Crazy Disco Disk Cleaning Machine - DEMO and How It Works

[@CityXen]

LoL! This rocks so hard. Congrats on getting on hackaday

[@RobSmithDev]

Thank you

[@johnybitmap2559]

Nice one! 😄 No more tedious manual floppy cleaning with cotton swabs.

[@RobSmithDev]

I guess I’ll find out out 100% in the next video 😃

[@Jaw0lf]

It was fantastic to see this running and I still don't know how you came up with this crazy but cool disk washer! Forgot to add the Windows 98 startup

[@garyoneil9791]

It's the 98 logon tune. All of these are burned into my brain! My favourite is 95 though

[@RobSmithDev]

Correct! Yeah I thought 95 was a bit too obvious!

[@cruncherx86]

Windows 3.1 sound anybody?

[@RobSmithDev]

I guess that one is kinda cheating given having a sound card wasn’t as common back then

[@cruncherx86]

Back in the days I had a original sound blaster mono 8bit w/o dma. Good times.

[@linuxjedivideo]

Just noticed the rear roller cleaning the disk holder mechanism for you during drying 🙂

[@RobSmithDev]

Haha yeah it shouldn’t be touching it. Sometimes when powering down the servos they shift forward a little. I was wondering if anyone would notice, good spot!

[@RetroGamesRediscovered]

It was great meeting and chatting with you at Kickstart and see this crazy disc cleaner in action! Great video!

[@RobSmithDev]

Was nice to meet you too! Was such a fun event! Cheers!

[@phillupson8561]

One might say this is the Rose Royce of disk cleaning machines ;)

[@RobSmithDev]

😂😂😂😂🤣

[@deborahberi3249]

Sooo Cool! -Mark.

[@RobSmithDev]

Thank you

[@flibblesan]

Ah great choice of music. I hear that it's one of ctrl_alt_rees favourite songs of all time 😂😂

[@RobSmithDev]

Yeah he’ll be having nightmares about it for a few months I suspect 😂

[@more.power.]

Thank you Rob excellent machine

[@Graeme_Norgate]

This is amazing. I wish I'd known about Kickstart, I have some floppy disks that no longer read and this would have be a perfect test for your machine :) Next time perhaps

[@RobSmithDev]

No worries, my next video will go through various cleaning experiments so you can try it yourself quite easily

[@retromaniacjames]

Looks like it should actually do a decent job at cleaning the diskettes, though the choice of music I wouldn't have done. For me the perfect music to play is "Rose Royce - Car Wash (1976)" because you basically made a car wash for diskettes. :)

[@RobSmithDev]

That’s actually what it does play, it’s just a dance mix of it - it’s more obvious if I let it play… but copyright etc

[@retromaniacjames]

@@RobSmithDev oh then that is perfect :)

[@75slaine]

Bonkers, I love it.

[@COMATRON.]

love it

[@grahamshaw5531]

Thanks

[@RobSmithDev]

Thank you, really appreciated 😃

[@Geordie-Jedi-77]

Fantastic video Rob ! (As per usual). Loved all of the very in depth details that you provided in the video, it really shows the great lengths you go to, to create your work. Did you get any threats of violence from Ctrl-Alt-Reese ? (as you were sat next to him at Kickstart 02) 😉 What happened to using The A-Team or MacGyver themes ? LOL Keep up the awesome work mate

[@RobSmithDev]

Thanks 😃 yeah this one took a while to make but was interesting and fun. Ctrl-Alt-Rees was very well behaved, my table was powered by an extension cable that plugged in behind him so he could have pulled the plug at any time. He was more worried about Amiga people attacking his Ataris 😂 Funny, A-team was mentioned but you’re the first to suggest MacGyver!

[@Geordie-Jedi-77]

@@RobSmithDev IIRC - I suggested using The A-Team them on your last video However it was you that mentioned using the MacGuyver theme ! Have you gotten round to purchasing a blow torch yet (to compete with B.A. ?)

[@RobSmithDev]

Haha no, unless you count those little ones for chefs to use in the kitchen lol

[@ctrlaltrees]

If it were anyone else I may have resorted to violence but Rob is just too bloody nice. I mean look at his face! This man must be protected at all costs 😂

[@dennisraadschelders6821]

Cool now make one for cassette tapes! 😂

[@RobSmithDev]

Haha that’d probably be easier

[@dj9volt]

The startup sound is from Windows 98 SE

[@Nodster]

KZbin 10 hour looping video of this running when?

[@RobSmithDev]

hahaha 🤣

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

When running this of video looping hour 10 KZbin?

[@Nodster]

@@SproutyPottedPlant exactly! lol This magical contraption needs to be watched by millions. 10 hour videos of paint drying have nothing on this, I know I have tried to watch those videos.

[@chrischris02]

Can you make a machine to automate the tonearm on a record player?

[@RobSmithDev]

lol you mean like a jukebox?

[@chrischris02]

Yes!

[@RobSmithDev]

lol well, I suppose I could… if I had a record player….

[@josephphillips9243]

Where are the insert coin slots on this thing? 🥇

[@RobSmithDev]

😂😂😂

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

This is fantastic, LOL

[@grahamshaw5531]

I'm still at 10 print "hello world" 20 goto10.

[@RobSmithDev]

Well everyone has to start somewhere 😃