why dont you have a 3d printer yet? Theres ones out there for a couple of hundred quid that will do great jobs for you. Would be interesting to see what you could do with one
Do you know about the process of rust bluing? You can boil rusty parts, like those battery connections, and it will change the red rust(ferrous oxide) to black rust(ferro-ferric oxide)and will soften the rust making it easy to remove with steel wool. This is the process used in rust bluing firearms parts. You should look into it. It might be a bit less destructive to the metal you are working with than using a grinder.
I have this "friend" who keeps assuring me that something works when for the fact I know it doesn't work at all or not as it should. His 3D printer is the same story, he bought it and used for two days then it sits in his living room for 4 years by now. He often be like "mine works perfectly", then I ask how would you even know or compare when you turned it on once and had it for two days 4 years ago?! Then he shrugs and changes the topic in less then a second ... Idk wtf is wrong with this dude but he really grinds my gears with this atidute he is overly positive for most things like nothing is wrong and with that delusional too and sometimes even starts heated arguments where he even screams like a child ... Like man accept reality and defeat and move on, sometimes I wonder why the things he brings up are even a topic at all because next to no one even cares.
It's nice when the repair is fairly simple all things considered (And I still get a kick out of my naming coming up for the song, and to think I used to skip it)
Awesome. I after watching the installment I looked up "D" cell contacts a found a ton of different replacement ones (You knew this already). I think I'll get a kit for future repairs. Very inspirational.
Brilliant. I have a boxed one of these in lovely condition. I also had one when they came out and used to play it under the covers late at night until i clocked it. Once i did that i swapped it for some trivial item no doubt. The one i have is part of a bigger Pac-Man collection that i own. My favourite game of all time. I'm 58 now as of a few days ago and this video has made my day as it brought back all the old memories. Love your work but this vid now tops everything. lol
Hey Steve, nice vid once again. I restore loads of rusty crap and I use vinegar to get the first layer off. You really need to let it sit for a long time for it to be effective. Minimum hours, sometimes overnight or more. Most of the rust just comes right off on its own.
Get yourself some Evaporust! I have used that to clean rust\corrosion from battery terminals for several years now. Also, instead of using your grinder, get yourself a wire brush head for a drill or dremel. That rust likely was caused by batteries that ruptured. I've seen that more a lot.
These kinds of repairs are both the best and worst from a fixer perspective. Best because it's relatively quick and easy, worst because sometimes you want to challenge yourself. Great video, love all your content!
Good work. I wonder if zinc-plating the connectors would help prevent future corrosion. I've seen some tutorials online and it looked pretty simple to do at home with stuff around the house. Also, you could probably scan and 3D print another battery covery. I've seen some apps on the iphone for scanning part.
When "derusting" metal contacts like that, the white vinegar does a good topical job, but then I use a wirebrush on my dremel and it does a great & quick job clearing the harder rust. I've never snipped off the springs (just give them a good soaking in the vinegar, or rust-removal solution).
I had one of these and it was the first video game i got addicted to. I forget my best score but was definitely playing for over an hour. Fantastic game. Incidentally it was the first electronic device i stripped and repaired. Another great video as always Steve.
Hi Steve 👍, just wanna say I'm a big fan. I am so happy during the day when a new upload pops up on my phone coz I know I can relax after putting the kids to bed and watch your new video. You are my favourite fix it channel 💯. Keep up the great work Steve 👍🏆.
I know this was one of your easier projects, but i also absolutely love restoration vidoes on RUclips. It was extremely satisfying watching you get rid of the rust lol
Would any of your public libraries have 3D printers? I ask because ours does, and I was able to reproduce a battery cover for my weather radio for under $2 CAD.
No, libraries in the UK don't have 3D printers only books and most are only open part time or have closed completely in this day and age. A 3D printer in a library would be quite an odd thing, I mean nobody would know what to do with it!
@@dlarge6502Our main library (in Winnipeg) has a makers' area complete with 3D printers, soldering stations, etc. It also has games rooms, a balcony where you can study outside on a nice day, and a full-time social worker to assist the homeless.
