Learn About Screwdrivers & Equipment for Circuit Bending

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AMANDA CLAIRE: All right. The first thing you're going to use when you begin a new project in circuit bending is a screwdriver and the reason for this is, is that most electronic devices are put together, you know, they're in these kind of hard--tend to be in these hard plastic cases, sometimes metal cases, but usually plastic. But they're put together with screws that are accessible from the outside. So here's the front of this toy. Here's the back of this toy, and you see it's got all these little holes here, sunken holes and there's a screw in each one of these, this basically holding this thing together. And so, if you're going to get to the circuit board, obviously you got to open, you got to get in to these screws. Almost, always, these are going to be Phillips head screws, right? So, a Phillips head obviously is the type of screwdriver that kinda has a little cross-shaped tip to it, like this one. It doesn't have a--it's not a flat head screwdriver with one line. It's a cross, when you look down like this, that's a Phillips head. This is kind of a large one--some devices you might be able to use this with but like, I don't think I can get this down and do that, oh, actually it does sort of fit there. So, okay, I could use this one with this particular toy here, but a lot of times you'll find though that there are screws that are too small to use one of these on, and so that's why the jeweler's screwdrivers are useful. And you can get these anywhere. You can get them in hardware stores or hobby stores. You don't have to go to a jeweler supply store. I mean, you can kind of get them everywhere. And I've got a few different sizes here for different-sized screws. They make even smaller ones than this. It's probably a good idea to have a couple of flathead screwdrivers on hand because once in a while you'll find a flathead screw you need to open and your Phillips head screw diver won't do it. I've only got a small one here, I should have a larger one too which is didn't bring, but the other thing I want to say is that screwdrivers aren't only used for opening the device you have because once you open it, you'll find that often times, they're or actually usually, there are other screws inside that are holding things like the little speaker in place and you might want to take that out. And the circuit board itself is often also screwed into the case with little screws too and sometimes to just access it, you'll need to take your screwdriver and take it out. So, screwdrivers necessary for circuit bending, mainly Phillips head have a few different sizes and maybe a couple of flathead screwdrivers for the rare flathead screw you will encounter.

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