COPIER DESTRUCTION!

[Lagonda]

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Yes, I know all we are doing is exporting a problem but at least someone gets some use out of a perfectly good but 5 year old copier for a while.

[tonerhead]

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Many, many years ago we had a copier do a swan dive into a dumpster. The forklift went up about 25-30 feet and a huge class 5 machine took the dive. The thing just exploded from the fall. Neat!! Then there was the push 2 together like a demolition derby. Not quite as fun as the dumpster swan dive, but still entertaining.

[skelband]

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I must admit it tugs at my heart strings to see machines destroyed.
Watching that YouTube vid of a copier being shredded filled me with equal parts horror and fascination.

I know that all machines have a useful life and we need to recover their materials, but something about it makes me a little sad.

[qbert69]

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I remove stepper motors for use in 3D printers & such....the rest gets tossed!!!

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[FrohnB]

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"Copier Destruction" is actually how I got my start as a copier tech! When I started as the Bottom man on the Totem Pole (office supply delivery guy) at our company, I went on a "Cleaning Frenzy" throughout our building because crap was everywhere and I wanted a good clean workshop and delivery warehouse area. Junk copiers and printers littered every corner of our building (basement/ workshop/ entire upstairs/ garages) and we have a pretty good sized building (2 stories by 1/2 city block by 1/4 city block). So the first action taken was to have all the Techs mark which machines were DONE FOR, and I moved them all into one area. At the request of the Technicians I took good parts (op panels/ motors/ clutches/ etc.) off the "Junk Machines", not having ever worked on copiers before, and organized a "used parts" inventory. The Techs would give me guidance here and there, but it was mainly a "figure it out for yourself" type of thing "Just don't damage anything" they would say. Then after the important parts were removed (Toners/ PCU's/ Fusers), we'd load them into our box truck with a forklift (and I mean load it FULL), take them out to the Metal Scrap Yard and give them a good push out the back of the truck. Then the Scrap guy would either grab a claw full of machines or use the magnet to toss them about or load them in the chipper/shredder. Fun to watch. Early on we removed as much plastic as possible and recycled that too, but then it became way too expensive to do that. So now the Scrap yard just gives us a cut-rate for having the skins still on. A couple times a year, I get a good full load or two to go out and release some copier aggression with (the scrap guys love it too).

And little did I know that over those years, our service manager (also my Uncle) admitted he was "secretly" training me to be a tech. (Sneaky Bastard)

[allan]

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If some here get bored enough please try this.
Got this idea for a special kind of hate for the Konica Minolta's C35!
Copied from a previous post

Materials:
Oil drum with lid.
Roll of wire rope.
oxy-acetylene welding kit.
5 gallon water bottle.
Insulation tape.
Spark plug with spark wire.
Old school ignition coil.
12V battery or 2 depends on next item.
170 feet of 2.5mm2 twinflex wire.
Some 2X4.

Tools:
Leatherman.
Grinder.
6mm drill bit with drill.

Cut top of lid just smaller than the oil drum.
Wrap the drum with the wire rope to reinforce.
Drill hole in base of drum big enough for the twin-flex to get thru.
Cut 2X4 X4 about an inch higher than the water bottle.
Connect spark plug to plug wire and pull wire thru a hole made in the cap.
Run the twin-flex thru the hole and connect it to the coil on + and -. Coil inside the drum.
Now set oxy-acetylene welding torch to give even oxygen and acetylene and fill bottle with gas mix.
Quickly place cap on and tape up with insulation tape.
Insert upright in the quadrants to make a place for the lid to sit on inside the drum.
Put bottle inside the drum and hook up spark wire to the coil.
Place the lid in place on the 2X4's.
Load C35 in drum side ways(don't think it will fit upright).
Now roll out your twin flex to a shelter 50 yards away.
Wear ear protection!
Tap + and - wire ends on battery terminals....

Or use smaller bottle fill with same mix and place under managers car hood with one plug wire removed and inserted with plug in smaller bottle. Much smaller bottle. Or rather don't at all.
Wait for him to go home....


Thinking again 50 yards ain't going to do it!
O and use a 1:2 mix more oxygen.

[qbert69]

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If some here get bored enough please try this.
Got this idea for a special kind of hate for the Konica Minolta's C35!
Copied from a previous post

Materials:
Oil drum with lid.
Roll of wire rope.
oxy-acetylene welding kit.
5 gallon water bottle.
Insulation tape.
Spark plug with spark wire.
Old school ignition coil.
12V battery or 2 depends on next item.
170 feet of 2.5mm2 twinflex wire.
Some 2X4.

