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"You need to buy this special heater pad to break the screen adhesive!"
No, I think you will find that in fact I don't.
Holy shit. I do a fair bit of small electronics repair on the side, the cost of a decent heat pad is about half that of a 3d printer... This may be what finally inspires me to get a 3d printer.
Can confirm this works, removed my tablet screen with my 3D printer.
I hate heat guns. This is a brilliant alternative, thanks for the idea!
Opening phones and heating burritos :)
And melting gallium when I 3D print moulds to make some silly metal objects (probably not so smart next to so much aluminium extrusion)
Wax is cheaper than gallium I think
Oh I know, I just have a few hundred grams of it since I like collecting elements, so I recast it into something funny when I’m bored
Sound's fun. I've been meaning into getting into a 3d printing to casting process to make metal objects.
Not sure if this is really what you're asking about, but there are some laser cutting/engraving add-ons you can get. Basically replaces the hot end with a laser. After I upgraded to a Prusa MK4, I'm thinking about getting one of those for my old E3v2 and turning it into a laser cutter.
Looks like they are using it to warm the screen adhesive so they can remove the screen and repair the phone.
Is that a motorola moto z2 play? I owned that phone and I used to disassemble it just like this!
Edit: saw in another comment that it's a z4. The camera did look strange for a z2 at a second glance
Also thought was a z2 lol. Loved that phone
Ngl that's fucking genius
Doesn't that require a much higher temperature than most beds would be able to safely achieve.
I had to take the screen off of a Pixel not terribly long ago to replace the battery. I used a heat gun and I remember it requiring a temperature of like... 240C° or some such? And when I'm printing PLA, my printer bed only gets to 60C°. (Not saying it couldn't go higher, but 240C° seems way higher than 60C°.)
90 degrees was the spec for this job. 240 is way too high.
Nah 85/90 degrees is perfect for the job. Much better and more uniform than a heatgun, let alone a hairdryer
You are thinking about a soldering plate? Those go up to 300°C or some times 400°C.
A phone screen is fixed with hot glue, that starts to melt around 60°C.
What I've used for this purpose is one of these. And I can attest that 60C° is nowhere near high enough to set that kind of thing for purposes of getting a Google Pixel 3a off safely.
But I bet ThetaDev is right that a flat plate heater can work just as well when set to lower temperatures because they heat the whole screen at one time.
No, that temperature would damage your screen. The professional hot plates for phone repair are typically set to 85-90°C. With a heat gun you may need to set a higher temperature since you are only heating up part of the phone and it cools down again during the process. My printer (Prusa MK3) with PCB heater can go up to 120°C, so it looks perfect for the job.
A heat gun is enough to melt through plastic, there is no need for higher temperatures. You can do it with a hairdryer.