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It may not look as much here as it is because its stacked about 6ft tall, but this was a truck (bed + cab) full of boxes of circuit boards and various old electronics. Also 5 late 80s early 90s computers. Bought from a guy who does storage unit auctions.
One of the boxes is full almost entirely of loose IC chips. Cant wait to get some time to dig through and sort all of this!
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That's a nice haul !
Way to go with the hustle and lining up enough work to keep you busy for awhile.
I love the old computers. Broke one down this morning and it was all telecom grade boards.
Picked up a good used & tested 12 kw home standby generator yesterday for about 20% the cost of new. The installation is gonna be my next project along with everything else that's currently in the works.
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Yep, I am going to wait for a sunny day probably and sort it all out onto the driveway, then put each pile/category into its own bins. Too much to go through inside the garage.... but may take a peak through one or two boxes just to get a better idea of whats in the haul!
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Congrats.....some of those vintage parts may hold more than scrap value if you can test
BUYING ALL COMPUTER SCRAP WORKING OR NOT
CHECK OUT MY BUYERS THREAD http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...nic-scrap.html
https://getjunk.net/Knox-County-TN-0...Recycling.html
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I usually don't take the time or effort to test but I have had success selling on eBay as "untested/for parts" on some similar items.Originally Posted by mikeinreco
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ah balls, here we go, got even more stuff to go through.... Im gunna be busy.....
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Congrats again seems your business is going well
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Well.... recently its been all money going out.... getting ready to send a big load in to a buyer on here in the coming weeks to hopefully find out if I did alright or not! If the payout is what I have calulated/expect then business is going well.... if it ends up being much less than business is not going so well lol. If thats the case I'll adjust my buying prices accordingly!
Its all fun for me so even if its only slightly profitable, Ill be happy. As long as Im not going in the NEGATIVE!
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With hard work and dedication you shall soon see the profit
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Nice haul.
Keep it up.
An listen to Mike. He knows what he speaks of...unless it's football then ignore him.
Sirscrapalot - Maybe, try again later. - Magic 8 Ball.
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It's a learning process. Not so bad to run in the red for awhile. It's just the cost of an education.
A couple of suggestions:
Check out where you are and compare that to where your buyer is. It can be problematic to ship lower value items like batteries, power supplies, and brown boards. Maybe not so much of an issue if you make a road trip and deliver them personally. That's an education in itself when you meet your buyer and can see his operation.
Consider using his grading system ... the one listed on his buy sheet. It's really helpful when sorting things into different boxes in your shop.
ie:
Hard drives go in one bin.
Hard drive logic boards go into a small box.
Hard drive cases generally go as cast ali.
Ram goes into a small box.
Processors go into a small box for sorting later.
Aluminum processor heat sinks go as extruded ali.
Copper/aluminum heat sinks go into a smaller box.
Boards you don't know how to grade go in another box. ( Your buyer will sort them for you ... just ask for help. )
Every other category of stuff has it's own bin as well.
Motherboards are generally three kinds.
Post yr 2000 are most often small socket. ( This is the most common kind. )
Late 90's to y2k as sometimes slot processors. ( Very distinctive. )
Large socket processors were generally pre y2k. A good rule of thumb for identifying these is to put a quarter in the middle of the processor socket on the motherboard. You know it's large socket if a quarter fits within the empty center of the socket.
Hope this helps.
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What a great score. The old stuff is really hard to get. I had a similar haul of old chips and boards. I've been so busy that I haven't researched any of it. Keep it to the side until you research it. You have some good money sitting there!!!!
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I have been in contact with an Ewaste buyer on here, with some pics, to try and get some clarification on some of the boards before sorting everything. I do sort everything as close to his buy sheet categories as possible, I have it printed out. I have so many bins of different categories of stuff.... so many bins.....It's a learning process. Not so bad to run in the red for awhile. It's just the cost of an education.
A couple of suggestions:
Check out where you are and compare that to where your buyer is. It can be problematic to ship lower value items like batteries, power supplies, and brown boards. Maybe not so much of an issue if you make a road trip and deliver them personally. That's an education in itself when you meet your buyer and can see his operation.
Consider using his grading system ... the one listed on his buy sheet. It's really helpful when sorting things into different boxes in your shop.
ie:
Hard drives go in one bin.
Hard drive logic boards go into a small box.
Hard drive cases generally go as cast ali.
Ram goes into a small box.
Processors go into a small box for sorting later.
Aluminum processor heat sinks go as extruded ali.
Copper/aluminum heat sinks go into a smaller box.
Boards you don't know how to grade go in another box. ( Your buyer will sort them for you ... just ask for help. )
Every other category of stuff has it's own bin as well.
Motherboards are generally three kinds.
Post yr 2000 are most often small socket. ( This is the most common kind. )
Late 90's to y2k as sometimes slot processors. ( Very distinctive. )
Large socket processors were generally pre y2k. A good rule of thumb for identifying these is to put a quarter in the middle of the processor socket on the motherboard. You know it's large socket if a quarter fits within the empty center of the socket.
Hope this helps.
I measure the sockets and >1.5inch I put in "large socket", same with slot processor boards. Server boards get their own bin.... same with telcom,. another bin for peripheral boards, another for finger cards, etc etc. I need to find a good stacking/shelving system for the probably 30+ bins/boxes of random sorted stuff.