Tools:
Leatherman.
Grinder.
6mm drill bit with drill.

Cut top of lid just smaller than the oil drum.
Wrap the drum with the wire rope to reinforce.
Drill hole in base of drum big enough for the twin-flex to get thru.
Cut 2X4 X4 about an inch higher than the water bottle.
Connect spark plug to plug wire and pull wire thru a hole made in the cap.
Run the twin-flex thru the hole and connect it to the coil on + and -. Coil inside the drum.
Now set oxy-acetylene welding torch to give even oxygen and acetylene and fill bottle with gas mix.
Quickly place cap on and tape up with insulation tape.
Insert upright in the quadrants to make a place for the lid to sit on inside the drum.
Put bottle inside the drum and hook up spark wire to the coil.
Place the lid in place on the 2X4's.
Load C35 in drum side ways(don't think it will fit upright).
Now roll out your twin flex to a shelter 50 yards away.
Wear ear protection!
Tap + and - wire ends on battery terminals....

Or use smaller bottle fill with same mix and place under managers car hood with one plug wire removed and inserted with plug in smaller bottle. Much smaller bottle. Or rather don't at all.
Wait for him to go home....


Thinking again 50 yards ain't going to do it!
O and use a 1:2 mix more oxygen.

HHO BROWN'S GAS!!![emoji41][emoji1303]

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[NeoMatrix]

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{random snip}

Now roll out your twin flex to a shelter 50 yards away.
Wear ear protection!
Tap + and - wire ends on battery terminals....

Or use smaller bottle fill with same mix and place under managers car hood with one plug wire removed and inserted with plug in smaller bottle. Much smaller bottle. Or rather don't at all.
Wait for him to go home....


Thinking again 50 yards ain't going to do it!
O and use a 1:2 mix more oxygen.

Oxy-Ace bombs....
There is a similar easier way to detonate these, but I decline to share that on an open forum....

Be safe in any case....

Disclaimer:
Do not try this at home we are trained professanals, profissionables professionals....

[SalesServiceGuy]

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This is what I would like to think happens to the metal in old copiers.

YouTube


... I know, this is a promo video for a fitness company.

[allan]

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Oxy-Ace bombs....
There is a similar easier way to detonate these, but I decline to share that on an open forum....

Be safe in any case....

Disclaimer:
Do not try this at home we are trained professanals, profissionables professionals....

Tracer rounds???
Incendiary rounds?

[allan]

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HHO BROWN'S GAS!!![emoji41][emoji1303]

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Ok new approach.

Fill bottom of bottle with strong caustic soda solution.
Add aluminum foil(flakes) and seal. HHO will fill the bottle.
Run for the battery in the bushes....
Now its a semi chemical weapon, don't want any of that caustic soda getting on you or in your lungs.

[allan]

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This is what I would like to think happens to the metal in old copiers.

YouTube


... I know, this is a promo video for a fitness company.

What really happens...
Inside the World's Biggest E-Waste Dump - Motherboard

[SalesServiceGuy]

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Uggh! The second picture in the article is one of a bunch of discarded copiers & printers.

[NeoMatrix]

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Ok new approach.

Fill bottom of bottle with strong caustic soda solution.
Add aluminum foil(flakes) and seal. HHO will fill the bottle.
Run for the battery in the bushes....
Now its a semi chemical weapon, don't want any of that caustic soda getting on you or in your lungs.

I like the way you're thinking...

Photocopier Techs that are into survival prepping should think about storing supplies of old spent photocopier developer. The used up iron powder from old photocopiers has a few useful recyclable functions. Old dev will store for a 100 years if kept dry. Long term survival it could be used as barter or exchange value.

You can build useful products like parts for radio transmitters,motors ,power generators, chem-welding and even defence/offence devices.

Handy little recyclable product...


(Who wants to wager me that we'll now see a legislation that has spent photocopier developer returned to the manufacture for "recycling"...?)

[allan]

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I like the way you're thinking...

Photocopier Techs that are into survival prepping should think about storing supplies of old spent photocopier developer. The used up iron powder from old photocopiers has a few useful recyclable functions. Old dev will store for a 100 years if kept dry. Long term survival it could be used as barter or exchange value.

You can build useful products like parts for radio transmitters,motors ,power generators, chem-welding and even defence/offence devices.

Handy little recyclable product...


(Who wants to wager me that we'll now see a legislation that has spent photocopier developer returned to the manufacture for "recycling"...?)

Fe₂O₃ + 2 Al → 2 Fe + Al₂O<sub>3
Invest a little energy to get a hell of a lot more.
If you can figure out how to control that reaction...

Yet another fun way to send of a copier.</sub>