Salvaging Useful Parts from Copy Machines: Stepper Motors, BLDCs, SMPS, Laser Diodes etc

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The Post Apocalyptic Inventor

The Post Apocalyptic Inventor

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@msylvain59
@msylvain59 9 жыл бұрын
One day, while driving, I saw a quite big copy machine on the road side. I stopped the car and loaded the machine in the trunk, with some effort but I managed to do it. Then came the time to unload the copier... and I found it was impossible for me to lift it out of the trunk ! XD I had to take it apart in the confined space on the trunk, it was a real pain. I guess a peak of adrenaline at the time of the discovery did help me to load the heavy copier in the trunk.
@ThePostApocalypticInventor
@ThePostApocalypticInventor 9 жыл бұрын
msylvain59 Hehe :D I just had to laugh out loud. That is something that totally could have happened to me as well :D
@ThePostApocalypticInventor
@ThePostApocalypticInventor 9 жыл бұрын
msylvain59 BTW: That copy cat channel you pointed me to the other day has since been taken down by YT. I filed a complaint directly after you had told me. So: Thanks again! BTW: How did you become aware of that channel?
@krzemian
@krzemian 8 жыл бұрын
+msylvain59 your primal instincts were definitely at play here.
@mo7217
@mo7217 8 жыл бұрын
i had a very similar experience. it was worth it though, a true treasure of electronics and mechanical parts.
@TechBuild
@TechBuild 7 жыл бұрын
Found a copy machine at roadside, amazing luck!
@raym9691
@raym9691 8 жыл бұрын
I would not normally pick up one of these units until late I watched this video when it came out... About a week ago I came across one for 5 bucks.... yes $5 dollars!!! It was big and VERY heavy but I managed to get it home to my garage and start the Dismantling process which took way longer than I imagined but left me with a ton of very nice parts for future projects. Getting rid of the carcass was a whole nother story, I had to dismantle it to the bare pieces and was thankfully able to recycle the metal and plastic parts locally. the toner I took to a local office supply store to be dealt with properly .
@stevenbasnett881
@stevenbasnett881 3 жыл бұрын
The stepper motors can be used to drive ball screws and build 3d printers, and even cnc routers etc Great find. My wife hates my collection. Love your videos. Parents taught .e to repurpose everything. Love it
@JA-qi1fb
@JA-qi1fb 4 жыл бұрын
I may soon have my own workshop / shack / man cave. Stepper motors I will need for use with a large dish, for a radio telescope project based on Raspberry Pi. This excellent channel encourages me into scrapyards for materials. 👍
@DieselCreek
@DieselCreek 4 жыл бұрын
ahhh... my father has owned his own business selling copy machines for over 30 years... we throw them away constantly, tons of cool parts indeed for someone who can use them such as yourself! ive been moving them around since I was a kid. they are indeed quite heavy and they one you got wasn't even very big!
@nicksworkshopp
@nicksworkshopp 4 жыл бұрын
Would love too see more of the autocar semi
@JosephStalin-hv8en
@JosephStalin-hv8en 3 жыл бұрын
Where is your country
@JosephStalin-hv8en
@JosephStalin-hv8en 3 жыл бұрын
?
@DieselCreek
@DieselCreek 3 жыл бұрын
@@JosephStalin-hv8en I am in the USA
@catthecommentbothunter6890
@catthecommentbothunter6890 2 жыл бұрын
@@DieselCreek wait man thats my old account I've been a big fan of your channel cuz i love the videos you post about fixing machines
@MisterRorschach90
@MisterRorschach90 5 жыл бұрын
In high school I salvaged a stepper motor from an old printer and used it to drive a chemE car for a competition. It allowed me to control the reaction time and speed better and won me 1st place.
@DimaProk
@DimaProk 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks to your suggestions, I was able to pick up not 1, not 2, but FIVE free color laser printers / copiers of craigslist from just 2 times I searched. One was medium size laser printer and did not contain any valuable steppers I was hopping to find, but I did recover other useful parts. The next one I was able to recover about 15 stepper motors, 6 of them were Nema frame size containing various gears, timing belts, etc. I gave one larger HP printer to my uncle. It was at least 5 feet tall with cabinets underneath. BTW in USA, the stepper motors are much cheaper on eBay. I picked up Nema 23 japan servo brand for $6.50 shipped! This was before I got all free printers. But typically they run here in 15-30 dollar range for medium size. I also end up with several power supplies including 700 Watt one which has 24v @ 15+ amps. I still have a smaller Sharp color copy machine that I need to be taken apart, waiting for recycle bin to be picked up, it's full of plastic and metal lol.
