> Also, any hard drive that does NOT have a stepper motor on the
> outside is a "voice coil" type. These have an expensive neodymium
> super-magnet and deflection coil setup, useful for high speed high
> precision deflection. Just glue a mirror (or the laser!) on
> it and use a spinning mirror for the x scan.
> -Roman

I thought about doing this to make a pen plotter - then realised I've
nothing desperately important to plot ;-((  Good idea about the laser
though and I've found a novel use for the magnets, TTYL about it

Have you ever tried the mirror mechs from Oatley ? Thinking of
re-stocking on their bargains/surplus soon and wondered if it was
worth getting one to muck about with

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