Computer Hard Drive

guido

Well-known Member
Hello,

This old drive is old enough to trash. None of my computers had the proper adapter to see if there was something I wanted to keep. Now I have a very strong magnet and a very shiny mirrow. The dark spot is the back of my phone,

Guido.
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Guido, if you do much of that sort of thing, you can get an adapter for about $20 to plug into a USB port. Comes with a power supply and adapters for IDE and SATA. I've saved data from several defunct computers with mine.
 
I have 20 years worth of hard drives out back from my business that are waiting for me to get in the mood to do a little target practice with something larger than a 22. Didn't count but about 30 or so and everyone contains data that is better kept off the internet. Thinking either my AK or 1911 both are fun and will do the job.
 
Hello kevinthefixer,

Yes I could have bought a usb adapter, but I really did not NEED to get into it. Here is how I use the
strong magnets. I also build a spring loaded charging holder to charge any size cell,

Guido.
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Hello steveob671,

Got some for my tree with the the little ones pictures over the years, including c d's

Guido.
 
Guido, that's not really an old VTVM on the right, is it? I ditched my last one 15-20 years ago, a Heathkit, it fried a cap and I couldn't find a replacement with a high enough voltage rating. Old one was wax paper and tinfoil!
 
Hello Keninthefixer,

That is an old Simpson 260. If I were to have hooked up to that lab power supply output going to the
cell charging, the voltage reading would be the same. I tried @10 20 30 volts. Power supply and The 260
both read the same. I do not need any more then that.
I do have another 260 but when I brought it in class, one of the students zapped it with voltage while
in the ohms range. Found the good one for $10 with no leads at a yard sale and bought it

Guido.
 
We have 5 or 6 Simpson 260's in our shop. If in doubt use the 260. Lot of times it is easier to see the needle move and that is more important than the actual reading.
 
(quoted from post at 15:54:28 10/08/17) I have 20 years worth of hard drives out back from my business that are waiting for me to get in the mood to do a little target practice with something larger than a 22. Didn't count but about 30 or so and everyone contains data that is better kept off the internet. Thinking either my AK or 1911 both are fun and will do the job.

I had the same thoughts with a defunct, flat screen monitor. Those things are pretty tough. It has been shot with 9mm, .38 specials, and .357 magnums. The monitor is riddled with bullet holes, but still intact.
 
Hello rustyfarmall,

The shiny cover is stainless and there most be a lead sheet, as it is pretty heavy.
Maybe a 45/70 would do the trick?

Guido.
 
Hello kevinthefixer,

I still have my Heathkit tack and dwell meter. I built it for small engine work as it has an induction R.P.M.'s pick up, and two and four cycle engine R.P.M.'s capabilities. I had a timing light also could not find a new strobe for it as well. Now I am showing my age!

Guido.
 
Wow that brings back a memory (no pun intended). The plant I worked at in the early 90's made that little part that holds the read write head (arrow in pic). We made them for a company called Washington Scientific and ran thousands and thousands of them on a Mazak AJV machine center. If you look really close there should be a small K on it somewhere to indicate it was my plant that made it. Cool! I hadn't thought of that part in 20 years. Plant is closed now, couldn't compete with overseas parts.
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Hello Dough-Iowa,

I will look and see. That is the last one had. I had an old 80gb I adapted to my desk top, and use it as a pictures back up,

Guido.
 
That magnet can pinch your finger if you're not careful. I had a couple of them on the refrigerator for a while but they were too hard to pull loose.
 
Hello TomH in PA,

I have a few of them. I put two on top the metal side of my work bench. No way to pick them up. I pushed then on the wood side and pried them out.


Guido.
 
It's not a kit, but I still have an old dwell-tach that has a large meter and both volt and ohms scales (battery in the back somewhere, I think a single AA). I also have the shell of an old VAT machine, too old for an inductive pickup, and so old that when I took the meters out of the dashboard both needles broke off. Didn't just fall off the spindle, but broke into pieces. So I plan to install the dwell/tach in the box the VAT came out of as it's mounted on a very good stand and maybe add a holster for my timing light. As it stands I have no table or bench anywhere near a place I can put my tractor so it'll be great for that. Just for once every 5 or 10 years my tractor needs a tuneup. I kept the carbon pile from the VAT, all that was salvageable.
 
Hello kevinthe fixer,

You will like these pictures. When my free Harbor Freight meter starts to lie to me, I use my 260 to recalibrate it. Both, my lab power supply and the 260 read the same. That is what I use as my standard. It was reading 114 volts AC, instead of 120.1 V AC this morning. Now, after a little adjustment, it tells the truth,

Guido.
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