Bre Pettis | I Make Things
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So, you already know that I’m making videos like crazy this month. So far I’ve done three things videos. Today it’s “Take It Apart Tuesday” so I’m taking something apart!

George gave me a hard drive that’s dead. Rather than throw it out, I’m going to take it apart and see what I can salvage! To do this, I’m using a screwdriver with a  Mini Torx Screwdriver Set.

Luscious HD File.

4 Comments

November 5th, 2008

Very nice!! Looking forward to more Take It Apart Tuesdays!! BTW, what was the power souce to get the stepper motor going?

stebe

November 6th, 2008

My guess is that motor would be a brush less motor not a stepper.

It needs to spin reliably for a long period of time.

November 7th, 2008

Don’t forget about the bearings that found inside most hard drives. Some drives have as many as three in there!

Vanderbeck

November 13th, 2008

Nice Show, Im an Engineer, and i loved the show about Tesla. great topic, anys i saw a guy make a tesla turbine out of a hard drive on youtube, you might want to check it out

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