@billryland6199
@billryland6199 3 жыл бұрын
WOW! What a lot of useful parts. I could keep busy for a long time playing with them. Stepper motors are useful if you can keep track of how many pulses you have sent to them. They can be half-stepped for finer movement.
@nbkkickyou
@nbkkickyou 9 жыл бұрын
Nice find, sir! I usually only find smaller copiers and the like in my area, I would drool at the opportunity to get such amazing ethical and mechanical devices at my disposal! Can't wait to see what you come up with for these parts!
@paulmurphy612
@paulmurphy612 7 жыл бұрын
Your presentations make my imagination go wild. This, no doubt is your goal. My highest compliment.
@builtrodewreckedit
@builtrodewreckedit 9 жыл бұрын
The stepper motors are a great find and look to be of very useful size. The nima23 size would work good for a small home made cnc machine or pcb mill and the nima17 size could be used for making a 3d printer.
@3az3oz
@3az3oz 7 жыл бұрын
After watching this video , I went to Craigslist and sure enough found one in my city ... can't wait to go pick it up. Thank you.
@jjr56991
@jjr56991 9 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the videos on repurposing use components and tool repair.
@CajunGreenMan
@CajunGreenMan 5 жыл бұрын
Surprised you haven't used any of this to make CNC of some sort. I also love your accent, partly because I was stationed in Germany while in the US Army, so it's nice to hear English with a German accent again. Keep up the great work, I learn a lot from you!
@brendanoshea4128
@brendanoshea4128 9 жыл бұрын
Good effort! I can't throw anything away without first opening it up and scrounging components, and watching someone else do it was more entertaining than I care to admit. Thanks for sharing. {Now to find some stepper motor driver vids}
@Angel_Bob_
@Angel_Bob_ 6 жыл бұрын
The amount of ideas you've just given me is... substantial.
@h4z4rd42
@h4z4rd42 9 жыл бұрын
Last year we disassembled about 50 copiers like that to use the chunks as decoration for a movie set. Now I have tons of stepper motors and drivers and such I've managed to save for myself. I don't think I will ever need to buy any roller/spring/stepper motor/driver ICs anymore. A copier like that is a goldmine!
@arthurbrazzle6854
@arthurbrazzle6854 7 жыл бұрын
After watchig this, I immediately went on craigslist, found one 10 minutes away, and am picking it up tomorrow. Thanks for the great idea on a source of free parts.
@dozerjohn
@dozerjohn 9 жыл бұрын
I got to disassemble a couple of those huge HP 9000 series laser printers, similar looks. Got tons of useful stuff similar to what you showed here but my electronics knowledge was too low to salvage anything from the pcb back then.
@stepcorngrumbleteats7683
@stepcorngrumbleteats7683 9 жыл бұрын
Great Salvage ! I have made custom machine tools from salvage like this, it's very rewarding.
@pietersleght8235
@pietersleght8235 6 жыл бұрын
i could have picked one of those up but as I am female and 71, couldnt do it myself....but the next time i see one, i sure will find someone to help me....you did a great job in the video.
@Ramekenas
@Ramekenas 9 жыл бұрын
Well, now i am waiting for a tutorial about stepper motors and their circuits!
@TechBuild
@TechBuild 7 жыл бұрын
It's a long time since he made this video.
@GregoryAllenMansheim
@GregoryAllenMansheim 3 жыл бұрын
Second, that.
@klt777
@klt777 7 жыл бұрын
I've operated an office machine business for 40 years and always strip down the copy machines, printers etc. before scrapping. I now have a barn full of parts like you have here but haven't found the time to play with them much yet. Some friends have come by to get stepper motors for their 3D printer projects. Please post ideas you come up with for these parts. Thanks for the post.
@ThirdPer3on
@ThirdPer3on 7 жыл бұрын
Kevin Tucker Yes! I do the same, a little part of me dies if i don't take the motors and drive IC's before they get shipped off. Have built a simple cnc machine. But with steppers running out of your ears, possibilities are endless!
