I know virtually nothing about electronics, but what a compelling and relaxing way to spend an hour and half in the soothing company of Big Clive. Thank you BC.

My new nap routine is playing your videos continually before dozing off. Your baritone authoritative compassionate voice is soothing to the soul. Not trained in engineering, more of a hobby and you make learning fun. You've give so much more to the internet than you give - thank you.

When I was about 6/7 years old, (now 50), I decided I wanted to have my own electronic repair shop, I was already taking old audio stuff apart that I got from jumble sales. Unfortunately my parents moved us all over the world which disrupted schooling something rotten. I got my electronic qualifications for where we lived in the mid to late 80's and got the job, (through word of mouth), of checking and repairing electrical/electronic equipment for most of the second-hand shops in my town. I loved it. Working from home on old stereos, tv's and table lamps.

Just my two cents, but I really like simpler "old-school" style of websites, they're much nicer to use, never have browser compatibility issues, and tend to present all the information you want in a manner that's easily accessible and searchable, I kind of wish more websites were like yours still.

When your design includes a large number of identical resistors, you can speed up the assemble a lot by using resistor arrays in DIP packages. Costs more, but if you're only building a few boards the time savings could be worth it.

Clive, it is like spending time with a good friend.

You didn't think your channel would get so big? This is exactly what beginners and experts alike enjoy. Your monologue is very easy to follow and it is rare that I don't learn something watching your videos.

Skip bits? Are you crazy? This is perfect background entertainment while I'm folding the laundry (there's a lot of it...)

Suddenly, I felt like I was watching a Bob Ross painting video. You are doing great, keep on!

I will say that this video upload was very timely. I have come down with a respiratory infection 5 days ago and have been pretty much cooped up in the house and more so, my room. No going out, no work, no class at night. Dave (EEVblog) just uploaded a really great teardown video which was really spectacular and that put such a smile on my face. Then I got an email notification about this upload from Patreon and saw how long it was and was overjoyed. I've spent a total of nearly 2 hours watching two awesome guys whom I look up to, doing awesome stuff and it really helped my mood and made me feel a lot better. Still feel like a bag of shit set on fire, but a little less horrible lol. Thanks Clive!!

Just came across your channel which has brought back memories of when I used to design circuits and produce my own PCBs. Unfortunately due to a genetic condition I have pretty much lost my sight so its impossible to do that stuff now, but its entertaining and interesting to hear you construct projects. Incidentally my dad was an electrician for nearly 50 years and also as part of his apprentaship worked in steel mills and power stations. Amazing that components such as the 1n4001 and78xx regulators are still available.

Ah, I used to be on Demon long ago, one of the few UK dial-up ISPs that wouldn't force you to hang up every two hours.

26:28 Middle finger, ring finger, pinkie - _three point grip._ Index finger and thumb - _solder feeding._ Got it. I was faffing around soldering something the other day and couldn't get everything in the right place with my hands. I knew Big Clive had a way of doing it!

I love that you can actually get zero ohm resistors. We always wrote 'tested with zero ohm resistor' when we bridged circuits out to fault find large machines

You are the reason why I use and recommend Wago lever-type connectors for domestic electricity. They are a bit big and not cheap, but their ease of use and re-use make them very good tools.

Yet again you gave me flashbacks. My electrical apprenticeship was industrial/commercial, and once had to work a 'ghoster', replacing a complete distribution/bus bar construction that had been completely burnt out by an exploding rotary furnace. The bus bar enclosure was the size of a coffin, with switches so big it needed a mans weight hanging off them to operate. Armoured cables as thick as your arm. Pulling those off the drum is what has given me a life long lower back problem. You gotta love industrial three phase!

