Old VHS Camcorder

[tristen]

[QUOTE=loopyloo;722233]

...Worse part is if I leave this one too long I will forget how to put it back together and in particular which screw goes where. lol

Buy yourself an ice block tray with many compartments. Place screws from individual sections of camera into separate compartments. Use a small scrap of paper to label each compartment and the problem of remembering where screws go is solved.

Cover tray with transparent kitchen plastic film to prevent spillage and loss of screws.

[loopyloo]

[QUOTE=tristen;722244]

Buy yourself an ice block tray with many compartments. Place screws from individual sections of camera into separate compartments. Use a small scrap of paper to label each compartment and the problem of remembering where screws go is solved.

Cover tray with transparent kitchen plastic film to prevent spillage and loss of screws.

Yes I have plenty of containers for small bits although not so useful in this case as the screws vary a lot in length, thread type, head shape, gauge and colour, but yes I am using a grouping method.
I also keep a few caps off old spray paint cans just for the purpose of sorting. These are excellent for a TV pull apart.

Then there is this method too :
In this photo are seven different screw variances for only one side of the housing.



I learnt a long time ago when doing engine rebuilds about grouping parts with their fastenings.
I'll never forget when a mate asked me to help him put his engine back together after I did the head up for him. When I arrived there, the parts where spread around his shed and all of the nuts and bolts he just threw into a couple of ice cream containers. Crikey!, lol. It was a mini minor so quite a major pull down anyway I got the job done but it took some working out.

[lsemmens]

Thanks guys, in all my years of pulling things apart I never considered either of the above two solutions. I did use individual containers for various sections (especially engine parts) but hadn't considered actually labelling the containers or the sheet of paper. I DID however use a method learnt in the Cut Lunch Commandos of (used when stripping bang sticks) place parts in order from left to right and re-assemble in reverse order. But that got rather difficult when you got over more than a dozen or so parts or you had to leave the job for a day or so.

[bob_m_54]

@Loopyloo we used the same idea when removing screws from aircraft panels, we had templates made out of foam, roughly to scale and shape of the panel, and as you removed the screw from the panel, you place it in the appropriate hole in the template. Sometimes you could have over a hundred screws in each panel, with a dozen or more different sizes.

[tristen]

Well, I might as well add that I too have used the method so wonderfully illustrated in Loopyloo's post #22, of using a piece of corrugated cardboard with an outline drawing of the assembly from which I had removed screws. I fixed the screws in place with transparent tape (Durex/Bear) in order to ensure that they remained in place.

They are all good methods to aid in "remembering where the screws go".

Anyway, I hope that the OP continues to keep us updated on his progress with the offending unit.

[admin]

BTW, I'm a big fan of reviving old technology. I have a great many elderly relatives

I'll have to get you round to see if some of my relatives can be fixed

[loopyloo]

Well, I might as well add that I too have used the method so wonderfully illustrated in Loopyloo's post #22, of using a piece of corrugated cardboard with an outline drawing of the assembly from which I had removed screws. I fixed the screws in place with transparent tape (Durex/Bear) in order to ensure that they remained in place.

They are all good methods to aid in "remembering where the screws go".

Anyway, I hope that the OP continues to keep us updated on his progress with the offending unit.

Yeah I will...although I always have a few projects going at the same time. That's just the way I am.
My jukebox build is keeping me busy at the moment but I will get back to the camcorder in between breaks.

[tristen]

Well! I was going to ask you about your jukebox.

It looks like you will have to start a separate thread entitled "Jukebox".

[lsemmens]

Actually tristen, and this might be a good idea for another section, Admin. A guitar forum that I inhabit has a "build" forum where people post piccies of their current projects from start to finish. As it is Guitar related it starts with timber selection, then matching the timber and construction. It's actually quite fascinating to see a project come together along with the video and (of course) audio of the final product. Might work well here, too with the many little projects that we seem to be involved in. Maybe Godz could, say, show stripping down and re-building his favourite starter motor, of Loopy, fixing his favourite cam-corder.

[loopyloo]

Actually tristen, and this might be a good idea for another section, Admin. A guitar forum that I inhabit has a "build" forum where people post piccies of their current projects from start to finish. As it is Guitar related it starts with timber selection, then matching the timber and construction. It's actually quite fascinating to see a project come together along with the video and (of course) audio of the final product. Might work well here, too with the many little projects that we seem to be involved in. Maybe Godz could, say, show stripping down and re-building his favourite starter motor, of Loopy, fixing his favourite cam-corder.

Ok well I might post a new one relating to the jukebox then

[lsemmens]

Go for it mate. I'm always interested to see how people do things.

[TVguy]

Guess what I found in my mother's garage? I knew that I could not throw it out. Just like new.
Two batteries as well. Haven't tried to turn it on yet. Last time it was used was almost twenty years ago.

[loopyloo]

Guess what I found in my mother's garage? I knew that I could not throw it out. Just like new.
Two batteries as well. Haven't tried to turn it on yet. Last time it was used was almost twenty years ago.

Wow, how'd it go ?
No chance of charging the batteries I'd say.

[TVguy]

Wow, how'd it go ?
No chance of charging the batteries I'd say.

Will try to fire it up over the Christmas break. Fingers crossed for a positive outcome.