Free From Salvage

Ideas for how to use your loot, you may find some new ideas here: Salvage Ideas

A master list of stuff to find and where to find it: Salvage Parts and Sources

A guide to all our salvage information Salvage Topics.

'''Links to Salvage topics '''


 * According to http://coprolite.com/art12.html, "I'd love to hear about where you found your 8048. Take a picture of the host that you remove it from (CD player, truck, refridgerator, whatever) and I'll put your picture on a page that chronicles our adventures sifting through the rubble."


 * After the 8048, the 8051 and similar chips are perhaps the most-scavenged CPUs. http://www.8052.com/ has a FAQ and a discussion forum for the 8052, 8051, 8032, and 8031 along with more modern derivatives of these chips.


 * Free sources for Infrared LEDs and photo transistors


 * uC Hobby --Category Archives: Scrounging Parts


 * Fun and Profit with Electronic Salvage!
 * Useful Part Sources


 * Salvage It! Building a human-powered LED torch for next to nothing


 * Salvage TipsTips on pulling stuff apart to build robots. How, where and what.


 * Salvage surface mount components


 * Go to the site and search on “salvage”


 * APEX Electronics : Dorkbot Socal


 * Reusing "Wall Warts"


 * Learning to Build Electronics –- A Challenge


 * How To Scrounge Parts Or... How to homebrew on the cheap - dead link as of July 15, 2010 but still available via archive.org


 * Take apart a Compact Fluorescent Bulb
 * "Das DereLicht Receiver": a ham radio receiver built only from the electronic components inside an old compact fluorescent bulb.
 * "Der Nauen Crosses the Pond" describes ham radio transmitter and receiver built from a relatively low-frequency transistor from a compact fluorescent bulb, using magnetic frequency doubler technology.


 * RECYCLING OBSOLETE COMPUTER POWER SUPPLIES


 * Identifying Electronic Components


 * Scrounging a 3COM Super Stack II


 * Sam's Gadget FAQ Salvaging Interesting Gadgets, Components, and Subsystems


 * Sam's Gadget FAQ Salvaging Interesting Gadgets, Components, and Subsystems


 * Keith’s Electronics Blog -- Several nice discussions on Salvage


 * FREE or Cheap Hobby Parts


 * Search Instructables for Salvage Topics


 * Tool Tip: How to Salvage PCB Parts


 * HOW TO UNSOLDER AND RECOVER OLD ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS


 * CD sleeve from outdated electronics


 * Junkbot Safari Motors, Gears, Capacitors and Gravy


 * Salvaging electronic components for hobby and homeschool crafting


 * 8.16) Dangerous (or useful) parts in a dead microwave oven?


 * Using baked bean cans as circuit boards


 * Stripping a Scanner for Parts (in 10 minutes)