Another great thing to look for is the WiFi circuit. It usually has 4 wires, and can be reused as a USB WiFi dongle. (Positive, Negative, Data Positive, Data Negative)

Following the advice of this video - I decided to salvage my 5 year old Brother Scanner/Printer...and with the available leftover parts was amazed that I was able to build a full size Millennium Falcon type starship with Quantum Drive & Triple Time Warp Shields...am testing it this weekend to see if I can breach the edge of this galaxy, and further proceed onto the more remote Andromeda Galaxy. Should be back before next weekend with luck...thanks to the poster of this video... :)

The Part at the end , the small lens can be attached to the rear camera of a smartphone, and help in doing really micro photography of some insects,fabric textures and materials.

10 years ago I salvaged parts from dozens of printers, scanners at my work. I felt like a child with new toys. All parts are now in few boxes. But there is no time to play with the parts and there is serious destiny to throw boxes into bin to tidy a working place. When I was a child, I like playing with electronics. These boxes should made me Christmas of all Christmases :-)

Awesome! I love salvaging parts from broken or unused machines. Great instructions and insights. Can't wait to see the follow up!!!

Boy.... This is highly technical stuff!! Much more technical than I have ever expected!! Well done!!

This is one helluva fun hobby. I live in a slice of suburbia full of those who will throw out pretty much anything even slightly broken, and twice a year a vast crop of (often fully functional) goodies grows upon the verges for the bi-annual council waste harvest. Most of the time I won't be able to reuse most of it, but it's really fun prodding round the internals, and sometimes there's a treasure trove of useful stuff. Oh god, i'm turning into a hoarder...

Done many of these myself. A couple of times I've dismantled all the messy stuff under running water in the sink to get the pump and tubes. Maybe I'll use them in a little water feature at some point. Superb video as always, love the precision and detail. Always admire your command of the English language. Looking forward to part 2.

Your videos are really well produced. That is why I became a Patron. Also, your perfect (well almost perfect) English and your very German attention to detail both amuses and delights me. Please keep them coming and please accept another vote for the follow up to this video.

Great video, thanks for posting. I had this very printer and my planned salvage was much easier thanks to you. Please post your part two follow up so we can see how to utilize some of these great parts, I know there must be many more like me who are eager to see it!!

Your video is very welcome and enjoyable to watch. I have been dis-assembling printers for parts for many years, however, I would welcome suggestions for what to do with the parts beyond the basic components that I've used to repair other equipment. I do hope you continue with this series soon. Your other videos are also very interesting and I subscribed a while ago due to the high quality and clear explanations you give. Thank you for creating and posting excellent content. Regards, Tom.

Well done video of the tear down. I'm looking forward to seeing how you may reuse those parts.

Great video, I have two of these and one that is their big brother lying around. It would be nice to see how you use the stepper motor if part 2 is ever done.

Bring on part two kind Sir. You've taught me a lot. Thank you.

Whilst watching this I decided to subscribe for more like this. I have a multi function printer just waiting for the harvest. Like you, I see the potential for using parts of what would otherwise be junk. Thanks so much.

Finally someone else knows how to properly use an HP printer. If you'd go to your local hardware store they sell specialty tools that will help you greatly taking apart the printer at a much quicker pace. Once home take that hammer (I meant Specialty Tool) and if correctly using your new tool you'll have that printer opened and separated within seconds. Good luck!

Great video. Another vote for part two! Also could you talk about how to use the motors, gears, belt and rail to help motorized a camera slider. My electronics knowledge is a newbie level but I am wanting to learn more. Thanks again!

One more vote for part two. Thanks!

The glass is also a very useful surface for gluing sandpaper to, in order to sharpen blades.

I am going to look for part two now, this is something I have been looking for as I have an old printer and another printer scanner that are too good to just throw out. I hope to be able to make a small CNC Engraver from these parts, also a rotary encoder may be able to be adapted to a lathe (Manual) for speed, indexing and thread cutting operations if I can work out the wizadry to make it all work. I know I am late finding this video, however thanks for the upload and you now have another Subscriber. Cheers from John, Australia.