Nice project. When you mentioned the steel mill it brought back memories (I would say good memories but I’m trying to be truthful here) of the two years I had a “Vacation Bid” in the casting unit at National Steel’s Granite City Division in Illinois USA. I filled in for whoever was taking their vacation that week, so my schedule was always up in the air. When working at our Ladle Metallurgical Facility where we adjusted the chemistry and the temperature of the roughly 200 tons of liquid metal in the ladles, we used a triple set of 24 inch diameter carbon electrodes to arc and heat up the contents in the ladle. You always tried to make it back inside the control pulpit after taking a test sample or throwing in additives as quickly as possible because if you were outside the pulpit when the relays kicked in and the electrodes started arcing it was like being punched in the chest. It was literally painful to breathe for the first couple of seconds, every time it happened. Even if you knew it was coming. So, of course, we had to walk every new guy through there when they first showed up, after we asked wether or not they had a pacemaker first, naturally. Between my time at the steel mill and my time at the oil refinery I ended up with a lot of stories, and in several of them I was lucky I didn’t die. Now im crippled so I don’t get to do too much of anything.

What I love about your channel here, among other things, is that you often come up with several phrases I would not expect to hear from other people who talk about electronics on KZfaq. My favourite phrase today is "aren't too fussed about being able to rub your hands sensuously on a circuit board". Thanks for the grin, chuckle & smiles. Task accomplished. 😄😄😁😁

Omg. I have distinctly blue eyes, and have been messing around with electronics since I was 4, computers since I was 9 and I've been a professional software developer for 10 years in the local ISP industry. You hit the nail on the head!! Wow!

I have brown eyes and I'm a plumber/heating engineer/gas engineer so your survey got me spot on! Now you should release it as a scientific research paper! You might even get it published in one of those fancy science journals. The Nobel prize for internet surveys maybe?

Fantastic! I love these long build videos and your stories and being able to learn from someone that's got so much experience. Also nice since I live alone and can somewhat keep me company while working on something of my own. :D

I think your find they stop filming after 30 minutes due to import tax reasons, if it records longer then 30 minutes it is classed as a video recording and falls into a high import duty

Fantastic villainous build video! I just ordered An Engineer SS-02 solder sucker from Amazon, $27.54 with tax, delivered tomorrow. Replacing my old Swedish Precista pump. Thanks for the entertainment and the tip!!!

Clive. In reference to soldering residential electrical. My father straight out of highschool had a job working for a place wiring houses, this was back in the day of the Rural Electrical Co-Op going out and bringing electricity to rural farms and communities. At that time they used a solder pot much like what you'd find around a shop now to do mass tinning of component leads. They twisted the wires, fluxed them and dunked them in the pot. After it cooled they taped them up. He also told me.about some older houses that were wired with "tube" basically you has a hot and neutral run across the rafters on little insulators. Lights and plugs were connected directly to this power buss. Very sketchy.

Doing repairs, I check fuses first, if its a glass fuse, you can see if its a short (it will look like a explosion went off it in it ) if it looks just melted (it was over loaded) next check power rails, if one is dead, check regulator chips , if they are ok check the startup cap and secondary cap for switch mode supply's. That usually cover 90% or more for repairs for me.

a note on House electronics, one of the main reasons is ease of use while I was doing the electronics at my house with a mate, we used the wager clips because of 2 main reasons, Extensibility and ease of Access, if we where to solder the wires that's it, its a hassle to then unsolder them to re-route the lines. that and bringing a soldering iron around the house is a pain and one the mini ones wouldn't be powerful enough to heat up the thick copper cables.

I have no idea why but KZfaq randomly plays this to me at least once a week! Must know how much I love your work I guess.

Re resistor markings; back, way back, in the 1960s I used resistors with numerical markings, I remember that they had green bodies and I think that they were branded 'TSL' (Technical Supplie(r)s Limited?). It was necessary to fit them such that the values could be read once the equipment was completed and, of course they became unreadable after even minor overheating.

I've been dabbling with electronics for 29 years now - how have I never seen that bending device thingy before??

