Very clever self-loading swab.
Added 2018-12-13 13:37:49 +0000 UTCNo electronics - just something very clever that clearly took a lot of research to perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivpU-4LJaZk
Next video is going to be back to LEDs and electronics, but this one does have its electronic uses.
There are eBay search links in the video's description. If you want some, buy-em now in case the YouTube effect occurs and the price goes up. I guarantee that when you get them you'll snap several for no good reason at all until the novelty wears off. Then you'll snap even more to show friends. (So buy the 100 pack for $3.50 or so.)
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This is why I always have both patreon and ebay open in my browser at the same time ;-)
Gordo
2018-12-16 22:57:37 +0000 UTCEmergency water feeder for hamsters
Gordo
2018-12-16 22:49:44 +0000 UTCIf only they made these with solder flux inside.
2018-12-16 04:05:05 +0000 UTCthanks, looks like a good alternative and more local solution to flux cleaning.
2018-12-15 21:42:18 +0000 UTCOrdered alcohol ones. Always have either the swabs <or> the alcohol bottle handy. Rarely both together at the same time for some unknown reason.</or>
The Griffiths Family
2018-12-15 08:52:42 +0000 UTCThat is what I thought as well!
Lostngone
2018-12-15 04:12:55 +0000 UTCMy father had a first-aid kit from the Marines he was in that used little glass ampules enclosed in pencil-sized cardboard tubes with cotton at one end. You bent or squeezed the tube and the glass shattered and the iodine in the ampule then soaked the cotton. Similar idea.
Daddy Bearcat
2018-12-15 03:29:03 +0000 UTCIt does need gravity or the liquid just sits there.
Big Clive
2018-12-14 03:31:30 +0000 UTCI did microwave one of the iodine ones in its plastic pack. It made a bit of a mess when it went off.
Big Clive
2018-12-14 02:45:11 +0000 UTCThere is always that risk. Fortunately povidone iodine is a broad spectrum disinfector. I'd guess these may be manufactured for the medical industries in China.
Big Clive
2018-12-14 02:43:41 +0000 UTCIf you stain yourself with an iodine bud, you can use an alcohol bud to clean it off!
Gadgetman
2018-12-14 00:37:08 +0000 UTCLess Than 30 Seconds In And Jumped To EBAY...Thanx..?
2018-12-13 23:48:21 +0000 UTCThese remind me of a product HP ussd to make, they were cardboard tubes with glasz vials inside and a fibre 'brush' on one end. The action was simple, you smashed the glass vial and the liquid soaked the brush. It was a useful product but quite wasteful. They came in 2 variants, IPA and roller restorer (suspect these were acetone), they were for servicing photocopiers but we used them for video recorders and cassette deck repairs.
The Tinkering Shed
2018-12-13 19:38:19 +0000 UTCDoes it only work with gravity? I mean: if you don't point it down, what happens?
Paul Schuur
2018-12-13 19:30:24 +0000 UTCThat was my first thought too!
mikenco
2018-12-13 16:42:53 +0000 UTCWhy didn't you light one of the alcohol buds as quick candle?!! ;)
mikenco
2018-12-13 14:49:09 +0000 UTCLooks like the same “goo” used in pen cartridges.
2018-12-13 14:28:25 +0000 UTCInteresting and strangely pleasing...
Phil Collins
2018-12-13 14:22:35 +0000 UTCLike you say, great for cleaning circuit boards, but I'm not sure I'd want to clean out an open wound with some dodgy looking liquid from China!!
2018-12-13 14:18:21 +0000 UTCI have seen these in Easter Egg decorating kits with different colors of food coloring.
GK
2018-12-13 14:00:13 +0000 UTC