So the leaking battery melts the chrome plating on the terminals right? Then we clean it back up - but won't the terminals rust now since the chrome is gone? Should we put something like linseed oil on it or even just some motor oil to help protect from future rust?
I had that game back in the day. So addictive, I played it for the whole weekend after I bought it, ended up burning the maze into my retinas! Couldn’t sleep cos when I closed my eyes it was still there 😬.
Awesome video as always brother. I had one of these in the early '80s. It was a pretty cool game back then. At least it was an easy fix. Good to see it back up and running. Whenever I'm restoring battery terminals I use a rust remover. The smell of the vinegar just gets to me so I can't use that. The only additional step I would take is to add some deoxit to the terminals and just leave it, sit the dry, protects them and prevents the rust from coming back. Great video once again bro, keep them coming 👍👍👍
Just dirty battery terminals for you Steve...took me weeks to figure out the faulty switch, as a continuity test showed power switch ok....but when on, the 6v dropped to less than a bolt, so I thought a component was bringing it down. Found eventually it was dirty contacts in the switch. Ok for a continuity test, but too dirty to let 6v though!
I recently had to remove rust from some big spring at work, I have a lot of different acids there. I found that the best is first to use 37% HCl and then 100% H3PO4. about 30-60 min each. after that all the rust is easily removed with toothbrush. 10-15% TFA can be used instead of 37% HCl as well.
I personally think that sometimes reusing rusty parts is ok if are hard to find but you can get cheap new battery contacts that spending time cleaning but good work.
Your best bet for rusty small , thin pieces like that is something like Evaporust . Let it soak ( a few hours to a day ) then a wire brush . Finish by doing a new nickel coating .
Steve!!! Evaporust works FANtastic on rust, but won't eat away metal like vinegar if left in too long. You would have to leave it in overnight, and that would make for a boring video, so maybe the grinder was best... But, give Evaporust a look.
Please Steve use Electrolysis to remove the rust, and use it, to nickel electro plaiting stuff too! Easy, easy. So you can have 2 extra tools in your arsenal.
Genuinely I absolutely love your videos but I do use them to fall asleep. Probably sounds weird but I think it’s your voice. Either way keep it up please.❤
Aww man. I had one of these. No idea where it went. But I can clearly remember playing the game two player with my dad on the Christmas morning that I got it. For hours. ❤
Im not sure if you can buy it over the pomd but CLR is crazy good for stuff lile this. If its too far gone itll just disapear or itll be swish cheese. Most of the time though with some scrubbing it turns out ok
Vinegar is to remove battery acid, usually when it's white and crystallised. When it's rust you can't do much with vinegar, use rust converter or just get new battery contacts. I'm 100% sure no one's gonna cry over the original battery terminals.
Evaporust. It makes iron oxides disolve but leaves all the other metals and plastic alone. It is not an acid cleaning process so shouldnt attack anything else and can be cleaned off with water. Obviously it cant bring back whats already gone so if plating went with the rust then it is gone for good and it will leave pittting from where steel corroded.
We had the worst case of battery leakage I've ever seen come in for calibration at work the other day (on a Chauvain Arnoux micro-Ohm meter). The 6 D-batteries had congealed into one clump, battery contacts were gone and about 1/3rd of the plastic had somehow been eaten away. On the PCB, part of the copper pour and conformal coating had lifted, traces and all, and was sagging. Unreal. Needless to say, we just made them an offer for a "new old stock" one (model is discontinued).
I've got one of those and I think it's still in the box. Incidentally, MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) actually emulates this game and I did a layout for it which looks just like it when you play it (other than the switches don't move). :)
Does your grinding pen use 1/8" shank bits? If so, you can pick up inexpensive brass, steel, and plastic bristle miniature wire wheel/wire brush dremel bit assortments which would make very fast and clean work of rust removal tasks without marring the metal surface as much. Just wear eye protection so you don't get a wire in your peepers 😎
i think they sell some rust rmover solution at home depot. would have been better than griding them like that and using white vigenar which seemed to do nothing at all.