@Altcapball
@Altcapball 9 жыл бұрын
man this video has me searching craiglist for a free copy machine every day lol.
@Altcapball
@Altcapball 9 жыл бұрын
+Brady Rose Update, I got one! my experience has been very similar!
@lilypower
@lilypower 7 жыл бұрын
:( im envious!
@ahsin.shabbir
@ahsin.shabbir 7 жыл бұрын
Same here
@user-hi8jf1hu4p
@user-hi8jf1hu4p 7 жыл бұрын
I found some but they're an hour away :(
@billknight5596
@billknight5596 7 жыл бұрын
Check you local copier dealer. You might find one that just picked up a machine that the manufacture no longer supports and be able to get it cheap to nothing. Most of the motors are 24 volt, especially the larger ones. The fans are 12 volt and so are the smaller motors.
@o0julek0o
@o0julek0o 8 жыл бұрын
I fucking love this guys accent 😂 It fits perfectly with the 'mad scientist' vibe in the videos.
@mechadrake
@mechadrake 8 жыл бұрын
+o0julek0o evil German mad scientist of course. classic accent :)
@boowonder888
@boowonder888 8 жыл бұрын
Ze Rred Skull! (Before he went bad..)
@AttilaTheHun333333
@AttilaTheHun333333 7 жыл бұрын
For a German his accent is really light imo. Excellent pronunciation too.
@SwarthySkinnedOne
@SwarthySkinnedOne 6 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. Funny you mention that. I always think of "Dr. Strangelove" (Remember that 1963 flick staring Peter Sellers?) when hearing him speak. They kind of sound alike.
@wolfitirol8347
@wolfitirol8347 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah German or Austrian definitely he speaks classic school accent as it's spoken in schools in these countries but not bad...
@TRIPPLEJAY00
@TRIPPLEJAY00 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing I have so many circuit boards and never knew true value. High five to you Sir.
@manerlind
@manerlind 6 жыл бұрын
What an excellent pronunciation. A very clear and pleasant voice! Вetter than the islanders) Greetings from Russia ;)
@MattsAwesomeStuff
@MattsAwesomeStuff 9 жыл бұрын
I think those mirrors are "first surface mirrors", rather than normal "second surface mirrors". First surface means that light does not go through a medium before hitting the reflective surface, the reflective surface is the "first" surface, hence the name. They're good for lasers and other wavelengths that are blocked by glass.
@curtis133
@curtis133 8 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh I Love ripping into copy machines, like a candy store, I always felt rushed though, didint wanna get caught >.> just watching this is almost as fun though, Thank you !!
@kevinoconnell4459
@kevinoconnell4459 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome Find, I want to build a CNC router and most of the parts seem to be right there. I will definitely keep my eye out for one of these. Thank You for posting this video.
@DiscoverRajivVlogs
@DiscoverRajivVlogs 5 жыл бұрын
I also selevged about 50 stepper motors from about 4 Xerox machines, they are really awesome even I sold some of them😜got more then I paid and still have about 25 motors. Also didn't disassemble the machine by myself I just bought all the steppers. I have some nema 23s(maybe 6) about 700grams each runs at 3amps without problems.
@machineshop2029
@machineshop2029 4 жыл бұрын
Great jod.
@ChicknNudleSoup
@ChicknNudleSoup 7 жыл бұрын
I watched this video for the first time two days ago. I immediately went onto Craigslist to see what I could find. Lo and behold, on the first page of the free section I found a working photocopier that had been posted only 15 hours earlier. I texted the guy and yesterday went to pick it up! The only unlucky bit was it weighed 250 pounds and had to come down ten stairs before we were at street level. Having looked it up online, it seems these are going for between $1700-4500 US used. So I may not take it apart just yet ;)
@woundedslug7485
@woundedslug7485 9 жыл бұрын
you have a very clear voice and are well spoken!
@johnroe9570
@johnroe9570 7 жыл бұрын
I've gotta say, PAI, these are some of the best videos I've found
@rnwagner
@rnwagner 3 жыл бұрын
I used to work for KonicaMinolta. You would be amazed in how much of that stuff they throw in the trash and send to landfills over here in the states. Truly a total shame.
@cherylm2C6671
@cherylm2C6671 Жыл бұрын
Let me know where to get them!
