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DeathDealer:

Im building one, not yet finish, out of VCR parts, that part that spins inside the VCR that has the head, if you find a VCR in the street and open it you will see what Im talking about. Its a Shining silver "wheel" about 2.5"  diameter. will post picture when done.

Lilwolf:

I liked the idea someone had using a inline skate wheel.

nighthawk2099:


--- Quote from: pmc on April 08, 2004, 09:48:50 pm ---Does it have to be a Western Digital Caviar drive to have bearings that will work? I have lots of old (and probably broken) 10MB to 40MB Quantum and Apple SCSI drives circa 1987-1992.

My feeling is, if you have the bearing mech already, why not try it? You can always save face by buying and Oscar after failure. ;-D

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I used an old Maxtor 500 mb drive, so it doesn't really matter.  I tried a couple of 4g/6g drives (don't remember the make) and they didn't have the correct spindle/bearing thingy ( :P love that tech talk) you see in the pictures.  It's sort of a trial and error.  I'd try the older ones first (don't have to worry about screwing them up) then work your way up.

ErikRuud:

I read through all the spinner plans that were available at the time.

I liked Nathan's Cheep spinner the best, but I simplified things a little.

I did not want to have a mounting plate at all, so I used a piar of flanged bearings that I got at Ace Hardware.  They are mounted in a 1-1/8" hole in my CP.  I also hand cut the encoder from a flat sheet of plastic using the template from nathan's instructions.  The way Nathan did it seemed to be a lot more work.

I don't remember the exact total, but I spent less than $35.00 on my spinner, including the knob and mouse.

Edgedamage:


--- Quote from: DeathDealer on April 09, 2004, 01:41:53 am ---Im building one, not yet finish, out of VCR parts, that part that spins inside the VCR that has the head, if you find a VCR in the street and open it you will see what Im talking about. Its a Shining silver "wheel" about 2.5"  diameter. will post picture when done.

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"silver wheel"=Scanner

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