I have a piece of glass from a scanner that I use to protect my bench from heat while soldering. I added some of those sticky rubber feet though so it wont scratch the bench.

Your loyal followers eagerly await part 2! Congrats on your great channel and keep it up!

This is fast becoming my favourite channel! Part 2 please 😁

Thanks for motivate me, i have many old items in my store and now I can use from some components from them

It seems like when I have an idea for a project, I end up buying most of what I need and I'm only able to reuse just a few salvaged parts that I have on hand. OTOH, when one has a bunch of parts available, it's more like a solution looking for a problem. What I mean by that is you have to look at the parts, and think of the things you could make from them. It's a bottom up rather than a top down mindset.

I'm building a 3d printer and thought about getting the linear rods from a printer. I didn't even think about all the other goodies. I have now amassed a collection of old printer in my basement...much to my wife's dismay. lol

Hi TPAI! When are you planning on making the second part of this video series? Thanks!

Would love a part 2 as I started disassembling the exact same printer/scanner combo. I am planning on making a laser cutter with the rail + stepper inside for X axis (combined with another one from another scanner for the Y axis, as it is a laser cutter, I will use a servo for Z axisfocus control). Looking forward to a follow up video!

Number ONE- I LOVE your videos!!!! I am just starting to "learn electronics", with a bit of help from a friend, and a LOT of self-study and experimenting. Being of Scott descent, I usually save as many "things" that I can imagine might be useful in the future- I hate to waste anything! So I'm now scrapping lots of modern computer-derived stuff. #2- no offense, I like it- but, OMG, your voice is exactly like "Dr. Strangelove"! :) Keep-up the educational videos- and take care! Valerie

Just reminding you that we still love you and want a follow up video.

Excellent video quality - congratulations. The plastic encoder strip can be made into a good quality Ronchi tester for your telescope. Cut the strip into 1 cm pieces and mount in a cap in the end of an eyepiece-sized tube. When focused on a star, you should see straight lines, same inside and outside focus. any bending of lines, or difference between inside and outside focus indicates a defect.

now lets see you put it all back together again! Seriously thats an interesting teardown, I have an old Epsom PSC gathering dust and also need an axle for a project. I think you have sealed its fate!

Finally I found solutions from searching timing belt for small motor,thank you man

When can we expect part 2, very anxious thanks

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very informative. Thank you.

Wow, neatly done. My printer salvages looks like the battle of the Somme. The parts in these machines are truly a delight to grab :) One thing I would really like is to see a video on different ways of changing or adapting the gear/head of the motor shafts. These are usually really stuck on there, and they might not always be suitable for your projects. Maybe some good ideas of how to fit adaptors or something on top of the existing cogs, or replacing them completely

+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor I really wanna see what you used the parts for, been waiting for the follow up video for 2 years now.

Very entertaining video ! Thanks for having taken the time to make it !

I’d still love to see part two!!

I just watched some other of your videos. Scratch that voice thing. :) In the other one you seemed 150% more enthusiastic. Subscribed!

Great video... was looking for something like this but for my printer... but atleast I have some idea whats where and what to do and look for.. I am really waiting for your part 2 video and see what you do with the salvaged parts as you said..

i love finding optocouplers - you can use them as vactrols in synth circuits e.g. low pass gates

Have you ever finished the "part 2" that you refer to in the video? I would like to see what you have done with the components that you salvaged... Thank for the great videos you make

This guy is good like "Dr. Evil" -- "I, however, have a plan..."

Thank you Dr. Strangelove.

Excelent video... great work... I'm a fan now!!!

It's interesting that I just happened to run across this video. I scrapped out a whole pile of flatbed scanners a while ago. And I have a whole mess of dot matrix printers to deal with yet... I'll be interested in seeing what uses you might find for some of this stuff.

Nice video's. Very informative. Maybe when you're ready with your new location you can make the follow up video.

Wow, wish I had found your video on this earlier. I broke down a HP printer like this last week and just threw away some of the parts that you managed to salvage. Great video! Is there a follow-up video yet?

Breaking down stuff like this is how I sourced all my parts for various projects. I've yet to use the stepper motors really but am planning a few projects. Some to do with alternative energy.

