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DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras

Step 38Video Switch:

Video Switch:
You have two cameras but only one display. You need a video switch! You can buy one, but I made my own from recycled materials.

Step 1. Find an old VCR, tape deck, or anything with RCA jacks in the trash. I managed to get my RCA jacks from the same machine as my camera columns. I could have used this soggy camcorder that I found on the way to Wolfgang's place. Flooding makes for a lot of interesting scrap.
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Jan 4, 2010. 4:49 PMhyperdyne says:
wtf blarg. only dumpster stuff around here i get is food goods >./
luuuuckeyyyyy :))

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