The older the better - Here's all I found inside an old Epson!

[@SAOS451316]

When I was an engineer in the '80s and '90s I designed machines like this one. At the time serviceability was still on the board as a design requirement so this era of hardware was meant to come apart. Office workers could replace the most commonly broken parts on a machine like this without any tools, which kept them happy. It's nice to see that they still come apart without breaking. :)

[@pdughi]

From an old piece of internet lore, "The Story of Mel," comes this relevant quote: "... there are lovely gems and brilliant coups hidden from human view and admiration, sometimes forever, by the very nature of the process" As a software dev, this is par for the course, but I suppose it's true for other folks too.

[@SAOS451316]

@ That's a good quote. There's a quote from On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz: "Part of seeing what is on every block is seeing that everything visible has a history.". It's a great book. The world is nigh infinitely complex and no one can know everything, but Understanding is, like Utopia, a process rather than a goal. Most people will never open the appliances and robots I made, read my books, hear my music, or see my paintings and sculptures and CGI work. But for those that do, they will encounter a rabbit hole of countless hours of love put into making something by a stranger for other strangers and feel a connection with me. Coding isn't something I do much of (I'm still a bit traumatized from that time in 1978 when I dropped a few kilobytes of unnumbered punch cards, lol!) but I'm sure if we had the time you could share all kinds of knowledge about how our digital world works.

[@glenmurie]

My father owned one of these printers. During a lightning storm he unplugged his computer, but forgot to unplug the printer. Lightning struck the power line near our house, traveled through the power cord into the printer and through the computer. The computer (an Apple IIe) was fried. The printer was fine. :D

[@SAOS451316]

@@glenmurie Ha! Yes, most people didn't have surge protectors back then, which must have been a very expensive lesson for your father.

[@glenmurie]

@@SAOS451316 He was pretty upset. My memory is vague, but as I recall the Apple IIe cost as much as a small car with its whopping 128K of memory and two 1.44MB 5.25" floppy drives. :D

[@cagepersecond3683]

Very relaxing! I never miss your greeblie hunting sessions!

[@malck234]

Greeblie collecting has become a bit of an obsession, i have far too many boxes full but can't let them go...i'm like you imagining builds as i'm removing them....love your builds...very inspiring...

[@Shin_Lona]

The question is: Do you plan to do anything with them or are you just collecting? 😆

[@EFJscratchbuild]

Eu também! Aonde vou , se acho , já levo pra casa para meus projetos

[@malck234]

@@Shin_Lona Both...i'm constantly building things but not at the rate that i acquire greeblies, i probably have enough to last another lifetime...😎

[@Jimmy-sb3fc]

I've seen you throw away PC boards in the past, and wanted to let you know that cut up into pieces, they are the most detailed greeblies per square millimeter. Once you prime it, the components can be painted to look like lights, buttons, levers, etc., touches of UV paint will make the buttons glow in black light.

[@jacksonmcquade7888]

Love the greeblie hunting videos, some really nice pieces in this one 👌

[@cerisekappes580]

Can’t wait to see what you craft next 😊

[@backflipsimmons]

Always love to see these videos. I want to take everything apart when I see these

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

you got some killer parts out of that old printer!

[@chicgeekery]

I want to see a video of you using this cool stuff! Taking apart old electronics is so much fun. The large detailed plastic pieces you don't use would be great as a wall in a sci fi ship/building diorama. Me, I scavenge the circuit boards. 😄Excellent stuff.

[@chiparooo]

Great score. Love the knolling of the parts! Thanks for sharing!

[@richardcorwin1828]

I love my greebles and the process of obtaining them. Thank you for the content and sharing. God Bless to all.

[@jackfallows1893]

gotta love the gap between Cut.................................. Transform Glue

[@ThereandBackaKen]

Happy New Year! For all those cool metal pieces you should try resin casting them... maybe even make molds/casts of any of the pieces you love. Having a supply of molds for components could really help your process BUT might be a little spendy I suppose. Either way, some GREAT finds as always. Nice work.

[@MattsCreativeProjects]

Wow lots of good stuff 👍🏻😄

[@AJB2K3]

The study bits are what is know as tractor feed rollers. Yes, just like tracked vehicles! The fragile plastic are called bobbins but, Thos 4 roller paper guide/ railway chassis look amazing.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

That is indeed an excellent find to begin the year. A full box of treasures. I actually found some plastic round holiday ornaments being thrown away last week, and of course I thought of how you had used spherical forms in your dragonfly build. Love surprise discoveries like that! I've also got to take a moment to thank you for showing how you use a basic cuticle tool for scribing, chiseling etc. in your recent videos. I got a couple of them over the holiday, and they are indeed quite useful, so thank you!

[@charleshenderson-j1s]

Printers so far I learned something of taking apart. You need of taking the ink box's apart. I understand it has rings in them. And maybe if you have the time. You can try taking those charger packs apart I try but it just doesn't work out.

[@scottmccloud9029]

Everytime I come across things like that, i can't wait to get it home and take it apart. You found a treasure trove right there.

[@anothernate3302]

The bit with the two rods was called the Tractor. It fed the paper into the printer. Paper back then came in one long sheet with perforations on the sides, like a spiral-bound notebook. The little nubs on the tracks would pull the infinite page into the machine by poking into all the punched holes.

[@ErikDavisHeim]

That was a good haul! The greebles with the little wheels look kind of like bogies off of a ww2 era tank.

[@AJB2K3]

Agreed the pins look like great antennas and that plastic semi transport spiky bit looks like a satellite dish.

[@Froany]

Also excited for more mech builds!

[@gabrielvaldez6877]

Me encanta ver el desguace de artefactos, yo también lo hago y es relajante.

[@Ghost-592]

ngl that print head looks like a futuristic coffee maker to me.

[@leonardorancati6039]

the black square electronic components are transistors :)

[@omar_l_p]

Esas impresoras valen oro. Se pueden extraer muchas piezas útiles de ellas.

[@rick35149]

cara! equela chapa de metal é perfeita p ser cortada por uma serra de ourives e soldada por solda de eletrônicos, já fiz muita coisa com essa técnica!

[@donsunden5906]

do you have any advice on how to clean the grease off of the gears and things ? what works best for you. thanks for the videos

[@autonoob]

Amazing they could make these things work when my 30USD phone charger cable with no moving parts doesn’t.

[@EFJscratchbuild]

Acabei de desmontar um velho fax para meus scratches

[@FranktheBlindArtist]

More More More

[@mehdipascal250]

C'est bien dommage pour cette imprimante 😢

[@thekitywhocan]

the pause between cut and transform glue just gets longer and longer

[@Omarhizoalgo]

I hurt my heart to see hoe you ripped apart that transistor anyways incredible video i like your creations ¿would You sell one?

[@jvegazorro]

This is MURDER.