عنوان

Unscrewed :

(Number (ISBN

1569766045 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9781569766040 (pbk.)

Number

b420215

Title Proper

Unscrewed :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

salvage and reuse motors, gears, switches, and more from your old electronics /

First Statement of Responsibility

Ed Sobey

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago, Ill. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Chicago Review Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 236 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes index

Text of Note

"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"--

Text of Note

"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"--

Electronic apparatus and appliances-- Design and construction, Amateurs' manuals

Electronic apparatus and appliances-- Recycling, Amateurs' manuals

Salvage (Waste, etc.), Amateurs' manuals

Sobey, Edwin J. C.,1948-

Date of Transaction

20120314084809.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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