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Old Hard Drives
Renegade:
Make a Tesla Turbine.
-4wd (March 26, 2012, 01:53 AM)
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So what is that? Some sort of gryoscope-like device? What's the point of it? I mean besides looking cool/fun?
-Deozaan (March 26, 2012, 02:42 AM)
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Looks like fun~!
Found the instructions for it here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Tesla-turbine-from-old-hard-drives-and-minimal-too/
But, I don't have the right equipment, and buying a drill press is kind of out of the question... Oh well.
Renegade:
Here's another:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-15%2c000-rpm-Tesla-Turbine-using-hard-drive-/
TaoPhoenix:
What to do with older HD's?
I am slowly building up a random collection of 74, 160, and 300 GB sata HD's. They are probably 3~7 years old.
I really don't feel comfortable in giving them to someone who will then use it and probably blame me when it fails.
Wish there was a place that would give you a small discount for recycling them.
-Cloq (March 25, 2012, 07:27 PM)
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The 300's are still fine for "casual users". I think there is a small market for "My First Linux Machine" for like $100 because it's old everything. I know, I know, support hell, but if you label it "Radioactive - Sold As Is - No questions Asked", I'd theoretically buy a junk comp like that for $100.
40hz:
The disassembled platters make very musical wind chimes and miniature gongs. I've done up some very nice neo-gamelan instruments and music with them. :)
justice:
Put them all in a case and format then as ZFS and some kind of nas box and you will get a self healing, deduplicating, data integrity nas box.
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