We’re visiting JLC’s CNC service in Zhuhai, China, to see how a Chinese CNC factory operates. We see them start from cutting raw stock and go through the full machining process, all the way to the final hand polishing and packing process.

See inside Prusa Research’s factory to see how they make their 3d printers (using their 3d printers!) and their filament.

See how LEDs are made! We’re visiting World Semi’s factory in Dongguan, China, just outside of Shenzhen. We’ll see how the infamous WS2812 addressable RGB LED, aka the Neopixel, is made from bare silicon wafers to finished working LEDs. It’s one of the coolest factories I’ve ever been to. They have amazing machines that do

Today we’re going to see how desktop CNC mills are made. We’re going inside the Makera factory, a relatively new Chinese startup that went from a few guys who wanted to make drones in their spare time, to running a very successful kickstarter and building out a complete factory. We’ll see how they make very

Come see how flexible circuit boards, or FPCs, are made in a Chinese factory. We’re visiting one of JLCPCB’s circuit board factories in Shaoguang, China, a few hours outside of Shenzhen. We’ll see how they’re made from raw material to finished circuit boards. Are you an electronics geek or a DIY enthusiast that loves soldering

This laser repairs OLED phone screens by repairing broken internal traces – without taking the screen apart or even turning it off! This is the closest thing I’ve seen to real magic in a long time. This machine is going to make people a LOT of money.

We’re taking a look at a medium scale charcoal production operation in Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico. I’ve always found the charcoal production process fascinating, and it was cool to see it at a production scale.

What is a small Chinese electronics factory like? We’re visiting a factory that does PCB assembly(PCBA), and final assembly (putting the finished product together and putting it in boxes). This is going deep into the Strange Parts archives – this is the first ever factory tour video I made, long before I started Strange Parts.

Today we’re visiting RJ Models, one of the top architectural model making factories in China. And it’s amazing! It’s a blend of high tech computerized tools like laser cutters, CNC mills, and high end 3d printers alongside old fashioned meticulous hand model making by skilled craftsmen. And the scale is unbelievable – 500 employees! Learn

We’re visiting a giant factory in China that makes lipo iPhone batteries, aka lithium polymer batteries, and seeing how they are made from start to finish. This is by FAR the coolest and biggest factory I’ve been to to date. Thanks to Pisen for showing us around! https://en.pisengroup.com/

I’ve been wanting to see a metal cutting laser for a long time now. So when Bescutter offered to take me to their supplier factory in Jinan, China to see how they make these giant fiber laser cutters, and try one out, I jumped at the opportunity. Thanks to Bescutter for sponsoring this video. Go

We're going inside a Chinese factory that makes metal business cards. And it's totally different than I expected.

We're going inside a Chinese factory that makes metal business cards. And it's totally different than I expected.

Today we’re taking an in-depth factory tour of the PCBWay (https://pcbway.com/strangeparts) PCB assembly factory in Shenzhen, China, to see how the professionals solder circuit boards, step-by-step. Are you an electronics geek or a DIY enthusiast that loves soldering projects that’s always wondered how the big factories solder PCBs with pick and place machines and reflow

Today we’re going on a tour of the only pinball machine factory in China. We get to see how they’re rapidly prototyping and making hundreds or maybe even thousands of custom parts, taking advantage of the amazing Shenzhen ecosystem and supply chain.

Today we’re visiting JLCPCB (https://jlcpcb.com/e), one of the largest prototype PCB manufacturers in China. We’re getting an exclusive factory tour of one of their newest printed circuit board factories in Huizhou, just outside of Shenzhen, to see the PCB manufacturing process step-by-step. Are you an electronics geek or a DIY enthusiast that loves soldering projects

A quick visit to a fiber glass factory and a carbon fiber factory in Shenzhen, China. Turns out, they make all sorts of stuff out of fiberglass and carbon fiber, from larger than life creepy cartoon characters to horse saddles, to hockey sticks.

Today we go inside a Chinese 3D printing factory in Shenzhen, Lexcent, to see their industrial SLA 3D printing operation. Not quite what we were expecting, but super interesting nonetheless!

