So Digi-Key basically challenged us to make the ultimate electronics workstation.
Let's start unboxing it. Look at all the cardboard!
Hey guys I'm the Hacksmith! On our YouTube channel we take fictional ideas
from comics movies and video games and make real working prototypes.
In fact we're trying to take our company
Hacksmith Industries and turn it into the
closest thing to real life Stark Industries.
Wake up, daddies home.
We've got an amazing machine shop just like Tony Stark.
Hey! Stop spacing out the Bridgeport's already machining that part.
We've got a sweet sign out front, just like Stark Industries.
I've got the same kinetic sculpture as Pepper Potts.
Can I move this? This, this is crazy it looks like a ferris wheel going. No.
We've got an amazing backlit logo on the wall just like Avengers HQ.
Heck, I'm getting a bit scruffy but usually I rock a Tony Stark look.
I don't know if you can tell but I have like, pandered my whole look after you.
I've got an armory of projects just like Tony Stark's suit room.
Hey Jarvis turn off the lights. We've even got our own home automation system, just like Jarvis.
Plus we have our very own butterfingers dummy the robot.
I've even got cap shield and storage though I should probably give that back to him.
Honestly I have to get out of garage before Morgan takes it sledding.
But you know what this facility is still missing?
The ultimate electronics lab, kind of like the workshop that Tony gave that
kid at the end of Iron Man 3.
Wow
So Digi-Key one of our longest-standing
partners of the channel challenged us to make an electronics workstation worthy of Stark himself.
That's how America does it and it's worked out pretty well so far.
We've got the space, Digi-Key gonna hook us up with the equipment, tools, and
supplies to continue making amazing make it real projects for you and further our
journey in becoming a real-life Stark Industries.
We got like three or four of these it's going to be this massive, awesome
workbench. (This was not filmed in April*)
The other ones are made too!
It's a cabinet!
That's so much easier. I thought we we're gonna have to assemble all these.
Welcome to the first episode of the Hacksmith home improvement show. (This was not filmed in April*)
Alright so we just got all the boxes in from Digi-Key and they've sent us so
much equipment we're talking soldering irons, rework stations, power supplies,
oscilloscopes, full sets of arduinos, capacitors, resistors. Let's start
unboxing! So Digi-Key basically challenged us to make the ultimate
electronics workstation. That's what we're about to do. The first piece of
equipment we unboxed is a super-awesome Wacko soldering set.
It's got a solder air sucker really powerful soldering iron as well as a hot-air gun.
The trick is if you have a nice soldering iron soldering is actually
really easy to do. So with these it's gonna make soldering a freaking breeze.
Lets unbox some more equipment! So this is a waveform generator and for testing
electronics and making stuff like pulse width modulation testing servos.
This thing is perfect. It's really really nice for prototyping electronics.
If you don't have your tools properly organized you already take way longer to do projects
and that's why having kits like these to have all the tools neatly organized saves you so much time.
Hey there's liqourice in here. to you have some elite the other half of
Liqourice?
Well you get to eat half and I'll eat the other half
That way if it's poisoness we both die
Almost dropped that one in the garbage.
Liqourice isn't supposed to be crunchy!
In Digi-Keys defense this is another company that
sends liquorice in their product.
This is a really nice microscope.
Complete with a HDMI out which means you guys, we can actually
show you detailed... circuit boards. The parts we're using.
In case you haven't noticed Digi-Keys amazing and they have two day shipping.
When you need components you can get them. They're not actually like not more expensive or anything.
We've got detailed circuit diagrams for every component you
can possibly want on their websites.
140 watt soldering iron! Look at the size of that thing.
This is twice as powerful as the soldering irons we have there.
Whoa resistor kit in a binder. Whoa surface mount resistors.
Look at the size of those resistors if they're not properly sorted you will never be
able to tell what goes where and which one you're looking for.
This is a high-voltage high-current power supply.
This thing for example allows the test like the air max motors that runs on 125 volts right.
Where you can't get 125 volts without having like a dozen batteries
Alright so we've successfully unboxed everything. Which means now ah...
We have a lot of of organizing to do.
Look at all the cardboard. We have a lot of recycling to do.
So as part of building our Digi-Key workstation we're gonna have to make an
awesome Digi-Key sign for the wall. Preferably something backlit.
So we got a vector image file.
Which I've opened up in Adobe Illustrator and what we can
actually do with this is export straight to DXF. We can then open it in Solidworks.
So now we have the vector outline of the sign. Which means we can break this down
into different layers that we're gonna then laser cut out of colored acrylic.
What I want to be able to do is have multiple different layers so they
actually fit inside of each other almost like a puzzle piece because that will make
assembling it and making sure all the pieces are perfectly centered and
straight a lot easier. So since we're actually cutting these all out of
plastic they're all gonna fit perfectly because they're the same material.
So what we should end up with is a nice snug fit for everything and call it a day.
Alright let's laser cut this sign. so I've loaded up the white plastic.
Lets go ahead and give that a cut.
Alright there is the final piece.
Alright let's see what Bogdan thinks about the new sign.
Hey Bogdan.
Wow that is actually really nice.
The Digi-Key ultimate workstation!
Now I just need to make that sign, backlit.
Yay!
Alright wanna solder a lead me to that? Then we'll sticker on here.
Tadaaa!!
The ultimate electronics workstation .
Alright so this is the main electronics workbench.
We've got some brand new equipment which I'm really excited to show you.
Starting off with some Hacko soldering and SMD rework equipment.
We've got a three iron
soldering station, we've got a small iron for regular precision work. A high-power
iron for things like bullet connectors, a D-solder sucker for taking apart
circuit boards and stuff. As well as a really awesome hot air station.
Let's say you've got a circuit board you're working on and you need to pull off a broken component.
This thing is pretty awesome.
It'll actually get really hot enough to melt solder and that little nozzle in
the middle is actually a vacuum pump. So you can use it to pick up components off the board.
We also have a full set of electronics equipment such as a desktop
power supply, freeze generator, and an oscilloscope.
For working on projects
like this plasma gauntlet coming up on Make it Real.
In addition we've got a
really nice digital microscope for doing really really fine precision surface
mount devices. Like look at that tiny little capacitor over there.
Oh wow.
Since our team is continuously growing we've actually got more work benches than one.
Here we have a second set up and this one has a really high power power supply
for testing giant motors. A full second set of soldering equipment.
We've got convenient access to all sizes of wires and a whole range of 3d printers.
including Lulzbots. Which you can get from Digi-Key.
Around the corner we've got another full set of electronics working equipment,
for our future intern. Which could be you! Then we've got every component you could
ever need including things like connectors, switches key trains,
wire working equipment, power supplies, LEDs, r/c equipment, mechanical servos and
linkages, high voltage, fuses and breakers, voltage regulation, step-down converters,
geometers, resistors, diodes, thermistors, capacitors, inductors, wiring of all
different shapes and sizes. We've got soldering equipment.
Solder, flux, and solder wick and a bunch of accessories.
You can't forget about
all the hand tools that are required for this kind of stuff.
I full my fix it kit with a bunch of tweezers and little scalpels and stuff like that.
As well as a full set of pliers and screwdrivers that are fully
insulated to up to a thousand volts!
Alright we did it. We've built the ultimate
workstation that even Stark would use himself. It's got all the tools and
supplies that we need to keep making these awesome Make it Real projects for you.
Making even better ones. I can't wait to have more hack Smith interns working
in this awesome lab.Big thank you to Digi-Key for providing us with all these
amazing tools and supplies. If you want to see a full list of all the products
we use check out the link in the description below.
Thanks for watching!