Watching this is worth every second. It's like having a conversation with a friend

Clive, Thanks for the real world reference's to your experiences, I find your recollection's bringing back my memories from my career, particularly my apprentice training in the steel industry back in the mists of time and working with high power systems. Indeed I have worked on Electric Arc furnace power supplies with one in particular being a 72 MVA transformer supplying a Furnace that could refine 100 tonnes of scrap steel into high quality steel in 50 minutes! I hope you agree that we were privileged to have worked on such equipment that is now sadly long gone in the UK.

I admit...I was not really looking at the video, just listening to your voice and I felt relaxed

I agree with the diagnostics LED's comment. I like diagnostic LED's also. It just makes troubleshooting easier.

I graduate from school this may, and I have to say Clive your videos always reminded me of why I work so hard to become an electrical engineer. It is such a fascinating field, keep up the good work!

Hi Clive, love your channel. I don't do much electronics now, more digital sound engineering, but I started my electronic career after my YTS - yes, I was that spotty youth. I was placed at C&N Electrical in Gosport, Hants, making PCB assembly aids. I took a PCB and a build guild and digitsed where the components were selected. I then took a photograph - yes 35mm film, of each step which also encoded which component bin the assembler had to pick from. Once I had gone through the entire build, I took the roll of exposed film and developed it just as a roll of negative and installed it into a cartridge. This in turn was inserted into the assembly jig, which was similar to what you started with. Above the jig was a projector which shone through the image into the board showing the assembler where to insert the component. Once done, the lid was closed, as you did, and reversed. Depending on the component, either 1 or 2 legs were soldered and the legs cropped with a pneumatic tool. This PCB then went to a wave soldering machine, where I actually moved onto and machine soldered the entire board. Fun days for a 17 year old. I now build sets and/or run sound for amateur theatre and have a couple of mentors who actually desgin and build sound desks we use - what better mentor can you get. Just getting ready for West Side Story where I've arranged the set and built other bits for it. Have to wire up a "jukebox" to play some of the music and finally get to play with a dry ice machine where, hopefully, the band will get a tast of! Love the fact that you don't just do electronics, your MRE tasting is fabulous, and I can never forget the doll with the exploding fanny! Keep up the good work. You never do a dull video.

Another great educational and entertaining video, Clive. I'm disabled so drive vans to accommodate my wheelchair and other paraphernalia. I was a bit snobby about Fords at first but since the mid-1980s found Transits the most comfortable to accommodate Big John. I love the Isle of Man, since first going there as a child in 1971 just after Summerland was opened. Been there many times since, including working at Noble's. I work in anaesthesia, and my company is based in Ramsey - not for tax evasion but best compliance. There is a chasm between rich and poor but I see that all over the UK too.

I'm with clive when it comes to looking for problems. People keep telling me I'm a pessimist, I keep trying to tell them that I am a realist. There will be problems, what is wrong with looking ahead and avoiding the worst ones.

Clive, the 30 minute recording cut out has to do with the classification of the device. After 30 minutes, devices will classify as being a videocamera, which costs more for the manufacturer then limit the maximum recording time. That is why videos will be limited to 29 minutes and 59 seconds.

Nice job Clive, I have watched this video in segments over the last two days, as I was busy with other stuff. Your Q and A was awesome. Brilliant soldering skills and PCB design.

After I got out of the Army I worked in an electronics plant automatic insertion department. Combining all of the components into taped rolls and then placing that onto a machine that cut, bent, inserted and affixed to the circuit board. Mind numbing work but it paid the bills!😂

I love how Clive just talks totally random stuff while building his next project, really entertaining man :)

As a doll collector I came for the Flaming Fanny. As a general geek I stayed for the disassembly and analysis of cheap tat.

You’re absolutely right about the connectors. If you have to use them every day you know the „cage“ ones are much better and easier to use

Hi Clive! New Subscriber here - when I worked for a sub-contract electronics company, we had two different methods for bending components - for small to medium batch production, we had a bench-mounted unit with a handle - worked like yours, but you could feed the bandoliers straight in! For prototypes, we had sets of individual 'benders' that were colour-coded for their size - I still have 3, yellow for 0.4", green for 0.5" and blue for 0.6" pitch - they were very simple construction - a cast aluminium part with a 'v' groove for the component and a slot for the wires, and a 'u' shaped steel part that was hinged to the other at one end, with a return spring set in a recess in the ali part, and a locating 'dimple' in the steel (the painted part).