@albear972
@albear972 6 жыл бұрын
6:47 a full bridge rectifier? Holy crap! I used to work at a copier sales place 10 years ago and we dealt with Minoltas. I know this copier well. During my years there we took in those old trade ins, even newer than this one and stripped off the serial numbers and sent them to the landfill. Sometimes when we needed a part we sent the old machine to the techs and they would pull out a board from an old machine and junk the rest. I do remember those machines having dozens and dozens of motors and interesting looking boards. While I had free time I did what you did and got many sweet sturdy roller dollies from the bottom of copy machines. We still have some here that we use at times.
@BisdremisKostas
@BisdremisKostas 8 жыл бұрын
i smell a cnc router coming
@BigRalphSmith
@BigRalphSmith 8 жыл бұрын
Or a 3D printer
@TechBuild
@TechBuild 7 жыл бұрын
But it has gone away ;)
@burntorangeak
@burntorangeak 5 жыл бұрын
That smell is actually just Germany.
@GrafRucola
@GrafRucola 5 жыл бұрын
I guess no RDM machine :P
@heru-deshet359
@heru-deshet359 5 жыл бұрын
@@burntorangeak Bratwurst.
@pkf4124
@pkf4124 4 жыл бұрын
Such a great “find” MFP printers are a excellent source of parts,
@vthrash7832
@vthrash7832 9 жыл бұрын
The other day a school throw away 12 Konica Minolta copymachines. I arrive a little bit late. but i get 10 Sanyo Stepper motors and a few cooler fans. I like your channel, keep making videos man!!
@Compasscard
@Compasscard 6 жыл бұрын
Those steppers are indeed gold worth
@montyw4700
@montyw4700 6 жыл бұрын
What a find!!! I know many of these copiers have a document called an IPB or Illustrated Parts Breakdown. at least when I serviced machines for IBM that's what they were called with how they went together and part numbers searching for the service manual for the machine that service people use to replace and repair machines & parts
@Spirit532
@Spirit532 9 жыл бұрын
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Try powering the laser head up, but only after you replace the diode with a low-powered visible one. Most mirror motors have four wires, and are very easy to drive. Find the nearest power filtering cap, and swap the remaining wires around from positive to negative to see which one is the low-speed(operational) one, and which one is the high speed(spinup) one. All of them(nearly all) run on 24 or 18V, so start with 18. They can be used to make a raster laser display, for example :)
@censusgary
@censusgary 5 жыл бұрын
I’d like to know more about what you can (or will) use these parts for (other than building a copy machine). Perhaps you will show that in future videos?
@MatthewCrawford
@MatthewCrawford 9 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on finding that gold mine! I will be watching for them now too :)
@wimwiddershins
@wimwiddershins 6 жыл бұрын
Those big steppers are gold.
@WayneTheSeine
@WayneTheSeine 5 жыл бұрын
One mans trash is definitely another mans treasure. Awesome video.
@peterbthomas4227
@peterbthomas4227 5 жыл бұрын
I made a telescope using the lens from a large photocopier and old view finder. Cool as. Love this stuff.
@heru-deshet359
@heru-deshet359 5 жыл бұрын
I took apart an old VCR and found an I phone, DVD player and a small security gremlin inside.
@JosephStalin-hv8en
@JosephStalin-hv8en 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@not2fast4u2c
@not2fast4u2c 9 жыл бұрын
You have found alot of parts for projects I wish I knew more about electronics. I do have a small wind turbine that uses a stepper motor . The big one you showed would make a good one to charge small batteries or run LED's
@DougHanchard
@DougHanchard 7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Junk that really is a gold mine for those that understand what the potential is.
@TheRodionRaskolnikow
@TheRodionRaskolnikow 9 жыл бұрын
These stepper motors looks very high quality and getting them for free, wow
@Apafej627
@Apafej627 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I would love to see a cnc router built from the stepper motors.
@michael_toms
@michael_toms 7 жыл бұрын
Danke sehr, dass Du uns sehr gut erklären hast. Es war toll.
