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Make a laser show with an old hard drive!

video Make a laser show with an old hard drive!

Items Needed:
Old Hard Drive
Laser Pointer (or beam)
Wire
Mirror

click to 2:14 to see the actual unit in action - but i suggest you watch the whole video because the music is bad-ass.

Learn how to MAKE one here!

14 comments

Apr 16, 2012. 8:51 PMdementio says:

I must know how you made it non linear

Apr 16, 2012. 9:38 PM

sensoryhouse (author) says:

the little hinge for the mirror is non ridgid and the little connecting wire shakes all over the place.

Jan 29, 2009. 5:52 PM

CowGuy says:

Great idea! But I would recommend typing out some instructions if you want some people who don't understand how this all works to be able to figure it out. I'm going to go try this now.

Feb 2, 2009. 8:40 PM

sensoryhouse (author) says:

Here is where i got the idea.

Feb 27, 2011. 8:20 AM

pfred2 says:

Best use I ever saw for dead hard drives was one guy melted the housings down of a whole bunch of them and cast an entire shop of machines.

Jan 29, 2009. 11:48 PMjmdowdy says:

Agreed, some instructions about where the wire leads were atttached to on the hard drive arms would be helpful.

May 9, 2009. 3:00 PMabbtech says:

Instructions here:
http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/06/01/making-a-hard-drive-laser-oscilloscope/

Jul 7, 2009. 10:42 AMwanakill says:

It's "Bomfunk MC's" and not "Bomfuck" very cool idea !!! I make it tomorrow

Aug 23, 2010. 11:58 PM

sensoryhouse (author) says:

lol, yes.

Jun 11, 2010. 7:06 AMyurion says:

Video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment which is no longer available in your country??!! I cannot see video!

Dec 4, 2009. 8:12 PMneotom666 says:

ohhh yea, I like bumfuck....

May 26, 2009. 2:44 PMdyemys says:

very gooood :D i make this :D

Jan 31, 2009. 5:17 AMctin says:

Soon i will make one.

Jan 30, 2009. 9:06 AM

AndyGadget says:

Yep, more detail needed. You're driving the head solenoid with the speaker output, then using a mechanical linkage to transfer the movement to a mirror, but that would only give you 1 dimensional movement - a growing and shrinking line. How do you get the modulated circle?