it's not a better choice I never throw them away I use the platters for coffee cup coasters and the shells for putting screws in when i pull apart electronics it's also good when you are soldering and you can solder over the hard drive enclosure so that your solder doesn't fall on your bench, but instead in your HDD Housing
@@chrisgraver2112 yeah they come in hand, so do the magnets of course and if you know how.. ON CERTAIN BOARDS you can use donor parts to repair other hard drives
It's a good demonstration of how to access the functionality of the small high-RPM motor present in hard drives. Not sure a grinder would be the first application I'd apply this to but it's food for thought. Your patience with the hacksaw is impressive.
@@chasimonoh I barely have the patience to hacksaw through a nail before I say screw it and grab the Dremel, so I'm impressed that anyone would take the time to hacksaw through the entire width of a hard drive case. That's bananas.
@@houseofdiy1030 there are a few good videos on youtube about angle grinder safety, some of which are applicable here. A HDD motor is capable of running at 5,400 RPM. If that disc should break up at that speed, especially with abrasive material on its surface, it's going to cause injuries. This project is a really, really bad idea. I agree with you though that it's good to show how the motor can be used, but I'd agree this project is a bad idea. Especially given that it's cheap enough to buy a proper grinder.
@@derekstuart5234 "cheap enough to buy a proper grinder" is quite relative term of comparison. Consider India has over 1 billion population, the vast majority living on around $2/day. There could be over 1 billion discarded hard drives circulating in the world.
@@gregrice3867 I suggest looking a bit more into angle grinder safety videos. You might learn something. These are not toys and a fast rotating disc can quite easily shatter- trust me, it hurts.
How strong is the motor in a harddisk? The only thing I really know about them, is that they're very strong, compact, precise and silent. But aren't you doing something horribly wrong when you need that kind of extreme power in a sanding disk anyway? I think I would prefer the low noise and high precision control, which is why I sometimes use a dremel instead of a hand drill. But I guess to each their own.
@@jeschinstad No. A hard drive motor runs very stable and true. The fact that he uses 100 grit sandpaper is probably a cost issue. For a person working with lapidary and fine polishing, this is a brilliant idea. Just replace the sandpaper with a 1200 grit diamond lap or a tin polishing wheel.
@@mycrazygrandpa yes why didn't you. Now you've made a fool of yourself. The idea of using a HD motor for a grinder is fine. You should just use it for fine work with a diamond wheel or something like that. Not for something you'd be better of using a dremel or an angle grinder.
This is a life lesson in so many ways. Time management. Cost benefit. Clickbait awareness. Bait n switch. Algorithm resistance. Sunk cost falacy and more. Life changing. I will never ever click anything again ever.
15 min I'll never get back. Why in the hell would I go through all that when I can go to harbor freight and get a 20 dollar angle grinder that works much better
I was taught years ago that the way to put a new end (tip) on a screwdriver was to put the screwdriver in a vice with the tip barely extending. With a good file run the file across the tip of the blade to make a new tip end. Next put the screwdriver in the vice where you can file a new flat side on the screwdriver and then do the other side the same way.
@@hughjanus2465 that was scary for me too. but he is not a time waster. On the opposite: he is using his time to create something for himself. NOT FOR ME. I respect him for having a good idea
Fast Forward! You should know by now ;) I only watched it for 3 mins, with constant FF... to get enough to know what was happening so the end made sense... Here you can my 2 mins as your change! ;)
he had a good time though, no doubt about that. I can go to a hardware shop around the corner..But hey, he didn't go out during pandemi lockdown for sure.. He saved himself didn't he?
That’s about what he probably spent $$$ on the electrical components to build that little sanding wheel 😭😭😭 not to mention the time spent probably would have been about the same to run down to the local Harbor Freight to buy one 🤣🤣🤣
As danishdart mentioned below, this is better suited for fine polishing and lapidary work than as a course sanding wheel. The HDD platter is very flat which should make it a good surface for final polishing small chisels and such with 1,000 to 6,000 grit papers, as long as not too much pressure is applied. Skip the CA glue step so paper can be changed more easily.
