I read this comment before putting this video on as background noise. Then I look over after hearing dremels, "hot glue hot glue hot glue", and see plastic being cut off with pliers. I see what you mean now.
Fun fact, if you cut a board with a grinder or hacksaw or whatever, you really should finish off the edges with fine needle files/jewelers files. You don't want the traces from the different layers of the boards shorting together on rough cut edges.
To be so careless with one's components but still knowledgeable enough to make it all work (and to know what to fix when it doesn't work) is truly the mark of a craftsman.
I'm so used to these kinds of things being all precise and formal. Seeing you grinding circuit boards, ripping things apart, patching things together with wires, then dumping ten kilos of hot glue in there and ending up with a working item is such a breath of fresh air honestly
Like someone else said in one of his earlier videos, James is a early 19th century surgeon. He knows what parts do and what he has to do, he just lacks some technique.
Nah. He has the knowledge and technique, but chooses to only show the knowledge while slapping shit together like an insane genius. It's like everyone is saying "please be careful" and he's like "ppffffffttttttfdtfftpfpt SURE KID" and just ruins your life with knowledge @@tezcanaslan2877
I showed my dad this vid and he said, "That's the hackiest motherf***er i've ever seen" and he is an electrical engineer. But I have to agree. Angle grinding not just the case but the motherboard, ripping off unused components, and using a 9V switch to break main. I literally had to lie that you were joking to my dad he was actually horrified. Never in my life have I ever scene every ribbon being a slice of a bigger ribbon or soldering to different ribbons together they brake if I look at them the wrong way. I don't think theirs's an inch of this console not held together with hot glue which is impressive and horrifying. I can't wait for the next video. I've never quite seen anything like this. The crafty way you get away with using all the wrong things is insane.
That was 10 minutes and 54 second of pure carnage and I absolutely love it, I applaud your craftsmanship and knowladge towards electronics. That was sheer perfection.
The way he talks about what he's doing puts me at ease and makes me realise, we're going to get the end result and i'm going to wait and watch it unfold
You playing Pepsiman made this video 100% better This, the portable Super Nintendo, that NES inside a NES cart... I really love what you do, and I'm looking forward to see what you will do next.
This whole video had me gritting my teeth, with my eyes wide and my heart racing. I could sense my own physical discomfort tangibly emanating through the room around me. I kept waiting for the moment when it all went to hell. The stress was so intense, I was sweating bullets. I got so scared, I almost called my mom to come pick me up. If chaotic evil was a retro gaming RU-vidr, this is that guy. Congratulations sir, you successfully made me uncomfortable for 11 minutes straight. ... Subbed. 👍🏻
James is the epitome of what I feel an engineer should be. Overlords: "We need this to do that and another thing" James: "On it. Doin' it. Done" Overlords: "It does exactly what we want it to, but it's not marketable" James: "Designers make twice what I do. Send'em my love"
I was terrified when the angle grinder came out the first time, and then horrified when it started cutting the boards, but all in all i was amazed at the results, can't argue with those
Excellent video. I love your storytelling. fast, economical, clear. I learned a lot about looking at things that I had too much reverence for. I am amazed at how many changes you can make, fire it up and it's still working. Thank you for sharing your project.
As a 12+yr iron worker/welder/fabricator/nerd, I see a lot of myself in you. Fellow nerd man to fellow nerd man, keep up the excellent nerd work Shit goes hard
I fixed a destroyed Panasonic Q in a similar way. I shoved a spare gamecube board and a laptop psu in it. This vid makes me feel better about my Frankenstein build! Great work!
This video was such a joy to watch. The way you just slap, throw and cut through the hardware and electronics without a care in the world because you know what you're doing anyways is super enjoyable to see
the fact james can selectively break stuff and end up with projects working perfectly fine shows that he actually knows a lot more than you'd expect at a first glance
On top of the absolutely chaotic way James somehow manages to get this working despite only using glue and a circular saw, i do also love watching him develop as a content creator and become more and more characterful with each passing upload.
I love how you can tell the more videos come out, the more comfortable James is being on camera and interacting with an audience. It’s kind of sweet to see.
James is like a mad scientist who will create the most questionable inventions while using the most dad-ways imaginable, which somehow miraculously work.
this is the first video i’ve ever seen of yours, and i can tell you’re a master of your craft from how you get everything to work despite the appearance of pure insanity
Every single person I’ve met who works with electronics is exactly like this. It’s like having a degree in electrical engineering automatically turns you into a James.
This is the most chaotic and subtly (or not so subtly) dangerous video you've made and it is certainly my favorite so far. Excellent work James. I'd love more of this strategic chaos in the future if it suits you
This was horrifying. Every time you cut or broke something I winced. I'm in awe that you made this work after all that. I'm nowhere near as capable with electronics that I would even dare a tenth of what you did here.
I clicked on this thinking you actually combined the hardware from nintendo and from sony, only to realize that you're the guy from DankPods and that this wasn't going to go that way
bro is using anything and everything he can find in his house to make this. Genuinely impressed he used so much random shit and still ended up working.
I do hope James wears an anti-static wrist band when working on such delicate electronics? Got to make sure you’re properly grounded when angle-grinding pcb’s! 🤣
Wonderful work and summary!!! Love the upright optical. I made a VCR media center PC that was featured on Gizmoro a loong time ago, and used the VCR slot for pop out tray. You're inspiring me as I look around at unsuspecting hardware 😂
How you managed to make this video only 10:54 sec is impressive!! I applaud you!! You don't need to put so much effort in to making it shorter but maybe it's better for the video! Anyways great video!! :=)
this video taught me that apparently it doesnt have to be dark for a disc to be read! i always thought that the laser wouldnt be able to read the disc correctly if it wasn't in a dark space
