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    Most Tedious Scrapping

    What is the job that you barely manage to keep doing by constantly reminding yourself of the money you will eventually get?



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    Quote Originally Posted by charn View Post
    What is the job that you barely manage to keep doing by constantly reminding yourself of the money you will eventually get?
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    untangling & stripping wire chasing that bare bright payout

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    I would have to say either stripping brass valves or cleaning al storm windows, neither are usually difficult but the pita factor is high for me.
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    Stripping copper wire. Next would be cleaning my aluminum!

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    Taking apart copper windings from burned out compressors is the worst for me. All the plastic is melted onto the copper.

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    Crt's and tiny metal legs off of heat sinks.
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    The small screws that won't come off with a phillips screwdriver. 9 times out of 10 it's those self-tapping steel screws in aluminum.

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    Friggin laptops..

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    My full time job!!!! LOL anyways I would have to say Vacuume motors or storm doors

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    Printers... So many screws. Then, the once tight little package of a printer, takes up 3 times as much space with plastic and shred.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ParkerFlyer4 View Post
    Printers... So many screws. Then, the once tight little package of a printer, takes up 3 times as much space with plastic and shred.
    Is there much value in breaking them down? I throw mine whole into my shred pile.
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    Cutting connector off of ribbon cable. Pain in the butt cause I usually accumulate a barrel full before I do them.
    Parker and burly, I found a yard that takes them whole.08# home or business printers.
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    cutting bulbs off christmas lights to get #2 ins wire price for it

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    Good one hobo forgot about that since we are still in summer mode.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BurlyGuys View Post
    Is there much value in breaking them down? I throw mine whole into my shred pile.
    Most printers have a couple hi and mid grade boards. I take out the ink cartridges for selling. And since im in there I take the small motors and all the wires.

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    Power supplies. They aren't that bad if you do a few at a time, but doing several hundred in a few days sucks, especially the older ones
    There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER;97869[B
    ]Cutting connector off of ribbon cable. Pain in the butt cause I usually accumulate a barrel full before I do them. [/B]
    Parker and burly, I found a yard that takes them whole.08# home or business printers.
    Here's how I do it, you can do a lot in a short amount of time. Just hang the end over the edge. You might find a paper cutter at yard sales or from a cleanout from a school. I can do a 5 gal. bucket in just a short time.





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    I do mine the same way...just find it boring.

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    For me its two things,
    Stripping wire, or busting up the yokes that come from CRT Monitors/TV's.
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