Well, the "flatness" of the basic disk is compromised by the stuff you attach to it. Were one to find some abrasive stuff to the Al disk you would have a flat grinding surface (except for the flexibility!)
@@Joxman2k Others are self adhesive, which might be another alternative. I have some of them but they are fine grit so would be more suitable for modelling work or polishing.
@@BoingBB Velcro could still work if you put the self adhesive ones onto a CD disk, or similar flat plastic, and put the mate to the velcro on the plastic disk :)
@@tutulahkar2299 I wouldn’t really make this piece of shit for anything. Guess I’ll just have to get a new pair of glasses. Maybe get an extra set of opaque glasses for watching videos like this?
I followed your video instructions in detail all the way down to color code on wires. Couldn't be happier with result. I used a fine grit sandpaper works well for sharpening fish hooks and hooks on lures. Thank you for the instructional video
I got to Agree. Not to mention, he probably would end up spending the same amount on the extra circuit board, switches and stuff that would have paid for a decent grinder. Plus he's got to have a fair amount of knowledge concerning how to "Wire" that contraption....lol. One things for sure, he's definitely got a lot of extra time on his hands....
You've spent an inordinate amount of time making something that's completely useless. However this is what artists do. Ergo, you are an artist and an exceptionally interesting one at that!
Hi, don't worry about people who do not appreciate your effort and work, if not people like you , that have creativity, we would still use candles if Thomas Edison gave up after few failures, it is your idea and your time, and creating something on your own is better than buying everything. Thank
How is a broken harddisk comparable to gold? It's more like making a silent Dremel from a steel brick. The motors in harddisks lasts for a very, very long time, but a harddisk itself only lasts a few years because of the extreme sensitivity of the heads.
Did you notice how the disk screws on? You can attach whatever you like, including Dremel bits. Now you can drill a small hole in any table, place the device underneath and have a great routing station that will last forever. People pay hundreds of dollars for these things. I know, because I just did. I wanted to make my own PC chassis.
Thanks for the video. It was fun guessing what you were building with it. I'm impressed by both the patience and the above average DIY knowledge it took to make this project regardless of its usefulness that others were critical of. To me it opens up countless uses for old hard drives even if one only uses the motor for perhaps a homemade Dremel tool, tattoo machine or something. I opened my first hard drive from about 1986-7 to see what was inside and decided to save it and make a wall clock with it which I never did, but I still have the old Seagate ST-238 5 1/4 inch 30 megabyte drive in a box somewhere, though I discarded the top of it all the electronics are fully intact and it was working perfectly prior to opening. This video has compelled me to dig it out of the garage soon and make some use of it.
I also remember opening up a hard drive around that era, although I was born in '88, so the year was probably around 95. but I still have the shiny metal platters. it's cool knowing other people had similar experience
Been using redundant HDDs for more than 25 yrs to make precision abrading tools for production of small parts. You can use the existing Hdd pcb and power from any pc psu. Hdd tool can be used fixed or hand held, with or without platters and using emery papers, between 120 grit up to 1000 grit. Can also use with customised fences. Brilliant at finishing stainless steel parts. Bonus = free magnets.
@@peterwatt2930 Thanks Peter. I think my daughter, who makes jewellery, would find a burnishing tool like this useful. I'll run it by her and see what she thinks.
@@GilmerJohn Hi John Thak you for the comment. Embedding materials on to the platter is definitely outside my skills. 3M W&D carborundum papers (or sim) have an even grit surface and can be cut and replaced easily. These can be used with or without the disk platter. Further when no platter is used abrasive paper straightens due to centrifugal force but is conformable. Nice for finishing intricate parts. Peter
@ Andrew Hardman.A carpenter told me when I was a child after having asked him if he was not afraid using all those ultra sharp tools that he had,that more accidents are caused in the workshop due to blunt tools than sharp ones.I have always lived by that rule ever since.
