PotD – Makeshift
January 29th, 2010 ryan
PCB holder.
All from parts in my toolbox, no less.
Beware of This and That
PotD – Fault Verification
January 14th, 2010 ryan
Part of this gig involves mass quantities of rent metal, discarded cables, and components with innards crushed asunder. Standards are met in the factory, careful laser-cut styrofoam inserts cradle during transit, and thick kevlar shielding insulates each part so each part can stand proudly and claim to be “ruggedized” or “mil-spec.”
Yet metals clash, pins fuse, and shorts surface. I’ll pick up a part and note thick scoring where a leatherman bit in to the soft metal of a port connector, or pin out a perfectly good looking cable only to discover the invisible sickness within.
Mundane? Sure. Expected? Of course. Each part has a little story though, and it’s my job to tell it.