I 3D printed my own iPhone out of nylon carbon fiber, and it no only works, but it feels great in the hand. It’s totally possible to print a working iPhone on a regular consumer 3D printer. This is a huge step towards allowing anyone to make their own unique smartphone!

I carved an iPhone out of a solid block of aluminum and turned it into a working custom phone. It took me over a year, from measuring every tiny part to carefully using a CNC machine to cut the complex shapes and fit all the pieces together. This is the first step toward a future

This laser repairs OLED phone screens by repairing broken internal traces – without taking the screen apart or even turning it off! This is the closest thing I’ve seen to real magic in a long time. This machine is going to make people a LOT of money.

Waiting for your phone to charge sucks. As someone who constantly is forgetting to charge his phone, I wanted to see if I could make it faster to charge. A LOT faster. And I succeeded!

Is building a folding iPhone possible? Let's take closer look at these flexible amoled screens I found on AliExpress.

I sat down with Yeke, who designed the wireless charging add-on for the Phone 6s and iPhone 7 to better understand his world, and how he could create and manufacture such a cool iPhone mod so quickly, with such a small team. This is an extended interview from the video I made several years ago

We’re visiting a giant factory in China that makes lipo iPhone batteries, aka lithium polymer batteries, and seeing how they are made from start to finish. This is by FAR the coolest and biggest factory I’ve been to to date. Thanks to Pisen for showing us around! https://en.pisengroup.com/

Everyone’s been asking for months now – is it possible to add a USB-C jack to an iPhone? So I’m taking apart an iPhone 11 Pro Max to find out!

My trusty iPhone 7 is dying – so I set off to find a replacement battery in the cell phone repair markets here in Shenzhen, China. And I learned quite a bit about replacement batteries in the process.

Always wanted to make your own iPhone, but don’t know how? I’m finally sharing all the tips and tricks I learned during all of my iPhone building and hacking adventures here in Shenzhen, China. Thanks to iFixit for partnering with me on this video!

You guys have been asking me for a long while now – Is it possible to add wireless charging to an older iPhone? Could you add wireless charging to an iPhone 7 or even a 6s? But it sounded pretty hard, so I held off. But I recently got a twitter DM from a Chinese

What are all the different parts you need to build your own iPhone 7? Sure, the main parts you need are a logic board, screen, battery, and case, but what about the rest? You guys kept emailing, messaging, and leaving comments asking me, so I finally sat down and made a list of all the

I took the flash memory chips from a broken iPhone 6 and turned it into a working USB flash drive in the electronics markets in Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen, China. I ran across the bare circuit board to do this during my previous iPhone storage upgrade video, and I just had to try it.

This is my journey in Shenzhen, China to learn how to upgrade the memory in my iPhone 6s from 16GB to 128GB. I’ve been hearing for several years that this was something the repair shops here in Huaqiangbei could do, and I’d even seen one do it to a friends phone, so naturally, I had

Enough of that boring Apple logo – let’s turn it into a glowing Strange Parts logo. Another episode in the quest to make a custom iPhone in Shenzhen, China.

Enough of these boring looking iPhones – let’s make a custom Strange Parts iPhone here in Shenzhen, China. I headed out to the cell phone parts markets in Huaqiangbei, to find a custom iPhone back. I then headed off to the laser engraving booths to have them etch a custom design in the iphone back.

This is the number one question I’ve gotten – by far!

I’ve spent the past four months in Shenzhen, China, modifying an iPhone 7 to add a fully functional headphone jack. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time anyone has done anything like this. In April, I decided to finally upgrade my iPhone 6s to an iPhone7 to get better camera quality

What does an iPhone look like – without it’s clothes? Here’s a bit of behind the scenes footage that didn’t make it into the original video. I have another video on the way, so be sure to subscribe to my youtube channel.  And if you haven’t watched the original video yet, you should definitely check

I built a like-new (but really refurbished) iPhone 6S 16GB entirely from parts I bought in the public cell phone parts markets of Huaqiangbei. And it works!