This is so cool. I spent all weekend making this, then dropped the thing on the floor and the glass disk shattered. It's ok, the tape kinda still holds it together.
Toss that thing. You do not want that disc spinning at (whatever the RPM is) and have it start falling apart. The entire project is like building a Russian Roulette angle grinder.
Great idea.. I hate to throw things in the trash. I've already used the discs (plates) as an ornament. Glass disks as coasters. Very good. Unfortunately there are people who show up just to criticize and dirty the planet. Congratulations.
What would really get tongues wagging is a frame over that with precision ways and a linear actuator. And much more fine-grit sandpaper. High-precision tabletop surface grinder, for cheap. Might need a ring of precision BB's under the disk/platen for stability, but one-half a ball-bearing race could do it, if a large diameter can be found with small, low-inertia bb's. High-precision surface grinders don't use much power b/c they remove microscopic amounts of metal.
This is a great example of imagining how something discarded could be made into something useful if resurrected. I can imagine me as a 12 year old, carefully following his every step. And the music ain't bad either. Thanks for the video my friend.
Thanks. I bought brushless motor drivers a time ago. but I thought thy were dont working with HDD motors. After Seeing this vdo, I tried them. Working Perfectly. thanks again
Well the thing he made may not be something I have any need for, it has inspired me to try repurposing an old drive to make a turntable. It will be interesting to see if it is capable of driving a relatively massive platter and keeping speed consistency.
I got my Walmart grinder for $12 on sale, normally $17. He spent money on the new drive motor, box, switches etc, He could have bought a file to sharpen the blades at the end.
Amazing 😃 I didn't read the description so I watched in amazement what this is going to be.... So now I know! Tx! One thing I will definitely remember is that these hard drives have a powerful motor to do all kinds of things with. I have a whole bunch of those from my Raid system. So now I know I have all these motors in there to do stuff with!
Dude, very cool, but you have way too much time on your hands! Thanks for showing me what the inside of a hard drive looks like! I don't know how you thought this up but your talent is being waisted! I subscribed anyway! God Bless you and yours!😁👏😎
I guess if you love spending half your life disassembling and reassembling tiny mechanisms...this is good!!! But...I can think of dozens of things I'd rather be doing, that could actually improve my life!!!
But for some reason you have time to watch videos of people doing things you have absolutely no interest in. Which is rather weird when you refer to an afternoon project as "half your life". I would think you were busy saying goodbye to friends and family.
That’ll teach me to watch videos when I don’t know what’s being made. Next try making a hard drive from an old knife sharpener…?
Ha! Thank you for the chuckle!
You do what you can you "privileged" man, appreciate his efforts if you can.
Your justification for crying "privileged" is what? ?.?🤔?.?
Time and $ spent on parts = time and $ spent on purchasing 1/4” grinder from Harbor Freight Tools store.
@@johnlauchner7383 -- I think he does it just for the fun of it. Some dudes just like to roll their own.
Thanks for realizing me that throwing the old HDD in trash was a
better choice..
it's not a better choice
I never throw them away
I use the platters for coffee cup coasters
and the shells for putting screws in when i pull apart electronics
it's also good when you are soldering and you can solder over the hard drive enclosure so that your solder doesn't fall on your bench, but instead in your HDD Housing
@@martinkuliza I do the same - I have so many discs now I use as coasters - the screws are useful too
@@chrisgraver2112
yeah they come in hand, so do the magnets of course
and if you know how.. ON CERTAIN BOARDS you can use donor parts to repair other hard drives
@@martinkuliza Ever heard of real coasters and plastic boxes for screws?
I pull the magnets and throw the rest away
Why, why do I always fall for these?
Note to self: Always read comments 1st
10 seconds, see your comment....bailing. Thank you!
fifteen bloody minutes of my life lost forever
It's a good demonstration of how to access the functionality of the small high-RPM motor present in hard drives. Not sure a grinder would be the first application I'd apply this to but it's food for thought. Your patience with the hacksaw is impressive.
Am I supposed to be impressed?
