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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 1, 2016 at 7:32pm

The computer power supply probably. Which BTW can make a nice power supply for projects or other items. They put out 10volts on one side and 5volts on the other with 2 ground leads in the middle.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 2, 2016 at 5:51am

That's right and a steady 10volt would be fine for all those 9volt amps and pedals.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on September 2, 2016 at 6:14am

The power plug is 12V and 5V...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 2, 2016 at 6:23am

Your right sir. I was mistaken.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on September 1, 2016 at 8:30pm

Bit like putting a doggy door on a submarine,no torque,and the sawdust  and metal filings will be bound to corrupt your data, and mess with files eventually

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 3, 2017 at 1:25am

Wouldn't you be sharpening your files? ;-E

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Permalink Reply by Greg Thompson on September 2, 2016 at 2:35am

That is fantastic!
Great use of technology in the workshop :)

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on September 2, 2016 at 6:13am

Just make sure you use an older hard disk... The newer and laptop ones use a silicon disc (glass)where the older ones are aluminum, like in the picture...

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on September 2, 2016 at 7:16am

Upscale it with an old record player, it might be slow but changing sandpaper grit would easy peasy and there's 12" of it.
You could even attach stuff to the arm for stability and even edges.

At last, something useful can come from Barry Manillo LP's

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on September 3, 2016 at 1:08pm

I'm going to put a belt sander belt on my truck tire... jack up the back, put her in drive... use a brick on the gas pedal... What could go wrong?

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on September 3, 2016 at 2:21pm

Now there's hack I may have to try. I have a few spare drives hanging around and I could use a sharpener for my small tools.

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Permalink Reply by Wiley Rutledge on September 6, 2016 at 6:11am

Aluminum plate will score and develop valleys while glass will remain level. This probably will not take a great deal of pressure, but this is really more of a finishing/honing/polishing devise instead of a heavy grinder. Speed is more important than pressure in this type of sharpening, but too much speed can cause enough heat to develop to ruin the temper of the tool. Don't EVER let the tool edge turn color unless you know how to retemper!

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