Even though I left 99% of my random stuff collection behind in Atlanta, it probably won’t take me long to accumulate the same amount all over again! In fact, I already have an decent collection of cruft , a MITism (like hack) which means old or obsolete equipment.
 The first bits were salvaged from a cruft-smashing contest. Then I got lucky and found some large spindle motors (LaserDisc spindles?) at one of the swapfests. The power supply and CD drives were snapped off the Reuse mailing list, which often has parts and pieces on it. All of the above pictured items contain brushless motors to some degree, as well as small mechanical parts and in the case of the Zip drive guts, linear motors!
Don’t worry, I have four more drawers and two more shelves to fill.