Most of it.. Cleaning down Ali heatsinks & small transformers & such. And all of the walking.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Most of it.. Cleaning down Ali heatsinks & small transformers & such. And all of the walking.
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I will add-> getting buckets apart sometimes is a real PITA!
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesaler
Certified Zip-Tie Mechanic
"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
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Breaking down the remainder of the HD's after you remove the boards.
P & M Recycling - Specializing in E-Waste Recycling.
If you enjoy your freedom, thank a vet.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
My yard won't let me throw them in with my shred I have to take them a part. I usually spot the boards try to get them out then it gets the hammerOriginally Posted by BurlyGuys
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stripping degaussing wire, are the most tedious but the payout is rewarding, and finally.. cleaning out my drop down box for screws.. and such.. but.. I toss the screws and such into the metal.. git a little bit back. and finally My worst..
tearing apart yokes and cleaning the glue off of it.
Experienced Scrapper
so far the most tedious thing is keeping my scrapping area clean from dust build up, I brush every board I take out of tv's/monitors outside, and the fluff that builds up on fans of all types, amazed some of them didn't catch on fire they were so clogged up.
yeah so dust, hate dust.
Salvage Economist
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Previously I thought of wire, but now it's just Volume. My scrap space filled up faster than I can tear stuff down. Today is a soggy swamp oven, so I'll leave more stuff sitting at curbs and try to reduce my own pile.
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i hate printers, but people keep giving them to me, and i cant refuse them. after all, i am the scrap man.
but for now, they sit in a pile on my patio. until the slow times kick in
We're the renegades of Junk!
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#1 mobile homes. wont even touch them any more.
#2 6000 hard drives, but I'M not complainin.
Last edited by EcoSafe; 09-06-2012 at 11:08 AM.
"anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"
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power supplies from computers. Ugh.
Rural scrapper
Got a new least favorite job the other day, cutting the steel fittings off stainless steel tubing. Takes too long with the 4.5 angle grinder and cuts very hard even with 24" bolt cutters.
Alvord iron and salvage
3rd generation scrapper and dam proud of it
Are you using a cutoff wheel? I haven't found a fitting it couldn't slice through with relative ease.
I hated that too, but found if you toss them in the freezer for a while you can take them out and smack them with a hammer and it will break up like hard plastic. If you live in cold country save them up for a good cold day and you won't need to piss the wife off using her freezer.
What I hate most is getting the hard drive platters off the hard drive motors. Darn small screws never want to come out.
Starbits
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But on the brite side, their Stainless steel
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I try to leave something in a bucket before I stack another one with it. If they are empty, the more you stack the worse they stick.
Bill
Salvage Economist
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When I eventually finish removing thousands of Christmas lightbulbs I can put this mess in a box for deep winter when I'm bored enough to strip thousands of short bits of thin wire.
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dont forget you can resell the bulbs as replacement bulbs, definitely not a throw away
i scrapped out an prelit christmas tree, got $5 for the tree in shred, $15 in insulated wire, $40 for selling the 1200 bulbs with sockets as replacement bulbs on ebay
my #1 pita is crts #2 is laptops #3 is cutting connectors off wire
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Degausing cables
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Putting on yet another BandAid
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dont throw away the bulbs they are worth more than the copper wire, 100 bulbs go for $10
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