Salvage Parts For Your Projects and more! - iFixit 64 Bit Driver Kit

Salvage Parts For Your Projects and more! - iFixit 64 Bit Driver Kit - 30% off at Geeky Gadgets

I have started to disassemble old technology like printers and such to harvest parts for my Arduino projects. My first foray into this, though, left me a bit disappointed, as many of the screws used in assembling these products are specialized pieces, designed to prevent disassembling them.

Enter the iFixit 64 Bit Driver Kit, something I have known about for a long time, but never actually purchased. It comes with a host of specialized bits and drivers used to build a lot of today's technology. While this kit is truly designed to help you repair your own technology, as you might imagine, it also helps a lot in tearing apart older, non-functional tech to get at the good bits!

When I saw that Geeky Gadgets had the kit on sale today for 30% off -- and I had some funds in my PayPal account -- it was time to get one of my own. I have my eye on some stepper motors and sensors in an old printer already. Can't wait for it to arrive.

Buy the iFixit 64 Bit Driver Kit for 30% off at Geeky Gadgets

If you can't get in on this deal, you can also find the kit on Amazon.com

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