Spring Cleaning kind of...

[Wolvenar]

The light in the scanner is neat for projects
It has a low voltage inverter for it and is neat for under-the-desk keyboard tray light, or other projects like  a low voltage closet light if the bulb is protected well. Or if your into case modding computers or game systems, these would work well for that also.
I'm Not sure how long it would last but its a fun toy to have while it does.

[Bryan1]

While on the subject of the scanner yes there are some goodies inside but the cover glass is the best bit especially if one wants to lap something nice and flat. Put the glass on some board with edging to prevent it from moving and it then becomes a poor mans flat edge for lapping parts.

Cheers Bryan

P.S. Sorry for the tangent Tom but those scanner glass covers are just so good as described above.

[rossw]

While on the subject of the scanner yes there are some goodies inside but the cover glass is the best bit especially if one wants to lap something nice and flat. Put the glass on some board with edging to prevent it from moving and it then becomes a poor mans flat edge for lapping parts.

I've found most of them are too thin to be particularly good and flex a fair bit.
Your mileage may vary - but I got a thicker slab that I use for that purpose. Cost me next to nothing - and laminated too, for safety.

[MadScientist267]

Made one just like it (exactly?) into a laser spirograph once...

Remove the guts, plenty of room for bouncing laser beams off of round motorized mirrors.

Makes a cool science project for the kiddies

Steve