Make wind chimes out of old Hard drive.

[davy]

Make wind chimes out of your old hard drive, see this video clip on How its done.

Davy

[Overclocked]

w00t! I wonder if the motor can be used for some projects?
Anyway, look what I made last week:

[davy]

I can see the electrolytic capacitors, the two resistors and what looks like 2 orange polyester capacitors.... what is it I ask, a smoothing block for a rectifier?

If you want a PCB making let me know, for experimenting and test hook ups I made a blob board, another way is to cut very tiny PCB or copper strips up and glue them on a board.

Ah the motor yes.... how about a discus launcher just let a platter sit on the top, switch on and run like hell cos there will be some Gs flying

Davy

[Overclocked]

Thanks Davy! However this thing needs no PCB as it's is just a toy I made for my 4 yo
(inspired by Make magazine Capacitor Robot Charm)
I wonder if it's possible to hook up the HDD motors straight to the 12v (without sync signal etc.). Can they be used as generators? I wish I had more time...

[davy]

Looks great, I like it, whats his name.... R2C2 ?

Here's a link to a hard drives pin connections Hard drive pin connections and heres another Hard drive spindle motor operation.

Davy

[freewaremaster]

I never thought those things can be another thing after its life

I'll try the HDD wind chime since I got lots of broken HDD..

[davy]

Let us know how you get on, just gotta see this video clip Hard drive fun.

Davy