Some people just do not listen after being told

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I say I was born at nite, not last nite.

If the postings would have a better titles the search engine would function better. The advanced feature does help some,,,

It does, and I have used it. I've also used some Google-fu to try to find information on specific things. I still wind up feeling like it's hit or miss.



For example, the other day I was looking for information about stripping low-grade e-waste boards. I wanted to know if I should pull the aluminum heat sinks off, even if it busted the boards up some (these were out of monitors.) I searched on the site...then I googled...and read, and read, and read some more. And when I was all done doing that reading, I still wasn't quite sure what the consensus was. Nobody seemed to address it directly. So I took a pair of channel-locks to the dang things, jerked off all the aluminum bits, broke the boards up some, and I guess I now hope for the best.

Here's another tidbit...this one I figured out my very own little self. Want to cut the gold fingers off the so-called "finger boards" -- really PCI cards? The other day I saw someone saying to use a utility knife and a vice; score the card five or six times, then break it off. And that's okay advice. What really worked 100% great for me? A coping saw and a vice. The coping saw went through that board material as cleanly and smoothly as it would have gone through a piece of wood. I got right close to the fingers without cutting into them; it was easy to control. A coping saw costs all of $3 at Harbor Freight and it is the exact right tool for the job. Now try finding this information in this post six months from now when you go looking for it. It will be in the wrong thread, you'll have to remember how to spell "coping saw" the same way I have, and if you know that, you won't need to search in the first place!

I leave the compressors on the metal base and drill a hole in the top and upend them on the bucket and let it drain overnight. The I cut them open. Yes, the wire will still be oily but not so bad after draining. Those things a friggin thick, I've used two wheels to cut them open sometimes.

Originally Posted by newattitude

I leave the compressors on the metal base and drill a hole in the top and upend them on the bucket and let it drain overnight. The I cut them open. Yes, the wire will still be oily but not so bad after draining. Those things a friggin thick, I've used two wheels to cut them open sometimes.

Does the cost of getting them open (two cut-off wheels) allow you to make a profit?