughing most of the time. The funniest thing is I would do the exact same with the airflow.
How did we get lucky enough to get 2 videos this week? 😁
I've got a few older ones that I never got round to editing! Trying to get a few more out this month! 😬
13:16 *GET IN THERE*
That's why I use an Iron solder to do that haha Awesome video, Steve
That's a really interesting thing to know! After some time watching you I decided to get the same camera, now I know what to look for if one day it decide to not work anymore for me too! Thank you for the educative content :)
Haha very good Steve and a nice fix. Oh.... days since a small component flies off - 0.
Great Job 🎉
Way to go Steve! Love it.. 😀🇸🇪
haha, its nice to know that you do blunders with soldering / heat guns, the amount of times i've lost something because it flew across the room. I'm constantly standing on them
Hi Steve, may be a set of ceramic tweezers may help on situations like this. Thanks for the video!
You have nice flux, solder and tips, so use them. After wicking the solder off, touch one pad of each component and use this pad to mount your component on the board. Once satisfied with the orientation, solder the other pads
Absolutely no idea what happening here but “dang” it was entertaining 👌🏻
A very entertaining repair! (the wee capacitor and voltage regulator ... they just won't behave!)
Get in contact
really enjoy your content :) keep up with good work!
Great job - and entertaining as always 😊
The constant flying away was hilarious
This is exactly how I work too. Facepalms and all. I literally cried tears of recognition.
Great rap and chill background music!
Comedy gold.
Do you have a special appearance from Morcambe and Wise for you Christmas special 😂
Got a sudden urge to go biking in Japan watching this video. 😂
Stez keep up the great work, what is that capacitor book you use? Where did you get it from?
I usually solder 1 end of a cap, then flow it with the hot air mate.
Don't think Capt. Picard would let you in to the Starfleet academy soon...LOL