@52memor
@52memor 4 жыл бұрын
The elecrtonic boards that you can't use can be mounted on a board and turned into an Art Feature to hang on the wall
@МихаилБалахин
@МихаилБалахин 7 жыл бұрын
Вот это да, сколько ценных деталей, это сокровище
@deeryme7690
@deeryme7690 9 жыл бұрын
So much potential for projects. All those motors would make a nice starting point for a 3D printer or laser cutter. Good to see a beer at 6.59 too haha, you probably needed it after all that work
@researchandbuild1751
@researchandbuild1751 5 жыл бұрын
I normally HATE intros on youtube videos. But, you actually have a good intro compared to any other channel
@davinderc
@davinderc 8 жыл бұрын
Did you figure out the characteristics of the BLDCs? I'm curious if they could be used to build a quadcopter of sorts (or a one/two motor glider) on the cheap. Down here in Brazil, importing electronics is expensive due to protectionist policies, but I know where to find some old copy machines with BLDCs like those in the video. Do you think they can run up the in the tens of thousands of RPMs and have reasonable torque to spin a propeller?
@seankelly5575
@seankelly5575 5 жыл бұрын
Love finding copy machines
@alexk6745
@alexk6745 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if you did anything of those things. I nearly finished salvaging printer. Started to check and the stepper motors not commonly used and they also low power
@clfung2008
@clfung2008 6 жыл бұрын
Wise guy ! easily got a lot of interesting toys with minimum cost ! excellent !
@hatori18
@hatori18 6 жыл бұрын
I was about to toss away 2 printers I have but now I can salvage the parts. Can you tell me if you ever did a part 2 of the video? Thanks will be subscribing.
@johnroe9570
@johnroe9570 7 жыл бұрын
I just bought 2 of the smaller Xerox copy machines for ten bucks from a church undergoing renovation. The huge tube in the middle of the machines that has the two decent bearings on either side and the half cylinder of whatever in the middle... Did you figure out a use for it? I'm thinking of integrating it into a robotic arm but was wondering if you had a better idea... I've got two of them now
@tomalcolm
@tomalcolm 9 жыл бұрын
El Dorado and invisible laser beams! Another superb video.
@Torsan1977
@Torsan1977 9 жыл бұрын
I've salvaged similar brushless dc motors from hp printers, but I've got no idea if I can get them to work in another project. I've also found those electromagnetic accuators (i think that's what they are) but I can't them to do anything either! :/ Thanks for the video! That must have been so much fun!!
@klt777
@klt777 6 жыл бұрын
I own an office machine business in the US and have stripped down hundreds of copy machines over the years. I have a barn full of these components but have never got around to doing much with them. Things like toy train features to X-Y-Z tables. I would like to see what you do with them.
@katrinat.lallier126
@katrinat.lallier126 4 жыл бұрын
Any guidance on wiring the DC motors. My motor has 7 wires marked 24v, PGRD, start/stop etc.
@christopherleubner6633
@christopherleubner6633 5 жыл бұрын
I remember stripping down some giant copier printers from the early 1990s that had helium neon lasers an aom, a super fast polygon scanner and thousands of other neat goodies inside.
@georgedennison3338
@georgedennison3338 5 жыл бұрын
This looks very much like a pile of salvaged components I am currently accumulating, boxing, bagging, and tagging. I acquired a Ricoh 4 color printer, w- coallator, from a deceased friend's estate. It was throwing an error code, and I was offere 100.00 from a Ricoh repair shop. I decided to keep it, and see if I could fix it. I never was able to find enough info to troubleshoot it, and decided to scrap it. Upon digging into it, too far to put it back together, I discovered one of the vulvanized rubber & steel stepper motor mounts had broken. If you get a chance to get a color printer of the size I'm describing, (as big, or bigger than the photocopier), by all means, take it. I am not done scrapping some of the major sub-components, but already have more than you got from the photocopier. A veritable gold mine, (your El Dorado description was quite accurate.), to be sure. Don't overlook a page collator, either. There were more steppers, gears, shafts, belts and solenoids in it, than the printer! Have you sorted out how to get the stepper motors working? Good hunting... GeoD
@curtis133
@curtis133 8 жыл бұрын
Oh just a side note about IR radiation sources, even something silly like staring into an un shielded remote control IR diode, dont do it! the most dangerous thing is probably that since you dont see it, the iris in your eye ball machine will not close to block light such as when looking at a visible source, yet ir can and will do similar damage as looking into a bright light source (if im wrong some one can and will correct me...ughh) but this is what I remember from some sticker on some sweet machine i was disassembling some time ago :)
@jdlives8992
@jdlives8992 7 жыл бұрын
@howtoanddiychannel2387
@howtoanddiychannel2387 6 жыл бұрын
Jeff DIxon I got 2 canon 550 imagerunner copy machines made in 2000 and there packed with tons of stepper motors and other electronics!