@@chasimonoh I barely have the patience to hacksaw through a nail before I say screw it and grab the Dremel, so I'm impressed that anyone would take the time to hacksaw through the entire width of a hard drive case. That's bananas.
@@houseofdiy1030 there are a few good videos on youtube about angle grinder safety, some of which are applicable here. A HDD motor is capable of running at 5,400 RPM. If that disc should break up at that speed, especially with abrasive material on its surface, it's going to cause injuries.
This project is a really, really bad idea. I agree with you though that it's good to show how the motor can be used, but I'd agree this project is a bad idea. Especially given that it's cheap enough to buy a proper grinder.
@@derekstuart5234 "cheap enough to buy a proper grinder" is quite relative term of comparison. Consider India has over 1 billion population, the vast majority living on around $2/day. There could be over 1 billion discarded hard drives circulating in the world.
@@gregrice3867 I suggest looking a bit more into angle grinder safety videos.
You might learn something. These are not toys and a fast rotating disc can quite easily shatter- trust me, it hurts.
That’s 15 minutes I’ll never get back. Stick that disk on a drill.... same thing, more power
How strong is the motor in a harddisk? The only thing I really know about them, is that they're very strong, compact, precise and silent. But aren't you doing something horribly wrong when you need that kind of extreme power in a sanding disk anyway? I think I would prefer the low noise and high precision control, which is why I sometimes use a dremel instead of a hand drill. But I guess to each their own.
in life there is very much we need to learn for the advancement of our life on this planet earth that we love
#riskalive
@@jeschinstad No. A hard drive motor runs very stable and true. The fact that he uses 100 grit sandpaper is probably a cost issue. For a person working with lapidary and fine polishing, this is a brilliant idea. Just replace the sandpaper with a 1200 grit diamond lap or a tin polishing wheel.
Dear god, why didn't I just read the comments FIRST before wasting my time
@@mycrazygrandpa yes why didn't you.
Now you've made a fool of yourself.
The idea of using a HD motor for a grinder is fine. You should just use it for fine work with a diamond wheel or something like that. Not for something you'd be better of using a dremel or an angle grinder.
Truly Amazing, incredible, really. That's the most stupendous thing I've ever seen. I have to go sit down.
😆😂
😂😂😂thank god i saw ur comment b4 watching this video
😂😂
This is a life lesson in so many ways. Time management. Cost benefit. Clickbait awareness. Bait n switch. Algorithm resistance. Sunk cost falacy and more. Life changing. I will never ever click anything again ever.
15 min I'll never get back. Why in the hell would I go through all that when I can go to harbor freight and get a 20 dollar angle grinder that works much better
@@jasonclark6194 ,
A simple 775 Motor will do this much better with less efforts. Provided you are not willing to waste you time.
I was taught years ago that the way to put a new end (tip) on a screwdriver was to put the screwdriver in a vice with the tip barely extending. With a good file run the file across the tip of the blade to make a new tip end. Next put the screwdriver in the vice where you can file a new flat side on the screwdriver and then do the other side the same way.
It's cheaper to buy new screwdriver
Gotta be cheaper than buying a new screwdriver if no-one is charging for labour.
I take care of my tools worth the effort..I have old axe / hammer I've cut an inch off the blade resharpening it but it will out last me ..
So this is what a waste of time looks like 😂
That was great! 🤣👍
Should have been labeled Amazing way to waster 13 minutes of your life.
yeah i was scared he was going to saw his thumb off with that rusty saw, 12mins later i wished he had
Thanks goodness I decided to come to for the comments before watching the video. Not going to waste watching the video. Thank you for the foresight 😀
@@hughjanus2465 that was scary for me too. but he is not a time waster. On the opposite: he is using his time to create something for himself. NOT FOR ME. I respect him for having a good idea
5 minutes of my life YOU owe me back. (5 minutes was all I could take)
I know these frauds narcissists,
so I used Fast Forward :)
@@traweler155 You're sneaky.
I wouldn't let you near my videos.
I bailed down to the comments at 2:58...
