How to Salvage Usefull Parts from Printers and Scanners

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[ryanpiro]

Another great thing to look for is the WiFi circuit. It usually has 4 wires, and can be reused as a USB WiFi dongle. (Positive, Negative, Data Positive, Data Negative)

[again]

Following the advice of this video - I decided to salvage my 5 year old Brother Scanner/Printer...and with the available leftover parts was amazed that I was able to build a full size Millennium Falcon type starship with Quantum Drive & Triple Time Warp Shields...am testing it this weekend to see if I can breach the edge of this galaxy, and further proceed onto the more remote Andromeda Galaxy. Should be back before next weekend with luck...thanks to the poster of this video... :)

[swapnilunawane]

The Part at the end, the small lens can be attached to the rear camera of a smartphone, and help in doing really micro photography of some insects, fabric textures and materials.

[chloeconniecarlton]

Boy.... This is highly technical stuff!! Much more technical than I have ever expected!!
Well done!!

[Ogmabandcamp]

Done many of these myself. A couple of times I've dismantled all the messy stuff under running water in the sink to get the pump and tubes. Maybe I'll use them in a little water feature at some point. Superb video as always, love the precision and detail. Always admire your command of the English language. Looking forward to part 2.

[davidkempton]

Your videos are really well produced.  That is why I became a Patron.  Also, your perfect (well almost perfect) English and your very German attention to detail both amuses and delights me. Please keep them coming and please accept another vote for the follow up to this video.

[HenriSK]

10 years ago I salvaged parts from dozens of printers, scanners at my work. I felt like a child with new toys. All parts are now in few boxes. But there is no time to play with the parts and there is serious destiny to throw boxes into bin to tidy a working place. When I was a child, I like playing with electronics. These boxes should made me Christmas of all Christmases :-)

[michaelw]

Finally someone else knows how to properly use an HP printer. If you'd go to your local hardware store they sell specialty tools that will help you greatly taking apart the printer at a much quicker pace. Once home take that hammer (I meant Specialty Tool) and if correctly using your new tool you'll have that printer opened and separated within seconds. Good luck!

[OutbackCatgirl]

This is one helluva fun hobby. I live in a slice of suburbia full of those who will throw out pretty much anything even slightly broken, and twice a year a vast crop of (often fully functional) goodies grows upon the verges for the bi-annual council waste harvest.

Most of the time I won't be able to reuse most of it, but it's really fun prodding round the internals, and sometimes there's a treasure trove of useful stuff. Oh god, i'm turning into a hoarder...

[shahram]

10 years latency, finally I find it...very informative...thank you

[TheMWGriffin]

Awesome! I love salvaging parts from broken or unused machines. Great instructions and insights. Can't wait to see the follow up!!!

[funkyironman]

I have a piece of glass from a scanner that I use to protect my bench from heat while soldering. I added some of those sticky rubber feet though so it wont scratch the bench.

[Patriotgal]

Number ONE- I LOVE your videos!!!! I am just starting to "learn electronics", with a bit of help from a friend, and a LOT of self-study and experimenting.  Being of Scott descent, I usually save as many "things" that I can imagine might be useful in the future- I hate to waste anything!  So I'm now scrapping lots of modern computer-derived stuff. #2- no offense, I like it- but, OMG, your voice is exactly like "Dr. Strangelove"!   :)   Keep-up the educational videos- and take care!  Valerie

[astrocaver]

Excellent video quality - congratulations.
The plastic encoder strip can be made into a good quality Ronchi tester for your telescope.
Cut the strip into 1 cm pieces and mount in a cap in the end of an eyepiece-sized tube.
When focused on a star, you should see straight lines, same inside and outside focus. any bending of lines, or difference between inside and outside focus indicates a defect.

[enigmae]

Great video. Another vote for part two! Also could you talk about how to use the motors, gears, belt and rail to help motorized a camera slider. My electronics knowledge is a newbie level but I am wanting to learn more. Thanks again!

[Enigma]

It seems like when I have an idea for a project, I end up buying most of what I need and I'm only able to reuse just a few salvaged parts that I have on hand. OTOH, when one has a bunch of parts available, it's more like a solution looking for a problem. What I mean by that is you have to look at the parts, and think of the things you could make from them. It's a bottom up rather than a top down mindset.

[ElectroTinker]

Your video is very welcome and enjoyable to watch. I have been dis-assembling printers for parts for many years, however, I would welcome suggestions for what to do with the parts beyond the basic components that I've used to repair other equipment. I do hope you continue with this series soon.
Your other videos are also very interesting and I subscribed a while ago due to the high quality and clear explanations you give.
Thank you for creating and posting excellent content.
Regards, Tom.

[mtmtodd]

Bring on part two kind Sir. You've taught me a lot. Thank you.

[gxpat]

Great video, thanks for posting. I had this very printer and my planned salvage was much easier thanks to you. Please post your part two follow up so we can see how to utilize some of these great parts, I know there must be many more like me who are eager to see it!!

[wmblemania]

The glass is also a very useful surface for gluing sandpaper to, in order to sharpen blades.