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    What else ?

    Since i started scraping ,I look back at all the things i use to struggle to take apart
    NOW
    A no PCB ballast is broken down 15 seconds and based on CC or CU
    i make a decision
    Microwave 1 min Tv's 90 seconds I know about metal - I know things i never knew / I am liveing and breathing metal / my hands are black as i type with cuts on the finger tips.
    BUT what skills have I developed for used in the job market , I know I feel like i can do any thing with a black smith mallet LOL

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    Would the fire pit count , I think i singe my eye brow for life . A yes FIRE is the great reducer to all things great .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    I know about metal - I know things i never knew / I am liveing and breathing metal / my hands are black as i type with cuts on the finger tips.
    BUT what skills have I developed for used in the job market , I know I feel like i can do any thing with a black smith mallet LOL
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    Yes you pick up speed with time, my old partner could clean anything...anything with an anvil,3 lb. hand sledge,chisel and punch, and pliers. He just bashed everything to a pulp and leaned up the scraps. Jobs?? no thanks..I enjoy work but detest jobs. I have been too independent for too long. Keep it up!!

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    I've enjoyed your posts over the last 5 mos since you joined the forum Copper Head. You have a strong determination to succeed and to learn the fastest ways to do it. I'm glad you are a part of my forum family. And keep the posts coming !

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    You have learned a TRADE....You will never go hungry, you will never NOT be able to provide for your family. Everyone misses the fact that Scrapping is a TRADE....
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    Quote Originally Posted by thortek View Post
    You have learned a TRADE....You will never go hungry, you will never NOT be able to provide for your family. Everyone misses the fact that Scrapping is a TRADE....
    I recently was on a job shut down (for now) I was aloud at lunch & end of day to scrap , but I was also paid to help do demo - I did not even recognize myself from my past . All day I am hitting with a mallet (wood) to help tear apart & it was so familiar to me, I knew the weak spots to hit . I am a changed person But a scraper like me did loose focus from time to time ,like I see a guy tossing a door to dumpster and i said hold it . I hit the large door stop (damper) off felt like 6 lb well one of the guys says to me when you do demo don't scrap. At this point might as well ask me not to breathe

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