I kept hitting the scroll bar just to catch important spots. However there were only about 3. Still took 5 minutes I wish I could get back.
Fast Forward! You should know by now ;)
I only watched it for 3 mins, with constant FF... to get enough to know what was happening so the end made sense...
Here you can my 2 mins as your change! ;)
Most fun is just collecting the actuator magnets.
Best fridge magnets ever.
Thanks
Glad I skip to the end, I could use that hdd as a sanding block way more better use of time. LOL
Thanks
he had a good time though, no doubt about that. I can go to a hardware shop around the corner..But hey, he didn't go out during pandemi lockdown for sure.. He saved himself didn't he?
Personally, I prefer the traditional whetstone approach but I appreciate curious minds.
🤣 good joke and true
I use my old hard disks as sledge hammer testers. Works great!!!
LOL
They really need a Harbor Freight where ever hes from!
@@bTusler who do you think made your $16.99 grinder from harbor freight?! lol
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Seriously!
That’s about what he probably spent $$$ on the electrical components to build that little sanding wheel 😭😭😭 not to mention the time spent probably would have been about the same to run down to the local Harbor Freight to buy one 🤣🤣🤣
I got tears from laughing when I seen your post.🤣🤣🤣🤣Harbor freight 🤣🤣🤣
@@Hammerjockeyrepair Exactly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As danishdart mentioned below, this is better suited for fine polishing and lapidary work than as a course sanding wheel. The HDD platter is very flat which should make it a good surface for final polishing small chisels and such with 1,000 to 6,000 grit papers, as long as not too much pressure is applied. Skip the CA glue step so paper can be changed more easily.
Well, the "flatness" of the basic disk is compromised by the stuff you attach to it. Were one to find some abrasive stuff to the Al disk you would have a flat grinding surface (except for the flexibility!)
A better idea would be to put velcro instead of double sided tape. Many sanding discs come with velcro hooks on them
@@Joxman2k Others are self adhesive, which might be another alternative. I have some of them but they are fine grit so would be more suitable for modelling work or polishing.
@@BoingBB Velcro could still work if you put the self adhesive ones onto a CD disk, or similar flat plastic, and put the mate to the velcro on the plastic disk :)
@@Joxman2k Yes I suppose that would work too.
After seeing this I wanna donate my eyes😁
lol
Free eye balls? I’ll take them-they would super cool rotating on this contraption!!
@@T4BCSY bro first make this shit 😂
@@tutulahkar2299 I wouldn’t really make this piece of shit for anything. Guess I’ll just have to get a new pair of glasses. Maybe get an extra set of opaque glasses for watching videos like this?
in life there is very much we need to learn for the advancement of our life on this planet earth that we love
#riskalive
I hope everyone was able to follow the easy 8,743 step process to make this. My 6 year old made three of these before breakfast today...
hahahaha
Best comment! You earn the internet today!
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Nota Bene: the title does NOT say anything like 'EASY' or 'DIY'
Already late for work but noooo,I must see this
Good vid man
I followed your video instructions in detail all the way down to color code on wires. Couldn't be happier with result. I used a fine grit sandpaper works well for sharpening fish hooks and hooks on lures. Thank you for the instructional video
Very creative.. you have a talent.... good job
thats 13 minutes of my life I'll never get back.....
You’ll never get any of it back. That’s not how time works...
Until right near the end I kept saying, while laughing, WTF is this guy doing?
The first YT video i gave a thumb down
Only 1:40 of mine Thanks!
That's why I went straight to comments.
Fascinating how some people are so creative.
Here's the last thing I like to hear when disposing of an old hard drive: "PULL!"
I like it!
Mine tend to develop permanent "error .223" or "error "45 ACP"
Hilarious, I love it. It's a shankmaster 10,000 thumbs up 😂
There's 13 minutes and 38 seconds of my life squandered.
That's why you use seek bar on shitty ideas videos. you guess them from the word "amazing" in the title and nothing relevant in the video thumbnail.
We need to change an old car to new carriage.
Well done!
Videos like this are why skip to the end or read the comments first.
