Have you ever wonder what is inside those optical drives that can be used? When I was a kid it was really interesting for me to know ways to recycle parts. Even now it is something i find fun and interesting. Guys this has been nominated for treasure contest so if you find it useful then do vote for me. There are two Top reasons to do it. • It saves a lot of money and get new parts.• It Improves the knowledge of things around you.

Today I am gonna show you how to salvage an old Optical Drive. May it be DVD/CD,both have most things in common, we will learn about each part and how to take them apart. Watch the video in case you have less time.

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Step 1: How to Open the DVD Drive. The DC motor is held by some clips,slightly remove the clip to get access the board of the dc motor. Before the removing the motor take care to remove its ribbon cable. While removing the Motor it might be stuck to a pulley with a rubber cable,remove that to take it apart. The board has three part that can be reused. • A 5V DC Motor• 1 LED• 1 Push Button Function of this part This motor combined with a pulley and gear (rack and pinion ) makes the eject mechanism for the drive. In short the the ejection and retrieving of DVD drive is controlled by it.

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Step 3: The Brushless DC. The next thing to salvage is the Brushless motor. Gone are those time when getting brushless are tough.

Lots of DVD drive are useless these days so getting a lot of brushless motor is too easy. What is a brushless motor? These motor in the pictures in the pictures are of those brushless that mean these motor have the rotor as permanent magnets and the stator Function of this part This is the motor that spins the CD or DVD Since high speed is required for reading quickly the brushless motor is chosen for the purpose. Project you can try with the motors Step 4: The Stepper Motor and the Slide Draft. After freeing the BLDC we are left with the drive mechanism from which we get to extract a stepper motor and the slide mechanism. The stepper motor has just two screws to me unscrewed to be made free. And the shaft by turning a knob at the bottom of the drive.

There is also the laser module which we will extract soon. Function of this part The Stepper motor is also called the sled motor. This motor causes the slider to move in a horizontal direction.With this stepper motor and the brushless motor, the optical drive reads the data in a DC or DVD.

Projects you can make Step 5: The Laser Diode. Lastly,we take apart the optical lens from the drive. The lens is a small biconvex lens. Be careful while taking apart the lens as it might be damaged if not handled with care.

I crushed the glued part first (plastic),making the glass free and then taking it apart. Use some tissue to kept it scratch less. Function of this part The lens is just to focus the beam of the laser. I will show what you can do out of those drive parts.

Next will be coming soon so stay subscribed:) Facebook: Youtube. You write 'neodymium magnets. Is used to focus the beam of laser along with a coil making an EM Field'. Sorry I dont belive that. Light is usually not influenced by EM field due to the principle of superposition.

In some materials an EM field may influence the refraction index and thereby influence light, but I don't think that is the case. These magnets are ofen used for mechanical tasks like position control. I suppose that is a much more likely explanation for having these magnets at your laser.

I love this Instructable so much. I'm kind of crushing on you for making it.??? I can't bear the thought of e-recycling unless I've taken a shot at dismantling it. Even if only for jewelry material and the love of knowledge. I wish my hands/wrists were stronger so I could have less frustration in indulging my inner Little Man Tate. I appreciate the comment regarding sacrificing the front plate to speed up the process, though part of the fun is in finding all of the sneaky screws. Cracking The Periodic Table Pogil Answer Key more. I call foul on companies that glue or weld plastic parts shut.

It may be good for manufacturing but it's cruel for the tinkerer. Why aren't our needs taken into consideration?!??

It's almost like they don't want us cannibalizing their products. Now, onto the serious content of my post.

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