It would've probably been a fair bit easier to use a dremel or similar, or some good old sandpaper to clean those terminals mate. 😀 Then also, white vinegar needs time to break down the rust... like you need to leave the parts overnight, or sometimes even a couple of days for the rust to get broken down...
Would putting a 6V rechargeable battery pack in this be an idea rather than cleaning up the terminals. I know you could use rechargeable batteries in it but D Cell ones aren't a common find and so why not make it a bit more modern?
Stupid PacMan 2
Stupid lack of a 3d printer
love it fancy havin a look at my 1210 mk2 no power
Need to get a small metal wire brush attachment for your dremel
why dont you have a 3d printer yet? Theres ones out there for a couple of hundred quid that will do great jobs for you. Would be interesting to see what you could do with one
Pacman 3 in PS1 best
Do you know about the process of rust bluing? You can boil rusty parts, like those battery connections, and it will change the red rust(ferrous oxide) to black rust(ferro-ferric oxide)and will soften the rust making it easy to remove with steel wool. This is the process used in rust bluing firearms parts. You should look into it. It might be a bit less destructive to the metal you are working with than using a grinder.
It's OK mate. You get yourself a 3D printer you'll have another thing to fix after about 5 months.
😂 very true.
Omg I was gonna say that!!! Lol😂
Five months? You're having a much better run than me.
It's OK mate. You get yourself a 3D printer you'll have another thing to fix after about 5 months.
I have this "friend" who keeps assuring me that something works when for the fact I know it doesn't work at all or not as it should.
His 3D printer is the same story, he bought it and used for two days then it sits in his living room for 4 years by now. He often be like "mine works perfectly", then I ask how would you even know or compare when you turned it on once and had it for two days 4 years ago?! Then he shrugs and changes the topic in less then a second ...
Idk wtf is wrong with this dude but he really grinds my gears with this atidute he is overly positive for most things like nothing is wrong and with that delusional too and sometimes even starts heated arguments where he even screams like a child ...
Like man accept reality and defeat and move on, sometimes I wonder why the things he brings up are even a topic at all because next to no one even cares.
Throw the rusty battery contacts in citric acid.
That works great, actually you should nickel them again after cleaning.
And would the 10 quid device have worked any better ? No.
@@Brianck1971 Correct, wire wool the rust off then paint the back plates, job done
Thumbs up for getting "Ya'll Ready for This" stuck in my head.
I feel sandpaper would have been perhaps less spectacular, but more effective for removing rust like that. Love your work!
I agree using sandpaper is better that using a rotary tool since don’t leave ugly scratches in the batter contact
or wire wheel
Vinegar is much better. Sandpaper will leave rust in the pores of the metal, so it will rust again
Some 75% phosporic acid will do the trick without any mechanical effort🙂
Yeah he’s gonna need to clean those again properly otherwise they’ll just rust up again.
I love how the things you fix are so random and legit things I'm sure you collect for yourself. You are a great entertainer.
Just for the experience you should try sand down the rust and nickel plate the battery terminals for stopping future rusting
I had one of those back around 1981. I got it new. It was fun for a few months.
Came for the technical knowledge, stayed for the epic music you make👍
It's nice when the repair is fairly simple all things considered (And I still get a kick out of my naming coming up for the song, and to think I used to skip it)
Yeah, this one was pretty straight-forward. I enjoyed it though! 👍
I was waiting for this video all day long. You are still the best bro!! Hello from Miami !
Awesome. I after watching the installment I looked up "D" cell contacts a found a ton of different replacement ones (You knew this already). I think I'll get a kit for future repairs. Very inspirational.
Love your channel, the eclectic mix of music & fun repairs make me say ‘nice’ far too often!