WHY DO SCOTTS MEN SOUND LIKE ROTTWEILER'S WHEN THEY SHOUT BUT ANGELS WHEN THEY JUST "talk". LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.

I always misread “villainy” as “villany”... Villany in Hungary means electricity 😂😂😂😂😂

Clive, you gotta be kidding 😂 As I was a child, I was just like you! I also constantly built coin operated vending machines, mechanical and electronical ones of all kinds!😳😂 I used Fischer Technik Robo-Pro for these machines, because you can graphically program all your assembled machines‘ circuits using a software based on graphical logic-blocks (if, or, and, for, Nand, etc…), I/O-blocks (Motor, Pin x, Speed y, Start), Delays, and much more… Those Coin operated machines still attract me to this day, thus I straight up went to europe’s largest vending- and reverse-vending-machine manufacturer „Sielaff“ during my obligatory practical term for my electrical engineering bachelors degree 😉

I’m blue eyed and am am a mechanic specializing in electronic troubleshooting. Always have loved electronics and anything mechanical. Great video as always Big Clive!!!!

Love these build'n'talk videos. =) Great questions from everyone. This past summer I grew my first beard. It was about 3 inches long/short before I shaved it off. So, yeah first beard at 45 years old... ;)

At 68 years old, I may well be a bit older then the average watcher (OH eye color blue - career's 24 years law enforcement - 8 years as a soldier in the US Army Communications - College degree's - Paralegal - Computer Science - Gun Repair (all associate's degree's). At any rate, back when I was a boy, we had a very good grasp on recycling, no need for bins and such. Pop and Beer Bottles had return bounty of 2 to 5 cents, so when we wanted a candy bar, we hit the ditches and gathered bottles, hit the grocery store and gathered our rewards, then hit the candy isle and got the candy. We used to head out to the city Dump, which was open to the public, and unsupervised back then, and hunt for copper, we tore into washing machines, and other places where we could find cooper wiring then took that to the local junk yard, where they paid us by the pound. Of course much of the cooper had insulation on it, this we would burn off in coffee cans and kerosene, or in a pinch gas. Aluminum was just getting value, so we would gather that as well, also iron had value, as we got old enough to get dad's pickup, we would hit the local farmers, they all had old obsolete machinery in their tree patches, we would ask if we could clean that up for them, most said yes, and even furnished lemon aid for breaks, as we tore down old machinery and loaded the pickup with scrap iron and steel. Of course times have changed, and kids are no longer expected to make their own money if they want to attend a movie, or eat a candy bar, thus we have fallen on the recycle projects of today. I still have wonderful memories of cleaning up ditches around town, and the inovative ways we had to tear down old farm equipment, well that is indeed another tale.

Clive, well done indeed! We all love your stuff and really do want you to be around and making more vids for a long time to come. With that said PLEASE do something about the solder smoke! You can say the stuff is harmless but so were cigarettes before they weren't! At the very least mount a 12v fan blowing across your face between you and the soldering. Surely you have a 12v power supply. Take care PLEASE! Keep the great vids coming!

Oh, Yes, Clive, we like you. Watching your videos is better than medicine. Even the non pharmaceutical type, i.e. laughter. Although you provide that also, with the proper "dosage". Your "bedside manner" is worthy of a class in the most highly regarded medical schools. I dub thee "Doctor Big Clive". (Please! No shock therapy, Doctor!) ;-)

I use Lego to make prototypes. Technic is particularly useful. Very quick but not cheap, I only use my old retired sets.

