Okay- I should have placed all 'finds' in this one thread- rather than the other four I started so I will copypasta them all here later,, BUT NOW its time for another of
Hak's tip 'o the day
whats good to use & save inside a Kodak slide projector..
Every day there are less places that develope 35mm film-
Walmart and the major drugstore chains have already stopped.
Thats too bad ,as film still does, in some ways, make for better
better photography (plus no pixels to burn out with a laser beam)and the equipment many own represents a large investment that,
in my lifetime will never be gotten back. I have 3 NikonFs and 8 lenses and much more.
But it is what it is .
..so this slide projector ( with a bad bulb) has almost no value.
BUT-- I plan to use the shell to house a laser projector , prolly a lumia and there are other parts worth saving.
The top will need some modification-its heavy duty plastic but does already have a place for the beams to exit- the lens may have some use and there is a large double convex lens and a thick flat one too. There is a squirrel cage fan run from a belt connected to a motor- I have lots of smaller and quieter fans so that fan may never be used by me.
There is a bunch of screws and wire nuts that I can use and a good HD cord with gland that will go back into this unit. The base is metal and I will have an 3/8 inch Al. base plate to go inside for my lasers and other components.
It has a handy handle and I found a good case to transport the new projector in( also free)- it once housed an old manual portable typewriter. Thrift stores often have these and if you ask nice you may get a deal like I did.
BTW... another downside to the drugstore no longer processing film is the aa or aa battery one can salvage inside every one- the store just tosses them or a salvage bin is there and the people that maintain the machines pick these up- also aside from the free ( and almost always good) batteries there is a strobe unit- which btw can give you a nasty shock if you do not short the cap inside before handling- these have some value and can also be used to make DIY taser/zapper.
You may still find places that will give you the MT cameras- last time I scored I got a garbage bag full- I will not be buying primary aa or aaa batts for a very long time to come.
I have found that you may be told they cannot give them to you if you ask the wrong employee--I ask the one that looks least like the boss first.
I seperate the leftovers and take them to re-cycle- the plastic lenses may be useable and the two gears at the top I save to glue FS mirrors for my spiro kits. the small shaft hole is perfect for the free 3vdc motors I get from every Polaroid one- step cameras-(et al) which I pay no more than $1 for, as like 35mm film, - polaroid film is no longer easy to find. There is also some plastic gears inside- another flash unit(& a good shock if you are not careful) a fairly easy to cut thin glass keystone shaped FS mirror and a few other usable parts- these have no battery as the film pack contains one.
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Feel free to add to my thread any finds you may know about- if we don't recycle- reuse or repurpose as much as we can then we are throwing it all away and that means more landfills.
There are treasures for every laser geek at all thrift shops and garage sales.
Good glass for lumia ( glass ashtrays, candle holders and old timey doorknobs etc)- motors some with fwd & reverse and speed control( wired remote control cars) these can be used for a quick& dirty spiro- RC wireless toys provide wireless control for spiros and can be useful for lumia PJs too.
you only limitation is your imagination...
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UPDATE
I have a few other threads about this topic-
here they are if you are interested- however from this point on I will not be starting new threads but adding to this one- please post your comments and your finds too- sub this thread(in 'tools' at the top) or make a post & you will be subbing it.
If you see any uses for parts from these items that I missed please do let us all know-
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here are the old ones-
EZ laser 'time tunnel' froma vcr tape re-winder
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/find-day-2-a-43549.html
or..
a dc motor about the size a of a pinto beam and plastic diffraction gratings from old cell phones...these IIRC are the dc spiro motors used in the White Fusion Time machines built by Rog88 and Flaminpyro Jeff
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/find-day-3-a-43618.html
and...whats good inside an old kodak disc film camera..plus a good tip from a poster.
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/find-day-4-a-43786.html