Very Clever. Well done

Awesome, question, is it possible in some complicated or non complicated way to use that scanner light and/or the scanner "receiver" (which I haven't seen here) to do something like proximity detection or light detection ?

That little lens in the scanner is awesome. With a little screwdriver or pick. Take the top lens out. Then sandwiched in the middle is another thick lens. Take this out. Find a hollow tube the same od and cut it to the same length as the center lens. Put the top lens back on. Now you have an extremely powerful Lupe or hand held microscope. You have to put the thing against your eye almost and the objects you're inspecting close to the lens. It's the coolest.

Fantastic! Most informative yet beyond my knowledge so very interesting! I love to get answers to questions unasked. “Some force might be required “ ! Love it! Isn’t there something you shouldn’t look at like the source that feeds the mirrors? Please educate me.

very nice presentation the video quality is exceptional.

Quite a nice and informative video !! Thank you :)

Great job fun to watch

You are my favourite dude on the youtube :)

I know it's been like 6 years or so, but any chance on a video showing how to use these parts? I have a very old Canon MX712 all in one (fax, scanner, printer with an area for inserting micro SD cards) that finally needed to be replaced. Print heads clogged beyond repair, (I've tried) and the scanner is scanning with lines through it. I am not a prepper, but I am an artist/maker, and LOVE making new things, or using parts from what others may call junk. I hate planned obsolescence, and filling the junk yard with perfectly good stuff! So thank you very much for taking the time to make your videos!! I have subscribed.

I love your channel, and most of all the fact that sometimes you sound like a Bond Villain

Excellent

Subscribed - Awaiting part 2 :)

Please do more videos regarding electronics and salvaging and repairs. Thanks for New Zealand.

I love your videos TPAI :)

next video, forthcoming video .. would be great to see some links as promised. cheers!

yes in need of part two dude

Man, this guy is a machine. His accent is properly British, sometimes he sounds like the headmaster.

very informative, thanks

Very useful video, thank you!

This was an excellent video. Can't wait for part two. Don't keep us hanging!!! ;)

i once took apart a lazer printer andnd i am curious if i can re use the analog viard with theblike 5 high voltage power supplys

A great amount of parts in such a cheap device!

I love this guy - sounds like a Bond villain!

some photo artist hacker types are using the scanner sensors to Make Large Format Accordian or Bellows style digital cameras that start above $10K

I am also waiting for Part 2. Pse post! Thanks.

Very good video! Even if part 2 never come. Congrats man.

i also do the same scraping from old circuit boards before sending them for recycle love from India

thank you very helpful idea

Thank you.

Great video

Thanks. I _was_ going to go all office space on my printer when my printer finally got on my last nerve, but I think I've got a better idea now. Salvage it for parts. Ahahaha disposable printers, yeah. Exactly.

"And i will use these parts to build a fully functional 3D printer in part number 2"

do the photo interrupters work just like stepper motors?

Question for you about using the large motor. Would it be possible to connect more than one motor in series to get more torque/ power, so they could be used in something like a home build CNC? I hope this makes sense, and look forward to replies.

WE NEED PART 2 LOL !!!

Please make More of these types of videos having to do with salvaging Components thank you

Still Looking for Part 2 of "How to Slavage Usefull Pars from Printers and Scanners", One year passed..... :)

What happened to part2?

Very nice

great video

So, what did you use the power supply for? I could not find a video showing the new use for one. I have about 72 old printer scanners which peaked my interest in this video.

Love it. Martin the Martian impersonator

I LOVE YOUR VOICE

Ha, I owned that same model of printer for years! Never worked very well XD

How FFFrustrating. Part II, where are you? You got me all excited ... now satisfy me!

nearly 300,000 views and over 2000 likes!! What more does this guy need to prove there's enough interest for a part 2?

super video

I should have watched this video before salvagin my old inkjet printer. I'd learn to not take apart the ink bin.

I once took apart an old scanner from the late 1990's. Needless to say it was big. It had 2 round neo magnets inside. Don't modern scanners use magnets anymore?I recently found a canon 3 in 1 machine. High quality motors but no magnets.

It must be hell to put this back together even if being given all new parts.