Unscrewed

Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics

By: Ed Sobey

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Paperback | 1 June 2011

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Admit it: you love to explore how things work. Screwdriver and pliers in hand, no castoff electronics or old appliances are safe. But once you've pulled apart your prey, do you really just want to screw it back together again . . . assuming you could? Unscrewed is the perfect resource for all UIYers-Undo It Yourselfers-looking to salvage hidden treasures or repurpose old junk.

Author Ed Sobey will show you how to safely disassemble more than 50 devices, including: Laser Printer, Radio-Controlled Car, Zip Drive, Videocassette Recorder, Paper Shredder, Audiocassette Player, Electric Drill, Computer Mouse, Keyboard, Fax Machine, Joystick, Floppy Drive, Videocassette Camera, Electric Clock, and More!

Each deconstruction project includes a "treasure cache" of the components to be found, a required tools list, and step-by-step instructions, with photos, on how to extract the working components. It also includes suggestions on how to repurpose your electronic finds. Why pay good money to an electronics store when you probably already have what you need in that old VCR, printer, or hair dryer? Fight the mindset of planned obsolescence-there's technological gold in that there junk!

Industry Reviews

"Tinkerers, do-it-yourselfers, and hobbyists will get a kick out of this new book... Great fun for the Popular Electronics crowd." -- Booklist
"Where others see trash bound for the landfill, intelligent tinkerer Ed Sobey sees gold, and Unscrewed is the bridge between useless junk and precious raw material." -- William Gurstelle, author of Backyard Ballistics
" Unscrewed by Ed Sobey is a great resource for computer geeks, techno-users, workbench hobbyists, DIYers and those who simply feel compelled to take things apart." -- BookPage

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Audiocassette Player	p. 1
Bar Code Scanner	p. 5
Bubble Gun	p. 8
Camera (Digital)	p. 12
Camera (Film)	p. 17
CD-ROM	p. 22
Clock	p. 29
Computer Mouse (Mechanical)	p. 32
Computer Mouse (Optical)	p. 36
Drill (Electric)	p. 39
DustBuster	p. 44
DVD Player	p. 49
Emergency Radio	p. 56
Fan (Computer)	p. 60
Fax	p. 63
Ferrite Choke	p. 70
Floppy Drive	p. 73
Guitar (Electronic Toy)	p. 76
Hair Dryer	p. 81
Hard Drive	p. 86
Headphones	p. 91
Ink-Jet Printer	p. 95
Joystick	p. 102
Keyboard	p. 107
Laptop	p. 111
Laptop Screen	p. 115
Laser Printer (LED Bar)	p. 119
Laser Printer (Single Laser)	p. 125
Metal Detector	p. 132
Pencil Sharpener (Electric)	p. 135
Phonograph	p. 138
Piano Keyboard	p. 143
Pointing Stick	p. 147
Popcorn Popper	p. 150
Radio-Controlled Car	p. 154
Remote Control (Toy)	p. 158
Sander	p. 162
Scanner	p. 166
Screwdriver (Electric)	p. 171
Shredder	p. 174
Super Soaker	p. 178
Timer	p. 181
Toothbrush (Electric)	p. 185
Touchpad	p. 188
Typewriter	p. 192
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)	p. 197
Videocassette Camera	p. 201
Videocassette Recorder (VCR)	p. 207
Video Game Light Gun	p. 212
Web Cam	p. 216
Wireless Router	p. 219
Yoke	p. 222
Zip Drive	p. 226
Glossary and Index of Components	p. 231
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Unscrewed

Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

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