CFM Frodo Posted December 16, 2023 CFM Report Posted December 16, 2023 Lol. Title looks rather skits-O if you ran across a broken microwave man, do the world a solid and repurpose some of the junk Their is good stuff for a leather worker inside a microwave 2- big round magnets a transformer their is also a capaciator Stay away from the capacitor it will shock you. bad ju jul The transformers a big square hunk of steel with copper windings looping through it unplug the wires and harvest that thing Remove the copper windings , doing so is not an easy task butm it can be done Smash the trans, Into 2 pieces glue some leather on the bottom 2- weights, 2- anvils Quote
Members Handstitched Posted December 16, 2023 Members Report Posted December 16, 2023 54 minutes ago, Frodo said: if you ran across a broken microwave I'm all in favour or re-purposing stuff ( or "free purposing" ) , but I've had my ' ye-olde' microwave since 1995-96. But I'm one of the very few that knows how to fix some stuff, rather than throw out stuff. A fuse went inside, , fixed that, the ' magnatron*' failed, fixed that ( *sounds like something out of Dr Who or Star Trek) . To this day, and while it looks a bit shabby, it still works, touch wood, it cooks food. HS Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted December 16, 2023 Contributing Member Report Posted December 16, 2023 A friend of mine figured out how to make the turntable revolve with the door open on his broken microwave and he used it as a spray painting booth Quote
Members dikman Posted December 16, 2023 Members Report Posted December 16, 2023 I rewired the transformer to make a spot welder for attaching the solder tags to batteries. Haven't used it since I built it. Quote
CFM Frodo Posted December 16, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted December 16, 2023 I do the same thing, Bobbin winder made from an old sewing machine Quote
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