I walked into a thrift shop and found a Bad-ass looking space shooter.
It was pretty easy to tear down the product using bare hands and a screw driver!
Below is the description of the Part , its material and the manufacturing process.
- Outer casing (Top) : made of ABS plastic done by Injection Molding
- Shooter Shaft : made out of transparent ABS plastic done by Injection Molding.
- Shooter Shaft Lid : made out of ABS plastic and Injection molded
- Outer casing (Bottom) : made of ABS plastic done by Injection Molding
- LEDs : made out of Glass and semiconductors by glass molding
- PCB : made out of Glass, Epoxy and copper through multiple processes
- Battery Slot : opener made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Plastic disk : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Ceramic Capacitor : made out of ceramic by ceramic molding and baking
- Spring : made out of Steel/iron Alloy by coiling
- Screws : made out of Stainless Steel by casting, machining and threading
- Wire + Battery connector : made out of plastic, copper, aluminium and solder
- Trigger Parts : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Housing : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Shooter : made out of foam and press cut
- Battery casing : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- AA Batteries : multiple process
It was fun doing this activity! Sad I couldn’t put it back, as I stripped down even the last piece of wire!
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