Constructional madness!
Sometimes some ideas are just not worth pursuing.
THIS would be one of them.
Pls someone call the Nobel committe. He has just invented the sanding disk!
He didn't invent anything. He just made a grinding machine from an old HDD. It's fun and nerdy. Not because he had to, but because he can!
A harddisk electric motor doesn't have enough torque to use to this... It's ok for any small work, but not the best choice.
😂😥😉
These are the skills of someone who spend a good bit of time in the joint.
I was skeptical but I'm actually impressed with how much torque this thing can put.
7200 rpm
@@apoymc The rpm is not the torque though.
It has no torque. Edited footage took 10 minutes of scratching down to about 10 seconds
I'm just happy i have fast forward to fastly see a sander.
Not to undervalue the joy of a DIY project, or your clever ingenuity, but grinders are pretty inexpensive. ;-)
I got to Agree. Not to mention, he probably would end up spending the same amount on the extra circuit board, switches and stuff that would have paid for a decent grinder.
Plus he's got to have a fair amount of knowledge concerning how to "Wire" that contraption....lol.
One things for sure, he's definitely got a lot of extra time on his hands....
@@joeleyendecker5346 o
You've spent an inordinate amount of time making something that's completely useless. However this is what artists do. Ergo, you are an artist and an exceptionally interesting one at that!
Watching it from beginning to the end without skipping, observing all the details with all the screws et al was an accepted challenge for me.
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
There's nothing like a good powerful grinder and this is nothing like a good powerful grinder.
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in life there is very much we need to learn for the advancement of our life on this planet earth that we love
#riskalive
Thanks for the video. It was fun guessing what you were building with it.
i like video😍🤗
Awesome repurpose of old HD. Thanks for the Video!
Very ingenious! Every shop can use a sander/grinder! Thank You!
Just use dc motor and a cheap potentiometer and a cd
Good thing I always go to the end of videos like this first.
Me too!
Hi, don't worry about people who do not appreciate your effort and work, if not people like you , that have creativity, we would still use candles if Thomas Edison gave up after few failures, it is your idea and your time, and creating something on your own is better than buying everything. Thank
Wow...that was a very long walk to a very small park.
Now if you could turn an angle grinder into a massive drive , now that would be impressive
MUCH EASIER TO JUST STICK A PIECE OF SELF ADHESIVE SANDPAPER TO A GRINDER PAD OR JUST TO A CUTTING DISK .
Good idea, making silver from gold.
How is a broken harddisk comparable to gold? It's more like making a silent Dremel from a steel brick. The motors in harddisks lasts for a very, very long time, but a harddisk itself only lasts a few years because of the extreme sensitivity of the heads.
I stopped as soon as I saw the comments. Time is precious.
Such a laborious (funny too) procedure for such a simple thing is uncalled for.
Did you notice how the disk screws on? You can attach whatever you like, including Dremel bits. Now you can drill a small hole in any table, place the device underneath and have a great routing station that will last forever. People pay hundreds of dollars for these things. I know, because I just did. I wanted to make my own PC chassis.
That was very meticulous, and you have patience. Good job. How on earth did you get to this idea.
This is just the beginning, wait for how to sharpen a pencil ✏️📝
Oh, I was told many years ago that with the advent of computers we would be living in a paperless society!!
@@johnjenkins2315 We are almost there.
@@johnjenkins2315 lol 😂
I think he needs to build an attachment for that, an old school pencil sharpener...
Hello my best friend I am pradeep soon I love electronic things
Oke
Hope it helps to decide whether you want to watch it: He is creating a sanding disc.
yeah...wished I seen this earlier...I want my wasted 13:38 back....lmao
@@thecentralscrutinizer5105 same here....
Today I have learnt many thing which I will never able to do in my rest few days of life
Very easy. I'll do it tomorrow in my spare time!
I use my old hard drive disks as coasters 👍
Now that I know what you are going to use them for, you may *_not_* borrow my scissors!
😲
I like watching people who are innovative like this.
