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My bench time on laptop motherboard swaps dropped by 40 minutes after I started using a magnetic project tray
I used to spend over an hour just keeping track of all the tiny screws and brackets. Now I use a $12 magnetic tray from Harbor Freight to hold everything in order during disassembly. Has anyone found a better system for keeping parts organized during a full teardown?
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verar218d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah, magnetic trays are a total game changer for that. I started using a couple of those cheap ice cube trays from the dollar store to sort screws by step. It keeps everything in order for reassembly and costs next to nothing.
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black.joel7d ago
The 40 minute time save seems a bit much for just a tray. I've done plenty of swaps and the real slowdown is usually a stubborn connector or ribbon cable, not screw sorting. A magnetic tray is handy, but calling it a game changer feels like an overstatement for this kind of work.
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