This is great, I have to say I'm an hour into the video. I have to pause to run my son to skrool😁. Your assembly videos are awesome. I'll edit when I'm done watching. 🇮🇲 That was fantastic, professionally done. Neat, Clean. Well done. Edited I also wanted to mention I watch this gamer he had got onto the topic of people listening to his videos in the background while they work or clean house. I was like that sounds familiar. So I had pointed them in your direction. I wonder has you tube taken the place of talk radio. I do talk radio all day, videos in early am and at night, I dont watch TV. BigClive started a new phenomenon. Tips hat to BigClive.

I've watched this a few times, usually put it on in the background while working on something else, and I have to say, watching you form those leads with that desoldering tool is immensely satisfying!

Well Clive, I think you've just secured yourself a job aboard NCC-1701 - Mr Scott would be proud of how quickly you fixed Uhura's communication console! I really love it when a plan comes together, and when something works as it should from 'switch on' - reminds me of my very first 'single shot' success in building an electronic circuit, an audio amp based around an ECL86 triode/pentode valve (I was only just 12 years old!). There was a massive sense of satisfaction to be derived from building it, powering it up, and it working from the word go! - Lovely stuff. Anyway, this is just what I had in mind a month or two ago, when you were introducing us to your LED-neon strips.

Lego is capable of _so much more_ now, especially with the introduction of Mindstorms and the most recent Powered Up system!

This is my favorite sort of video from you, love it!

I was a electrician from 87 to 1999 , In a lot of homes made during and before the 1940's I seen cloth wire where 2 wires coming into opposite sides of the box were pulled so tight that where straight and overlapped a inch and soldered then taped. My dad was a electrician from the 60's to like 2010 and he told me that when he started there was no wire nuts or anything, so they would have a small pot of melted lead and they would have the wires overlapped a inch ,because copper was expensive and they would dip the wires in the lead and wrap with tape. I hated it when I would come across it because there was usually only a inch to inch and a half of wire coming out of the pipe!

I worked for Maplin for about ten years on and off, until a few years before they totally crumbled. When I first started in the 2000's we stocked a decent selection of components and tools, many of which became catalogue only then were completely discontinued. While the circuit board rack may have been a catalogue only option, and one I never perused, but we certainly never had such a unit in stock, so I suspect it's origin is either elsewhere or was discontinued before my time. I'd have definitely grabbed one had I known about it though, looks like a dead handy bit of kit. Worryingly I have many of those Efest batteries! Though tt be fair they're a lot better than the early generation light pink Efest 18650s, back when they all had nipples, before the mass de-nippling of factory cells.

De-soldering tubes ? I've never seen those before. And they double as lead benders. Must look out for some. Thanks Clive

For ‘bench scissors’ may I recommend our favourite supplier ‘poundland’ I just bought a pair for my workshop. They are excellent.

Clive is a Lego Maniac! Ok I have defiantly got to become a patron ASAP, that is once I actually get my one for my prop shop going. It may not be big and I'll never work at a fair or carnival like you Clive (Still find it amazing you worked at Disney, just freaking amazing) but if I can make things for people to enjoy and actually make a living I suppose it ain't bad. Give me a reason to learn from my dad, he is a electronics guy too though he never was able to do surface mount tech his eyes were kinda bad at the time. But he is the best amp, radio and transistor or tube dude around my area. He used to get work from two major music stores here in my home town, but one closed a few years back and the other went under younger management. Still got a good connection to em, just a case of younger generation phasing out external freelancers. Currently I have a plan for a radio replica prop, based off one from the old CGI Donkey Kong cartoon. Jank as the animation was (It was the 90s, only Canada had a great CG animation studio. A lot are still from that region these days but Mainframe was the grandpappy of them all, just don't mention money for nothing around them they hate being referred to as the guys who made that music video. Considering how much of a nightmare it was I don't blame them when ReBoot was simply ahead miles compared to that relic of 80s renderfarms. I digress) I will make the body and frame and my dad he will handle the radio, lights and inputs for it.