Thanks for the video. It was fun guessing what you were building with it.
I'm impressed by both the patience and the above average DIY knowledge it took to make this project regardless of its usefulness that others were critical of. To me it opens up countless uses for old hard drives even if one only uses the motor for perhaps a homemade Dremel tool, tattoo machine or something.
I opened my first hard drive from about 1986-7 to see what was inside and decided to save it and make a wall clock with it which I never did, but I still have the old Seagate ST-238 5 1/4 inch 30 megabyte drive in a box somewhere, though I discarded the top of it all the electronics are fully intact and it was working perfectly prior to opening. This video has compelled me to dig it out of the garage soon and make some use of it.
Had the same idea about a clock and did the same thing about that time :) Had about 8 plates that I didn't do a thing with ;)
Please don't encourage the sort of video that makes us guess what they are making. Good makers don't need to do this.
I also remember opening up a hard drive around that era, although I was born in '88, so the year was probably around 95. but I still have the shiny metal platters. it's cool knowing other people had similar experience
Great for Staind glass 🎇 work
You could have done the same with an old CD and drill bit on the end of a drill held in a vice
true but i think the hard drive might be more durable in the long run. at least for a DIY project
I made it to 2:13 seconds and gave completely UP!
Maybe you can TRY doing all that "dis-assembling" of that video....LOL!
Been using redundant HDDs for more than 25 yrs to make precision abrading tools for production of small parts.
You can use the existing Hdd pcb and power from any pc psu. Hdd tool can be used fixed or hand held, with or without platters and using emery papers, between 120 grit up to 1000 grit.
Can also use with customised fences. Brilliant at finishing stainless steel parts.
Bonus = free magnets.
It's a shame there's nothing about it on your channel.
@@DownhillAllTheWay Video up FYI
@@peterwatt2930 Thanks Peter. I think my daughter, who makes jewellery, would find a burnishing tool like this useful. I'll run it by her and see what she thinks.
Indeed, it has a lot of potential applications. Perhaps a better result can be obtained by imbedding the abrasive material into the Al disk.
@@GilmerJohn
Hi John
Thak you for the comment.
Embedding materials on to the platter is definitely outside my skills.
3M W&D carborundum papers (or sim) have an even grit surface and can be cut and replaced easily. These can be used with or without the disk platter. Further when no platter is used abrasive paper straightens due to centrifugal force but is conformable.
Nice for finishing intricate parts.
Peter
OMG I want this 10 back in my life. And for those that spent $30 bucks to make this LOL.
When I watch makers on here use cutting tools it always amazes me that they retain full sets of fingers.
@ Andrew Hardman.A carpenter told me when I was a child after having asked him if he was not afraid using all those ultra sharp tools that he had,that more accidents are caused in the workshop due to blunt tools than sharp ones.I have always lived by that rule ever since.
Very creative! 😎 ..But normally you would need something more powerful that can do more than scraping peanut butter from a screwdriver ..
I tried doing it but i got lost just after opening my hard disk.
I must say being unsuccessful at it was one of my most worthy moments in life.
Where did you get stuck ?
@@martinkuliza Bait meet fish.
Thank you for sharing sir new supporters here
This is so cool. I spent all weekend making this, then dropped the thing on the floor and the glass disk shattered. It's ok, the tape kinda still holds it together.
use an old dvd or cd
So you’ve got the glass disk, and here I thought they only came in aluminum disks.
@@EMPIREJIN I think I heard the glass was in the laptop (2.5") drives. But that may be out-of-date.
@@chaos.corner oh I c, I haven’t got any pleasure with an hdd off a laptop yet
Toss that thing. You do not want that disc spinning at (whatever the RPM is) and have it start falling apart. The entire project is like building a Russian Roulette angle grinder.
Great idea.. I hate to throw things in the trash. I've already used the discs (plates) as an ornament. Glass disks as coasters. Very good. Unfortunately there are people who show up just to criticize and dirty the planet. Congratulations.
