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Unscrewed: salvage and reuse motors, gears, switches, and more from your old electronics
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Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2011.
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Book
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xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into useful gadgets once more. This handbook is loaded with information and helpful tips for disassembling old and broken electronics. Each of the more than 50 deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found, a required tools list, and step-by-step instructions with photos on how to safely extract the working components. Projects include building a desk lamp from an old flatbed scanner, a barbeque supercharger from a Dustbuster impeller, and a robot from the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer. Now, old VHS players and fax machines will find new life with these fun ideas"--

"UNSCREWED is the perfect resource for anyone looking to salvage hidden treasures from old electronics and appliances. Author Ed Sobey, founder of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, will show how items found in an old flatbed scanner can be used to build a desk lamp; how a DustBuster impeller can be converted to quickly prep a charcoal grill; how the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer can become a robot; and much more. Each of the 50+ deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found and step-by-step instructions, with photos, on how to safely extract the working components"--

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Street Date:
1106.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781569766040, 1569766045

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Includes index.
Description
"Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into useful gadgets once more. This handbook is loaded with information and helpful tips for disassembling old and broken electronics. Each of the more than 50 deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found, a required tools list, and step-by-step instructions with photos on how to safely extract the working components. Projects include building a desk lamp from an old flatbed scanner, a barbeque supercharger from a Dustbuster impeller, and a robot from the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer. Now, old VHS players and fax machines will find new life with these fun ideas"--,Provided by publisher.
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"UNSCREWED is the perfect resource for anyone looking to salvage hidden treasures from old electronics and appliances. Author Ed Sobey, founder of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, will show how items found in an old flatbed scanner can be used to build a desk lamp; how a DustBuster impeller can be converted to quickly prep a charcoal grill; how the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer can become a robot; and much more. Each of the 50+ deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found and step-by-step instructions, with photos, on how to safely extract the working components"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Sobey, E. J. C. (2011). Unscrewed: salvage and reuse motors, gears, switches, and more from your old electronics. Chicago, Ill., Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-. 2011. Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics. Chicago, Ill., Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-, Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics. Chicago, Ill., Chicago Review Press, 2011.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Sobey, Edwin J. C. Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics. Chicago, Ill., Chicago Review Press, 2011.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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