It doesn't matter what you're doing nor saying, Clive. I just enjoy the sound of your accent and calming voice. That's a very unusual statement, coming from a hermit. :-) You're like an oral oasis in the middle of a hostile political battlefield. Thank you for being here. Oh look! I must have inadvertently learned some useful tips and tricks, along the way. It's a win/win! Then, you awakened a nostalgic memory of falling asleep at the workbench in ~1982, while doing 'ghosters' to finish a laser projection system for Cliff Richard's European tour, including a night Edinburgh. Glamorous show biz, eh? 24/7, sleeping with 15 road techs on a tour bus and loving every minute of it. What in the world was wrong with me? BR 😎

4:15 Couldn't you crop-form the resistors straight out of the bandolier?

I've head the 30 minute recording limit has nothing to do with file sizes or technical, but rather some obscure law which states that devices which record more than 30 minutes of video will be burdened with an extra tax or something because they are professional video recorders and thus are always used to pirate video content and hence they must be taxed to death. My memory escapes the details but sounds plausible..

I have been building hobby kits for 50 years and it is enlightening to see how somebody else does it. I thought your video would be boring but I learnt much from it and in particular the stainless desoldering tubes and the flush cutters which I will get . Sure beats heating the pad and giving it a quick knock on the bench. Thanks

I used to work at a shipyard as an electrician. Installing wiring of all types throughout the ship as it was being built. For those massive cables we resorted to the whole gang wrestling the cable. We would have one man about every two feet just to handle the weight of it. Fortunately, there were very few of that size. Most wiring was easily handled by one or two men.

I cant wait to watch, I am in the middle of some LED Neon projects right now.

21:56 That sound, "PWOINGGGG" I don't why, I lol'd.

When I were a lad, we had soft drinks you know? Most of them came in glass bottles. Yes they were more expensive (the glass bottles that is). Was it the famous 6 ounce coke bottle that cost more than the cola inside the bottle? But we used to recycle all the bottles as there was often a "deposit" of as much as 10p on the bottles which you would get back from the shop keeper or off-licence. Worked really well.

I have watched this video probably 5 times (YT keeps having it pop up in my auto-play) and it's almost soothing/relaxing just listening to it as I work on my own stuff. Between Clives baritone voice, Isle of man accent and the way he talks about tech it's as if I got a buddy with me talking shop as I go about my work. Now I just need to get one of these boards so I can build it myself. Lol

RE 30 minute stop on videos - there is a legal reason for that. There is apparently some kind of import duty on camcorders - and the law says that if it records video over 30 minutes at a time, it's subject to "camcorder" import duty. But if not it's just a camera that shoots video. There's usually no actual reason to limit to 30 minutes. Sometimes it's file size - 4GB limit on FAT filesystem, or the battery won't last anyway or something, but this tax thing is I think the usual culprit.

I'm struggling to think of a Villainous application for this device

These longer videos are my comfort.

I really, really enjoyed this video. Something deeply relaxing about watching someone build something and talk about related subjects at the same time. Sort of AS MR but more fun. I even had a nice dream involving The Department of Villainy 😊

Clive, what tolerance do you prefer for your zero ohm jumpers? 5%? 🙃

Last comment, I promise. I've found when I need to de-solder a plated thru hole, it's easier to put the pump on the opposite side of the board from the iron.

If you find yourself doing a lot of high thermal mass work; consider getting yourself a medium duty Glazier iron like Weller’s W100P. It targeted at stained glass artists, but it’s my go to when I need more consistent heat load but not necessarily higher temperatures. Though to be clear, this is not going to replace your daily driver or be well suited for general purpose electronics work.

Have had the same question about RC models, solder versus crimping. The military and aviation all crimp, its reliable. Solder connections can break where the solder ends and the wire begins. Solder flux residue can also cause issues.

Just after the 3 minute mark "there are some countries where internet access isn't good" - ah, I see you've heard of America, especially anywhere barely outside urban areas.

Tenths of an inch. - The measurement of nicely splayed legs.

