[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)
        
 (HTM) web link (dunfield.classiccmp.org)
 (TXT) 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...
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       | https://hackaday.com/2013/09/05/jack-the-dvd-ripping-robot/
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmHycIOtYHA
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       | 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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