My first instructable

[maradydd]

While visiting my parents, I had the opportunity to take apart a Swiffer WetJet mop, a $20 gadget (which seems to be sold on the "give away the razors, sell the blades" model) that has a really nice peristaltic pump/motor assembly in it and is very easy to take apart. I'm planning to build a robotic micropipettor out of mine (perhaps designing a Contraptor head for it); mycroftxxx wants to build a bar-bot.

Here's how to do it.

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[maradydd.livejournal.com]

For my part, I didn't even know the device existed -- they have the regular Swiffers in Belgium, but apparently the squirt-mop is only for sale in the States and the Netherlands. My sister was cleaning up after the dog tracked in some mud, and I was like OH HAI THATS A PUMP IN THAR, and my dad said, "The pad's coming apart, so you can take the whole thing apart if you want." I think my family has figured out that if something can be taken apart, I'll disassemble it.