This was extremely relaxing. I learned so much in relatively a short period of time. You do such beautiful work.... almost mesmerizing. Thanks for answering questions and sharing your knowledge 😊 🤗

I like your component bender/cutter and soldering jig. Nice to see a bit of good old thru hole action instead of SMD. I like a good soldering iron session.

"What's inside a 0 ohm link?" Why don't you open one up for us? Seems like we could find out pretty easily.

funny thing about zero ohm links is they come in different series and Tolerances :D

I like learning how things work like the automatic hand sinks, smoke alrms, etc... your content has improved quality of life!

I thoroughly enjoyed watching you build this project. Very relaxing.

3:50 I thought those cutter/formers were made to use taped resistors. Just go down the line cutting and forming them and you didn't have to take them off the tape first.

Ordered the kit of desoldering needles to give them a try. AU$2.04 with free China post and be damned LOL.

I got a pair of Xeron snips with my resin 3d printer (Elegoo Mars Pro 2, I'd recommend it) and it wasn't until Clive talked about them in this video that I finally understood why I prefer them to my citadel ones for model making

I have been looking everywhere for that Assembly jig I know this might sound strange, but I watch these videos while I am cooking.. I love Electronics, and no I am not cooking electronic components or wires although Spaghetti is.. NVM.. It seems pretty relaxing. I sometimes listen to the longer videos while I am falling asleep because Clive's Voice is so soothing.. If he told me a story I would probably sleep.. lol He could be one of those KZfaq Narrators that Narrate stories..

mechano was my building toy of choice

*Spits beer over computer* err, i have brown eyes Well that explains why I prefer hardware to software

Dude. You make a great video by filing experience in while working on the project. And still keeping the viewers attn. People that are Truely interested will find all of it great. I dont think nobody else knows how to do that. That's pretty good.

The first video I saw from this channel, was; someone had .ripped the *_Fanny Flambo_* video & uploaded it to Facebook or wherever... It was a few years later when I had already subscribed to this channel when it suddenly dawned on me that your voice was *_VERY_* Similar to the voice in the _Fanny Flambo_ video! And I searched & found your original video... That was a triumphant moment. 👍👌✌

FYI: The 30 minute recording limit is NOT because of file size limits. It is for taxation reasons. If a camera/phone/toaster records more than 30 minutes in one go, it is considered a video camera rather than a camera/phone/toaster which records video. The import tax is about double, hence the limit. All other quoted reasons such as 'image quality' and 'sensor protection' are lies - the only reason for the limit is importation tax. (DJI, I'm looking at you!) File size is a fun one to debunk. Strictly speaking any file size limit also can appear to limit recording time; after all, a 32bit Operating System will usually limit files to 2GiB (they can do 4GiB but 2GiB is easier to work with for *reasons*). However, it is very simple just to open a new file and seamlessly continue recording. Those toasters which do this also insert a fake recording delay of between two and ten seconds between files so as to prove the toaster is not a video camera. Most of us hack our devices to remove the limit.

When you started soldering I cought myself unconsciously performing my "blow soldering smoke away" puff xD .

Some years back, I worked in an electronics factory where we assembled custom orders for different clients. Some orders were as small as one single board, while others could be several thousand boards. (Larger orders were often referred to larger production companies that could automate even more of the process than we did.) Anyway, the 0-Ohm resistors (I was told by one of the engineers) were used when the original design called for some other value, and it was later found to be unnecessary. Instead of redesigning the board, we would just load 0-Ohm resistors in the holes and solder them like other resistors. It also looked more professional than adding jumper wires. (And before anyone argues, I'm also aware that sometimes, a board served more than one purpose, and needed resistance for only some of those uses.)

Long build videos like these, especially the ones with work-related Q&As and stories always make me regret not pursuing trade work when I was younger. I grew up in a place and in a time (and with an attitude) that pushed me towards lower-rent office- and computer-type work. Luckily, there are still chances to get my hands dirty. Which keeps me sane.