It's much cheaper to just use a motor with sandpaper 😂😂
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@@dragonwarriorgamer7892: Yes, and very high precision too, meaning you could use it with Dremel bits.
He did a motor with sandpaper. He just didn't have to pay for it because he used one he already had.
Makes me think of a gem cutting table
What would really get tongues wagging is a frame over that with precision ways and a linear actuator. And much more fine-grit sandpaper. High-precision tabletop surface grinder, for cheap. Might need a ring of precision BB's under the disk/platen for stability, but one-half a ball-bearing race could do it, if a large diameter can be found with small, low-inertia bb's. High-precision surface grinders don't use much power b/c they remove microscopic amounts of metal.
Thanks for making power tool...
This is a great example of imagining how something discarded could be made into something useful if resurrected. I can imagine me as a 12 year old, carefully following his every step. And the music ain't bad either. Thanks for the video my friend.
I'm about to show my 12 year old
No, the "music" is shite.
Makes me glad we have "fast forward."
I _guess_ so. It works, but wouldn't a cheap (see Harbor Freight) mini-grinder do just as well?
Thanks. I bought brushless motor drivers a time ago. but I thought thy were dont working with HDD motors. After Seeing this vdo, I tried them. Working Perfectly. thanks again
Well the thing he made may not be something I have any need for, it has inspired me to try repurposing an old drive to make a turntable. It will be interesting to see if it is capable of driving a relatively massive platter and keeping speed consistency.
Any result?
also interested to hear if u tried it =)
good idea 👍
Cool but just use sandpaper? I converted my upright vacuum into a mortar
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It's a good demonstration
13 minutes to make, basically, a nail file ...
Lmao!!!
13 minutes I'll never get back.
Walmart mini grinder $40 and no building you do the math.
That might be a months wages for some...
I got my Walmart grinder for $12 on sale, normally $17.
He spent money on the new drive motor, box, switches etc, He could have bought a file to sharpen the blades at the end.
HE TOSSED THE BEST PIECE OF THAT DRIVE THE MAGNET MAKES A GREAT CONTACT LESS PROP BALANCER
Amazing 😃 I didn't read the description so I watched in amazement what this is going to be.... So now I know! Tx! One thing I will definitely remember is that these hard drives have a powerful motor to do all kinds of things with. I have a whole bunch of those from my Raid system. So now I know I have all these motors in there to do stuff with!
These motors are fast, not powerful. The slightest bit of drag almost kills the RPM. There's a reason real shop grinders are 1/4 horsepower or more.
@@randallsemrau7845 Ok tx! 😃 Now I know!
This dude is just eyeballing his whole project.
But can you record data on your old broken angle grinder?
Depends on what grit it is to how much data you can store, the finer the grit the more data …
It try is a good idea I will surely it out .
Dude, very cool, but you have way too much time on your hands! Thanks for showing me what the inside of a hard drive looks like! I don't know how you thought this up but your talent is being waisted! I subscribed anyway! God Bless you and yours!😁👏😎
Thankyou
HEY Gyro Gearloose! YOU'RE NUTS!!!
I guess if you love spending half your life disassembling and reassembling tiny mechanisms...this is good!!! But...I can think of dozens of things I'd rather be doing, that could actually improve my life!!!
But for some reason you have time to watch videos of people doing things you have absolutely no interest in. Which is rather weird when you refer to an afternoon project as "half your life". I would think you were busy saying goodbye to friends and family.
in life there is very much we need to learn for the advancement of our life on this planet earth that we love
#riskalive
Skip to 12:30, watch 5 seconds, and you’re done. Don’t waste your time. You’re welcome. 😂
I think you could change your background music...
of course. the old completely dismantle the old hard drive trick.
Or you could just buy a sharpening stone or grinding wheel.
All the work for sharpening the screwdriver. Cheaper to get a new screwdriver
It’s a stupid idea after going through a lot of hassles to make a mini sanding machine 👎🤔😳
I agree too. Too lengthy video and project not worth the time and effort
I was waiting for a thumbs up at the end of the video and someone saying That's Bad Ass.