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Title: Re: Work Shop Talk - Salvaging Useful Parts from Printers
Post by: creepy on June 07, 2019, 01:53:04 am

Hi Jim
I totally agree there is a lot of great stuff in machines like that, my last job was a photo copier/printer tech for a Wollongong company (many years) and a guy use to get parts for robots he was building (stepper motors, shafts, solenoids etc)
One mans trash is another mans treasure.
Gary

Title: Re: Work Shop Talk - Salvaging Useful Parts from Printers
Post by: Jim on June 05, 2019, 05:55:55 pm

Quote from: Pete the steam on June 05, 2019, 05:46:18 pm

Too right Jim, I never throw 'owt away.

You never know do you Pete what you'll need and its always a great day when you have just that part that you need.

Title: Re: Work Shop Talk - Salvaging Useful Parts from Printers
Post by: Pete the steam on June 05, 2019, 05:46:18 pm

Too right Jim, I never throw 'owt away.

Title: Work Shop Talk - Salvaging Useful Parts from Printers
Post by: Jim on June 05, 2019, 05:34:13 pm

There's a lot of handy things to salvage from inside the common printer -


https://youtu.be/xX7_APFlkck