[HN Gopher] Daves Old Computers - Robotic DVD Loader
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Daves Old Computers - Robotic DVD Loader
 
Author : gscott
Score  : 89 points
Date   : 2021-03-17 09:33 UTC (13 hours ago)
 
web link (dunfield.classiccmp.org)
w3m dump (dunfield.classiccmp.org)
 
| toxik wrote:
| Just the icing on the cake that the monitoring system is hacked
| up from a barbecue thermometer. Amazing!
 
| electricant wrote:
| This gizmo looks quite good, considering that it was built from
| scraps!
 
  | [deleted]
 
  | zaat wrote:
  | In two days. I feel like a failure
 
    | jeffwass wrote:
    | While he was home sick too...
    | 
    | That said, the bar for failure is not so high as the ability
    | to hack up a robotic dvd loader in two days from scraps while
    | you're sick.
 
    | throwanem wrote:
    | Don't judge yourself - aspire.
 
| zelon88 wrote:
| I had a similar task for a client many years ago. I only had
| about 300 DVDs though. I did complete the job manually, after 2
| weeks of burning on multiple machines. Part of the deal was I got
| to keep the original DVDs, which I sold individually in addition
| to getting paid by the customer and keeping a digital copy of the
| DVDs for myself.
| 
| Worth it.
 
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Similar build: http://www.britishideas.com/2013/09/03/jack-the-
| ripper-bot-i...
| 
| https://hackaday.com/2013/09/05/jack-the-dvd-ripping-robot/
| 
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmHycIOtYHA
| 
| https://github.com/ajayre/JacktheRipperBot
 
| kiddico wrote:
| My favorite game to play when working on hardware projects is
| "make it work (with what you have)".
| 
| It's way more fun than just going to the hardware store to get
| what you "need". Granted the end result is normally pretty ugly,
| but then again the end result is not why I play the game.
 
  | amelius wrote:
  | If you have a 3d printer, some motors and some cheap
  | microcontroller boards you can make a lot of stuff.
 
| jonathankoren wrote:
| I remember this from many years ago. I seriously considered
| making one when I was ripping my cd collection to mp3z.
| Ultimately, I didn't, but I still think an actually useful robot
| would be nice.
 
| barbs wrote:
| Reminds me a bit of Sprites' Jello shot-making robot made out of
| stepper motors from old CD-ROM drives:
| 
| https://spritesmods.com/?art=jello3dprinter
 
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