Brilliant. I have a boxed one of these in lovely condition. I also had one when they came out and used to play it under the covers late at night until i clocked it. Once i did that i swapped it for some trivial item no doubt. The one i have is part of a bigger Pac-Man collection that i own. My favourite game of all time. I'm 58 now as of a few days ago and this video has made my day as it brought back all the old memories. Love your work but this vid now tops everything. lol
Hey Steve, nice vid once again. I restore loads of rusty crap and I use vinegar to get the first layer off. You really need to let it sit for a long time for it to be effective. Minimum hours, sometimes overnight or more. Most of the rust just comes right off on its own.
Get yourself some Evaporust! I have used that to clean rust\corrosion from battery terminals for several years now. Also, instead of using your grinder, get yourself a wire brush head for a drill or dremel. That rust likely was caused by batteries that ruptured. I've seen that more a lot.
These kinds of repairs are both the best and worst from a fixer perspective. Best because it's relatively quick and easy, worst because sometimes you want to challenge yourself. Great video, love all your content!
There's something about your channel that is so charming, I can't help but enjoy every post. Well done, sir. 🙌🤘🖖
Watching you grind that rust away was very satisfying. 1981 handheld game unit. Stupid game…
Good work. I wonder if zinc-plating the connectors would help prevent future corrosion. I've seen some tutorials online and it looked pretty simple to do at home with stuff around the house. Also, you could probably scan and 3D print another battery covery. I've seen some apps on the iphone for scanning part.
I reckon you could have a go at electro plating the battery terminals on the next one that comes along… ⚡️
When "derusting" metal contacts like that, the white vinegar does a good topical job, but then I use a wirebrush on my dremel and it does a great & quick job clearing the harder rust.
I've never snipped off the springs (just give them a good soaking in the vinegar, or rust-removal solution).
I had one of these and it was the first video game i got addicted to. I forget my best score but was definitely playing for over an hour. Fantastic game.
Incidentally it was the first electronic device i stripped and repaired.
Another great video as always Steve.
Hi Steve 👍, just wanna say I'm a big fan. I am so happy during the day when a new upload pops up on my phone coz I know I can relax after putting the kids to bed and watch your new video. You are my favourite fix it channel 💯. Keep up the great work Steve 👍🏆.
I know this was one of your easier projects, but i also absolutely love restoration vidoes on RUclips. It was extremely satisfying watching you get rid of the rust lol
Would any of your public libraries have 3D printers? I ask because ours does, and I was able to reproduce a battery cover for my weather radio for under $2 CAD.
No, libraries in the UK don't have 3D printers only books and most are only open part time or have closed completely in this day and age.
A 3D printer in a library would be quite an odd thing, I mean nobody would know what to do with it!
@@dlarge6502Our main library (in Winnipeg) has a makers' area complete with 3D printers, soldering stations, etc. It also has games rooms, a balcony where you can study outside on a nice day, and a full-time social worker to assist the homeless.
I still have this game. It's referenced in "The Invasion Of The Space Invaders" by Martin Amis too. Good childhood memories. This and Astro Wars.
So the leaking battery melts the chrome plating on the terminals right? Then we clean it back up - but won't the terminals rust now since the chrome is gone? Should we put something like linseed oil on it or even just some motor oil to help protect from future rust?
Good ole Steven... all devices are worthy of saving in his eyes.
Hey stez. Whats the song at 8:05? I had it on soundcloud and been looking for it for ages! Keep up the good work and content by the way its awesome!
Nice Fresh Haircut man! Love your content - greetings from Germany
I saw a video of this toy. the screen doesnt wobble. great work!
10:46 Nice plug for someone to sponsor the channel with a 3d printer :)
I had that game back in the day. So addictive, I played it for the whole weekend after I bought it, ended up burning the maze into my retinas! Couldn’t sleep cos when I closed my eyes it was still there 😬.
