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Post by soop on Jun 11, 2018 12:16:16 GMT
So I don't know how useful this would be, but imagine a printout of a console, with lines going to the various screws, then a removable label with a sticky pad underneath. As you remove screws from the console, you place them on the sticky pad to keep track of what goes where.
Admittedly this is less useful for PC Engine stuff simce none of it has too many screws, but PSPs and gameboy micros maybe it would be useful for?
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DutchDimension
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Post by DutchDimension on Jan 9, 2019 6:45:20 GMT
I used to do this whenever I had to open up one of my MacBook Pro laptops, for battery/ram/drive replacement because they used to have all different kinds of screws for the bottom lid.
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czroe
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Post by czroe on Sept 8, 2020 0:50:19 GMT
I often lay out a large sheet of paper and trace the profile of the laptop or phone or handheld or whatever I am working on, then I arrange the screws within the outline as I remove them. As I remove parts that once had screws threaded into them I sometimes reinstall the screws before I dig deeper so that they will already be where they belong when it comes time to put it back together. I might also remove the screws that were holding something on, like a plate or cover, remove the plate or cover, and put the screws back in their original holes... even though I'm going to have to take them back out again before reassembly. I've seen screw organizers sold for servicing specific models of cell phones but I've also seen large, clear, plastic trays with a grid of compartments. These seem particularly useful because you can set them over a paper outline and not worry about taping screws down or punching the screws through the paper. They can never wander outside of the 1" grid segment you place it into. Problem is, those things cost WAY too much, especially for someone with a 3D printer. I'd rather 3D print interlocking grid or honeycomb pieces to place within a frame and add some salvaged clear plastic sheet on the bottom... but I've been too lazy to actually do it.
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Post by SignOfZeta on Sept 9, 2020 16:30:29 GMT
Magnet, not sticky, assuming the screws aren’t stainless.
It’s a good idea, as in it’s a thing people will like and copy and maybe even buy. Myself, I’ve taken apart so many things at this point that I generally just group the screws by type and section and that’s good enough to get it all back together.
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Post by SignOfZeta on Sept 9, 2020 16:32:35 GMT
I used to do this whenever I had to open up one of my MacBook Pro laptops, for battery/ram/drive replacement because they used to have all different kinds of screws for the bottom lid. The keyboard on a 2008 unibody....over one hundred (100) #0 screws hold that thing in. And it’s nearly the first thing installed so to swap it out you have to gut the entire machine.
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