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> Disconnect dozens of cables and parts – wow, it's going to be hard to remember how everything goes back together We didn’t invent writing, drawing, and photo
by Someone 2y ago
> Disconnect dozens of cables and parts – wow, it's going to be hard to remember how everything goes back together
We didn’t invent writing, drawing, and photographing for nothing.
1. Have small storage boxes numbered 1 through 1000.
2. Before and after detaching anything, take photos (multiple, if needed)
3. Draw arrow/circle/… indicators on the photos to help you remember what to look at.
4. Whatever comes loose, put it in the next labeled box.
5. Take a photo of the filled box and the tool(s) you used to detach that part.
6. When putting things back together, work backwards through your photos.
- fragmede 2y agowe live in the future, just start recording video of everything. You probably have an old cellphone you could use, and you'll wish you had more angles if you do end up being to go back into the footage for something
- creshal 2y agoI don't think a GoPro can focus close enough to take detailed enough pictures of tiny components like these.
- meow_catrix 2y ago[dead]
- fragmede 2y agookay, edited to say old cellphone
- creshal 2y agoDoesn't really adress the basic problem, most old phones (and many new phones) don't have the sort of macro autofocus you'd need to keep a video recording at a high enough fidelity to keep track of millimetre-sized objects. Looking at various youtubers, even with semi-professional gear it can be a multi-second struggle to focus on much larger pieces of mechanical devices. Do that for 20-30 steps and you need an assistant or two to not lose track of what you're doing, and spend an hour in post editing out all the times you side tracked fighting the camera.
- Someone 2y agoI think that would make it a multi-person job. Keeping the relevant part in focus while you’re manipulating the device distracts from figuring out what to do next.