@shivasorion2014
@shivasorion2014 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation...your work, process and organization of materials is appreciated. thank you.
@kennethkustren9381
@kennethkustren9381 4 жыл бұрын
One day, long ago, I salvaged 2 Commercial Copiers, all analogue, with a few IC boards. Also a Kodak Photo Print Copier, including a filtered oilless Air Pump and dbl action Pneumatic cylinders. You already have most of the parts showing in this video here.
@kennethkustren9381
@kennethkustren9381 4 жыл бұрын
I am planning a 4axis Trunnion -based CNC.
@T3hJones
@T3hJones 9 жыл бұрын
You could build a copy machine out of those parts! :) That machine could not have gone to a better home!
@murdockscott
@murdockscott 6 жыл бұрын
My son and I have broken down many scanners and copiers (none nearly that huge😀) so we have quite a collection ourselves. Did you find a good way to control and/or way to use those stepper motors? I would be very interested in projects involving them. I browsed through your other videos but didn’t see any. I will take a more in depth look when I get a chance.
@simpsonizer
@simpsonizer 8 жыл бұрын
Man the stories I could tell about my parts harvests! There was this one time I found a huge pile of xerox machines several years ago! GOLD MINE OF PARTS!! I still have all the parts, but my pop scrapped some of my metal one day... ARGH....
@Tome4kkkk
@Tome4kkkk 7 жыл бұрын
What motor would you recommend for a mini disc sander? I don't know the power of a Dremel 3000 but half of its power would be fine for my applications.
@troyna77
@troyna77 4 жыл бұрын
i managed a printshop. the business that I worked for was renting machines just like that for thousands of dollars a month(including onsite tech support/PM/repair/supplies). at the end of my job(6 years) the total bill for one printer that the company paid for was about $88 k. while not owning the printers out right, we were allowed a monthly "click count" of prints(100,000 black ink pages AND 10,000 color inked pages). basically a page of black ink only print cost us .001 cents. yes, 1 thousandths of a penny. color cost up .04 cents a page. we also got monthly supplies for free(excluding paper). now imagine how much money a small consumer printer cartridge costs VERSUS actual cost.
@moosefarms
@moosefarms 7 жыл бұрын
I've pulled some good parts out of regular household printers and scanners, but I have yet to disassemble a large copier like this. jealous!
@waleednassar6239
@waleednassar6239 7 жыл бұрын
Very Good Job and thank you for sharing the experience
@TheNuubi
@TheNuubi 9 жыл бұрын
wow die Mühe hat sich auf jeden fall gelohnt. Wo genau schaust du im internet nach wenn du nach gebrauchten teilen suchst, ich habe meist nur mäßigen erfolg wenn ich nach alten elektrogeräten zum ausschlachten suche.
@ThePostApocalypticInventor
@ThePostApocalypticInventor 9 жыл бұрын
TheNuubi Ich gehe regelmäßig auf Ebay-Kleinanzeigen. Gebe dann einfach die Kategorie "zu verschenken" ein und beschränke die Suche auf 20km Umkreis. Dann drück ich einfach auf "suchen" und gucke, was es so gibt. Oft gibt es nichts interessantes, aber manchmal gibt es tolle Sachen. Habe schon Miele /Siemens Waschmaschinen / LCD-Fernseher udn vieles andere bekommen. Man muss allerdings schnell sein und sollte ein Auto haben.
@alexk6745
@alexk6745 4 жыл бұрын
I have comercial printer which I wanted to fix. Then realized I will take a lot of time and god know if I fix it or not. I also think if I should try salvage parts. From one side I think to salvage parts form it. From another side I think it doesn't worth doing that. I need some steppers for cnc. But I need 3 pcs the same. So it looks like time wasting with not much value. I believe you have spent minimum 4h in my case using my rate it is decent amount which could be spent to buy parts like stepper motors. It will be really appreciated if you share some projects you did from those parts.