They are all sprawled out on the floor and taking up a lot of floorspace at the moment. My current shelves cant fit the bins unfortunately. Ill upgrade shelves eventually here to free up some room
For shipping I plan to ship only the higher dollar stuff, and then only do lower value stuff if there is room for it on the pallet to fill in some extra space. Some of the stuff I have local buyers for at similar prices to one here, so that I do local so far.
Oh and then there is the whole other set of bins that is just for "reusable"/"more than scrap value".... BINSSSSSSS
Last edited by kss; 02-27-2020 at 08:37 AM.
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Yea the stuff that has model numbers clearly marked/looks reusable and such I will certainly put on my "google and ebay search this later" shelf..... Most of this stuff was sitting out in the rain/elements though so it is unclear what of it would work. I usually sell everything that I cant/dont want to test as "for part" on ebay if it is something that brings some money. On weird example of this is "treadmill motor speed controllers"..... SO far every single one I have gotten I have sold for $10+ in untested/for parts condition on ebay. So I will def check out some of the boards before deciding to send them straight to scrap.
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Lightweight big box store cheapo metal shelving works pretty well for organizing the shop. It's the kind you assemble yourself. I picked mine out of the metals pile at the transfer station so there was no cost and time lost assembling them. The units are about 2'6" wide x 5' feet tall. The shelves are about 12" deep. The best depth for a shelf is generally 16" but pickers can't be choosers.
They're a bit wobbly, but they firm right up if you run a couple of 2" drywall screws through the uprights somewhere up near the top of the shelving unit. The idea is to catch a stud and fasten the shelving unit firmly to the wall framing behind the sheetrock.
The best thing i've found for boxes are the " banker's box " at the office supply store. They go under different names but they're basically cardboard boxes used to store files like in a file cabinet ? These are low cost and about the right size for the volume of boards that i'm doing. It's generally time to ship a load when these ones fill up.
It's different strokes for different folks but this might be a low cost starting point for organizing your shop in the beginning. It can always grow as your operation expands.
Last edited by hills; 02-27-2020 at 09:35 AM.
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Lightweight big box store cheapo metal shelving works pretty well for organizing the shop. It's the kind you assemble yourself. I picked mine out of the metals pile at the transfer station so there was no cost and time lost assembling them. The units are about 2'6" wide x 5' feet tall. The shelves are about 12" deep. The best depth for a shelf is generally 16" but pickers can't be choosers
They're a bit wobbly, but they firm right up if you run a couple of 2" drywall screws through the uprights somewhere up near the top of the shelving unit. The idea is to catch a stud and fasten the shelving unit firmly to the wall framing behind the sheetrock.
The best thing i've found for boxes are the " banker's box " at the office supply store. They go under different names but they're basically cardboard boxes used to store files like in a file cabinet ? These are low cost and about the right size for the volume of boards that i'm doing. It's generally time to ship a load when these ones fill up.
It's different strokes for different folks but this might be a low cost starting point for organizing your shop in the beginning. It can always grow as your operation expands.
Yea I currently have the $14 ikea metal shelves that used to be in my house. I have like 10 of them lining one wall of my garage but they are neither tall enough or deep enough to hold the big plastic tubs. But they are filled with smaller cardboard boxes for the other items. I am sure I will find some good shelves in the trash here pretty soon
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Experience will be the best teacher of what you need but the plastic totes could be too big for the job and waste a lot of valuable shop space.
These will fit nicely on 12" or 16" deep shelves for organizing small things like processors, memory, and HDD boards. They're called corrugated bin boxes. Also good for resale pc parts. ( They come in different sizes. )
Already mentioned but ,the box pictured below is good for many things like laptop mobos, CD/dvd boards, Finger cards, telecom boards, general unclassified boards that need sort,peripherals, many kinds of mobos that come in in smaller volumes. These will fit a 12" & 16" deep shelf.
Again, there's no one size fits all but i've found these really useful in my shop. It all goes by your own personal work style but i've found it so much easier to bang the work the work out when my workspace is well organized. The floor space is free and open.
Keeping the workspace well organized helps with your working tools too. Ya gotta watch them things. They're like little children. They will run off and hide on you if you don't keep careful track of em'.
Last edited by hills; 02-27-2020 at 11:17 AM.
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Welp,finally got everything from this thread sorted and ready to ship off, and then as soon as I start getting ready to box it up and get it on a pallet I get another truck load of stuff..... good problem to have I guess! Will probably just send out what I have sorted already to clear up space and save this stuff for the next shipment.
This is about half of what I got today
And then also today, since I was going by the one scrap yard that takes powesupplies on an unrelated trip, I decided to load them up (along with all my different types of wires, and floppy drive WITHOUT boards)
I got the following prices:
Powersupplies (no wires) - $0.07/lb
low-grade circuit board - $0.10/lb
wire #3 (computer wire, vga dvi, usb etc...) - $0.30/lb (i will just hang onto these from now on as my local yard takes these as "insulated wire" at $0.40/lv)
wire #2 (cat5/6 and phone wire, and speaker wire) - $0.60/lb
wire #4 (ribbon wire with or without ends, will cut ends off from now on to mail out) - $0.15/lb
disk drives - $0.07 (this surprised me, I told them I already took the boards out and that I'd take just shred price for them but they gave me $0.07/lb for disk drives with board removed... they probably can just pepper them in with the others they have and get away with it so no big deal to them...)
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