Also known as Take Apart Day
Only Qualified Personnel can open this
Seems like fun too! The above item the little girl is digging into is from a high voltage power supply for an ionization gauge control. I think I had this thing in my garage since 1985.
Poudre River main library
This is where one of the events happened. I had gathered enough junk for everyone to have an evening of take apart excitement. Jeanne liked the idea that the garage finally let go of a few items we never needed in the first place.
Sewing Machine
Lots of gears and motors in this thing. The guy at the sewing machine repair store gave this one to me. It seems that some of the newer machines are not worth fixing…
Tool Girls
I still had an old IBM PC with a 10MB hard drive in one of the bedrooms that hadn’t been turned on since 1984. Note that the participants are free to take any parts home to make whatever they want with them.
Everything is in pieces
And now what? Well, I am grateful that the local Best Buy store will freely take boxes full of electronic parts for recycling so I don’t have to worry about it. (OK, I did take a few parts home just because. Don’t tell Jeanne)