@ajmalkhan-lk6kk
@ajmalkhan-lk6kk 2 жыл бұрын
sir i saw your video of japani machines Di 620 so please how i can know that know this machines print setting please reply us thanks
@damavox
@damavox 8 жыл бұрын
I have access to a large copy machine like the one in your video, not the same model but of the same size, what i would really like to do is convert it into a cd printer for cheap. However i do not have the know how to do so. Any suggestions?
@TheZooBrooksAB
@TheZooBrooksAB 2 жыл бұрын
Do you know of any other good sources of larger stepper motors?
@mohamedsh4093
@mohamedsh4093 4 жыл бұрын
Good job I like what you do
@GavinFreedomLover
@GavinFreedomLover 8 жыл бұрын
Great channel mate , sending peace and happiness your way from England !!!
@jrb1171
@jrb1171 8 жыл бұрын
I was looking through craigslist in my hometown when I found some free copy machines. 72 to be exact. Some scanners some laser copiers some old copiers. Jack pot. I spent about 3 hours taking apart one! Damn
@shafiqrahman9156
@shafiqrahman9156 5 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I opened two large wide carriage poster printers but did not find Nema type stepper motors.
@davesstuff1599
@davesstuff1599 9 жыл бұрын
good find and excellant way to reuse.
@Erjet1008
@Erjet1008 6 жыл бұрын
@The Post Apocalyptic Inventor I have seen some one using Stepper Motors, and making them turn, by simply connecting the minus to the ground though a cable and a digged rod metal , and the plus to half spherical coper plate hanged in a tree or something similar. Do you need them? I need one
@nolimit7
@nolimit7 8 жыл бұрын
its amazing how the parts in that old piece of junk are worth so much
@blackIce504
@blackIce504 9 жыл бұрын
i see a cnc or 3d printer in your future based on the stuff you got there good salvage bro..
@kennethkustren9381
@kennethkustren9381 5 жыл бұрын
~gigglez~ ..." THATS NOT A COPIER !! ... THIS IS A COPIER !!! " I once repurposed three full-sized commercial copiers, and a Kodak print & photo-finishing unit. Oilless AirCompressor, large steppers, and brushed Boldor AC fractional hp motors, small guage drive chains/gears, relays, microswitches, pots, caps, and sooo many old sub 10A electronics parts. I have soooo many options now, I bought a TB6560 4axis controller and a trio of NEMA23's. Waiting for a deal on some 2030 & 2060 perhaps, but was toying with ideas of epoxy granite castings.
@isekaiexpress9450
@isekaiexpress9450 5 жыл бұрын
Woah. I could say, even if you buy a broken copy machine for 200 bucks, you're still saving money, if you consider the worth and effort to get the parts in it separately.
@NitroTom91
@NitroTom91 7 жыл бұрын
Should I be concerned that I get pretty excited when I see stepper motors? I have a Lanier copier with a blown fuse lamp right next to me. It's only half the size of the one in the video, but I think I'll take it apart now. :D Just found you, I'm subscribed for sure.
@MrLimetto
@MrLimetto 8 жыл бұрын
2:08 Whats that item one the left, with that 1 gear attached to it and 2 blue wires going out of it?
@Eratas1
@Eratas1 6 жыл бұрын
Electric clutch
@brice9613
@brice9613 8 жыл бұрын
Oh man you rely hit the jackpot with this I got a machine like this but it was one of those small ones not even close to the amount of parts here.
@earlyphoto
@earlyphoto 7 жыл бұрын
I have some 127k23051 motors with assemblies that would go in a Xerox Docucolor 12. I was wondering how I would figure out how to make use of these for projects. They are neat items, one motor and three output gears. The first question would be voltage. There is a 10 wire connector. Six of these go three clutches, one pair each, which engage the three gears. That is the relatively easy part, I can probably get one to engage. The other four wires go to a board with the main motor on it, and this is more difficult for me. It would be nice if I could power it via the proper two wires. I may be able to bypass the board, but it would be better if I knew which two wires to use. I thought that perhaps if I turned the motor I could read a voltage through two of the wires with a voltmeter. My dad did not think that would work. Any information would be helpful. Thanks
@earlyphoto
@earlyphoto 7 жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention that they are called "paper motor assemblies".
@TechBuild
@TechBuild 7 жыл бұрын
Are all the motors from the same machine?
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