Unscrewed : Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics
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Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2011.
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9781569768945
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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"Admit it: you love to explore how things work. Screwdriver and pliers in hand, no castoff electronics or old appliances are safe. But once you've pulled apart your prey, do you really just want to screw them back together again ... assuming you could? Unscrewed is the perfect resource for all those UIYers--Undo It Yourselfers--looking to salvage hidden treasures or repurpose their old junk. Author Ed Sobey, founder of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, will show readers how to build a desk lamp from an old flatbed scanner, a barbeque supercharger from a Dustbuster impeller, a robot from the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer, and much more. Each of the 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. Why pay good money to an electronics store when you probably already have what you need in that old VCR, printer, or hair dryer? Fight the mindset of planned obsolescence--there's technological gold in that there junk! Ed Sobey is the author of The Way Toys Work, The Way Kitchens Work, A Field Guide to Household Technology, and many other titles. He lives in Redmond, Washington."--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sobey, E. J. C. (2011). Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics . Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-. 2011. Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics. Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-. Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics Chicago Review Press, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sobey, Edwin J. C. Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics Chicago Review Press, 2011.

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