DISMANTLE IT (updated February 7, 2010)

This is a voyage deep inside the things that serve us. Have you never wondered how does the phone work and what is inside its plastic housing, or how does the washing machine look inside or the digital camera, or the motor of your car, what is behind all this plastic covering?

This web site is dedicated to the people who are curious about how things are inside and how and why they work. It's purpose is to satisfy a burning curiosity to see how the objects that surround us are built. You will discover many ingenious tricks and methods that the engineers use in order to put so much into so little space. You will wonder in front of the complexity of these objects and may be start to ask how can they be so cheap when so much is in it.

Here it starts:

Small electronic items:

Other items :

Topics to come:

• how to dismantle safely
• how to dismantle tricks
• how to re-assemble
• tools of the professional dismantler (updated 23 May 2009)
• assembly processes
  • how is it assembled
  • how to keep the costs down
  • what about quality?

Categories of dismantled items will include:

• Small electronic items: cameras, phones, lens, pocket PCs, gadgets, watches, calculators, TV, throw away camera, ...
• Computer and accessories: PC, screens, mouse, keyboards, hard disks, floppy disks, power supplies, ...
• Mechanical items: bicycles, lawn mowers, pumps, ...
• Other funny items: to be seen....
• Links to one very good other dismantler... or teardowner (on ifixit.com)

Please come back....

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