/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>592800
You know, if you just salvaged your components instead of buying them, those leads would be shorter and you could cram them into smaller compartments.

>>536288
I can read most values on resistors pretty quickly now, so hunting for one isn't that difficult.

>>526580
You can salvage everything.

The better question that you should ask yourself is, "What projects do I want to do?" then perhaps ask /diy/, "What projects can be done with components from said equipment?"

For me, I salvage any large PCB parts, the PSU, motors and gears from the drives, all copper wiring, the magnets and platters from the HDDs, and I melt the aluminum cases of HDDs down into ingots for metal casting later on. Sometimes I save the sheet metal from the PC case or the drive cases for projects. I bottle up all screws and springs since they come in handy at odd times for weird things. If the PSU is dead, I'll discharge the caps and take various PCB parts off it that I can free from that gunk they put everywhere in those.

If you want to turn a buck, fix them up and get them running smoothly. You can still do a lot with them or even sell them very cheaply online.

>>485874

>>475566
From salvaged parts.

>>447490
Pre-made power tool threads are like /b/ threads here in /diy/. I think it has something to do with the mentality of people that use pre-made power tools.

Those that fabricate their own tools don't seem to have this sort of mentality.

>>366321
>>366305
>buyfags

>>323527
No, when I made that pic. I made it specifically for trolling purposes.

>>315877
I actually recommend forging a kits and instead get some old electronics that are being tossed out. Salvage the parts, look up some schematics, and make your own stuff with the components you salvaged.

That's what I do mostly. It is really cheap (free).

>>279603
Keep screws, PCB parts, etc.

>>262948
>buy

I salvage from stuff people toss out. I'd done exceptionally well with that and have scored some very fine components.

The only thing I needed to buy was some high amp bridge rectifiers from mouser. It beat out digikey at that time.

>>262994
gb2/b/

>>181269
I still remember the gif of this being used to cut up a few things. /diy/ is full of people with "theory" about how things can and can't work based on stuff they've never done. Then when someone does it and proves them wrong, instant troll thread. lol

I know integrated circuits have logic gates, but I was wondering how I'd go about making larger logic gates. Like what causes them to switch by themselves when electric enters them?

Can I use transistors and resistors?