I too had this as a kid. It was really addictive, played it til my eyes bled. Nice to hear it again!
youve done a good job with the grinder, but what would of been easier for you would of been wire wool :) takes rust off like nobody's bushiness
Awesome video as always brother. I had one of these in the early '80s. It was a pretty cool game back then. At least it was an easy fix. Good to see it back up and running. Whenever I'm restoring battery terminals I use a rust remover. The smell of the vinegar just gets to me so I can't use that. The only additional step I would take is to add some deoxit to the terminals and just leave it, sit the dry, protects them and prevents the rust from coming back. Great video once again bro, keep them coming 👍👍👍
Just dirty battery terminals for you Steve...took me weeks to figure out the faulty switch, as a continuity test showed power switch ok....but when on, the 6v dropped to less than a bolt, so I thought a component was bringing it down. Found eventually it was dirty contacts in the switch. Ok for a continuity test, but too dirty to let 6v though!
Always fun to follow you taking these challenges on!
Literally,
Stez has brought back Saturday night TV
This is on par with Gladiators and Blind Date
they are old shows 😄
You know your really getting good with your beats. Good job my man.
i do like that grinding pen the way it removed that rust
Lovely retro 80s sitcom music during the rust grinding montage ❤
A friend of mine had one of these back in 80's. I have been wanting to buy for nostalgia reasons!
You should look into a small sonic cleaner. The vinegar would've worked markedly better. Always a great video though. Love your channel.
That music at 8 mins sounds like a 80's TV show of some sort.... BTW Nice Score.
You scored 69.
That’s a win in my book. And nice fix!
Just throwing this out there, you need to fix things that have more issues as we love your content and want to see more!!!
I recently had to remove rust from some big spring at work, I have a lot of different acids there. I found that the best is first to use 37% HCl and then 100% H3PO4. about 30-60 min each. after that all the rust is easily removed with toothbrush.
10-15% TFA can be used instead of 37% HCl as well.
Couple of hours in some vinegar would work great at home.
Just not as potent as the industrial stuff but easier and safer to do at home.
My gawd! I had that when I was a child. Thanks for the memories.
Anycubic viper is a great first 3d printer to use its fast and prints really well. Not to mention not to expensive. I have 4 3d printers myself.
I personally think that sometimes reusing rusty parts is ok if are hard to find but you can get cheap new battery contacts that spending time cleaning but good work.
Your best bet for rusty small , thin pieces like that is something like Evaporust . Let it soak ( a few hours to a day ) then a wire brush . Finish by doing a new nickel coating .
i just suggested the same, then scrolled down further to see your comment. Great minds and all...
Steve!!! Evaporust works FANtastic on rust, but won't eat away metal like vinegar if left in too long. You would have to leave it in overnight, and that would make for a boring video, so maybe the grinder was best...
But, give Evaporust a look.
You should invest in evap-rust or MC-51, safe rust remover. Where dunking rusted parts in ether of these solution
There are some great videos on here on diy electroplating if you really want to go overboard on those terminals.
Please Steve use Electrolysis to remove the rust, and use it, to nickel electro plaiting stuff too! Easy, easy. So you can have 2 extra tools in your arsenal.
I fixed one of those years ago. The good old days of repairing Crt tvs, tape decks etc...
Nice work. Rust removal would be easier with an ultrasonic cleaner, which are not that expensive nowadays.
Awesome restoration. I love watching your amazing content. Keep it up!
Nice fix Steve looks good now thanks 😊
Nice hair cut Steve (no sarcasm). Looking slicker than usual, which is already slick.
Genuinely I absolutely love your videos but I do use them to fall asleep. Probably sounds weird but I think it’s your voice. Either way keep it up please.❤
Would a ultrasound bath remove the rust. Sure i’ve seen it done with car parts 🤔
Aww man. I had one of these. No idea where it went. But I can clearly remember playing the game two player with my dad on the Christmas morning that I got it. For hours. ❤
Great music you've got there in the video!
From the rubbish heap to the shelf. Another great video.
Im not sure if you can buy it over the pomd but CLR is crazy good for stuff lile this. If its too far gone itll just disapear or itll be swish cheese. Most of the time though with some scrubbing it turns out ok
Used to have this back in the day
Vinegar is to remove battery acid, usually when it's white and crystallised. When it's rust you can't do much with vinegar, use rust converter or just get new battery contacts. I'm 100% sure no one's gonna cry over the original battery terminals.
