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DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
« on: July 28, 2007, 09:37:43 pm »
I took apart an old VCR (salvaged some wire, RCA jacks, useful stuff like that) and I noticed the main motor/reading head part rotates SILKY SMOOTH and has a nice weight to it. I just have to figure a way to extend the main axel and it should be possible to turn this into a "nasty spinner" ... old broken VCRs are pretty common. Anyone else care to pursue this theory?

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Re: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2007, 10:06:09 pm »
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Re: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2007, 11:23:28 pm »
funny! inspiring! ill think twice the nxt time i throw away something
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Re: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2007, 08:36:58 am »
Here are some other examples that are pretty good.  I took mine apart and it wasn't threaded on the back side...

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/how_to_make_a_spinner.html

http://www.axe-man.org/page.asp?lang=E&page=122

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