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Title: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
Post by: RayB 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?

 ;D

Title: Re: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
Post by: BobA on July 28, 2007, 10:06:09 pm

Old threads using vcr parts

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=18682.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=18682.0)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=18683.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=18683.0)

Title: Re: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
Post by: ARTIFACT on July 28, 2007, 11:23:28 pm

funny! inspiring! ill think twice the nxt time i throw away something

Title: Re: DIY Spinners... VCR parts!
Post by: mcfreak 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