Nicely done Steve!
Evaporust. It makes iron oxides disolve but leaves all the other metals and plastic alone. It is not an acid cleaning process so shouldnt attack anything else and can be cleaned off with water. Obviously it cant bring back whats already gone so if plating went with the rust then it is gone for good and it will leave pittting from where steel corroded.
I loved this game when I was a kid - especially two player mode!
7:20 a vinegar bath and then polish and nickel plate
You may use a 3-D printer to make a "battery cower" for the missed one? Regards Stig Österberg from Dalsbruk in Finland.
It's either watching this or Strictly, it's a no contest Steve, you win !
We had the worst case of battery leakage I've ever seen come in for calibration at work the other day (on a Chauvain Arnoux micro-Ohm meter). The 6 D-batteries had congealed into one clump, battery contacts were gone and about 1/3rd of the plastic had somehow been eaten away. On the PCB, part of the copper pour and conformal coating had lifted, traces and all, and was sagging. Unreal.
Needless to say, we just made them an offer for a "new old stock" one (model is discontinued).
Nice video as always. Where did you get your magic grinding pen from. Cheers
So where did you get your magic grinding pen from.
Never mind, i've found it.
I had this game when it came out. Was quite a fun thing to play. Also had the Donkey Kong Jr as well. Both for the time quite good games.
Hey Steve, do you have a link to that grinding pen?
Thanks and keep up that good work
Allreet Fella! Canny Heed sharpen!! Awesome video as ever..... send the measurements and i will 3D print you a Battery "Compartment"
CLR works a treat on rust mate.
Maybe is time to get a 3D printer. Also for some reason I really enjoyed the grinding/rust removal section with the 80's good feel music. 👾❤
I've got one of those and I think it's still in the box. Incidentally, MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) actually emulates this game and I did a layout for it which looks just like it when you play it (other than the switches don't move). :)
The part where you remove the rust was sooo satisfying to watch 😏
Does your grinding pen use 1/8" shank bits? If so, you can pick up inexpensive brass, steel, and plastic bristle miniature wire wheel/wire brush dremel bit assortments which would make very fast and clean work of rust removal tasks without marring the metal surface as much. Just wear eye protection so you don't get a wire in your peepers 😎
The hotter the white vinegar, the more effective it gets, boil it before hand imho. great job btw, i desoldered everything in my house
The amount of points was very nice!
i think they sell some rust rmover solution at home depot. would have been better than griding them like that and using white vigenar which seemed to do nothing at all.
Hey I have this. Got it for 50p about 25 years ago.
Mine is also missing one battery cover!
That battery edit was smooth.
What's an ultrasonic cleaner like for rusty parts like these?
It would've probably been a fair bit easier to use a dremel or similar, or some good old sandpaper to clean those terminals mate. 😀 Then also, white vinegar needs time to break down the rust... like you need to leave the parts overnight, or sometimes even a couple of days for the rust to get broken down...
that's what I thought - why not buy a Dremel? Has way more uses than his little toy engraver thing, he'll use it for something else sooner or later.
Hay Steve wicked got I. Quick on this one! I brought a billy big mouth singing fish a fixed it 😂thanks
I think your glass fibre pen would've worked wonders on that rust 🤔
When you do get a 3D printer Steve,don't tell ANYONE that you have one.
The amount of new people who want to be your pal is unbelievable !
I am amazed that the metal parts were so rusted yet the board and the rest of the machine were completely unaffected
Must have been stored right side up so it all leaked out below.
We need more video Steve. Love ya mate 😊
Steve we need to get you some evapo rust rust remover. Way better than vinegar.
Would putting a 6V rechargeable battery pack in this be an idea rather than cleaning up the terminals. I know you could use rechargeable batteries in it but D Cell ones aren't a common find and so why not make it a bit more modern?