IBM Mainframe Breakdown

With about 90ish% of the breakdown complete I thought I would share some of the numbers this beast is producing. So far have been concentrating on just getting the bulk of metal materials turned in and have just done a rough sort of boards that will be processed accordingly in the not too distant future. Yes I did purchase the unit, but sorry I will not disclose for how much, as this is a public forum and prefer to not have too much info out there...I will say I have no regrets.

Beast was 30'' wide x 48'' deep and 80'' tall. Weight was reported at about 1 ton but I believe it was more. Totals so far...
Steel-1350 lbs
#2 Copper-250 lbs
Stainless Steel-74 lbs
Aluminum Clip-134 lbs
Aluminum Sheet-36 lbs
Insulated Wire-61 lbs
CBM-31 lbs
Diecast-22 lbs

There are a total of 8 of these processors that were sandwiched in 23 pound copper heat sinks.

"You call that a cpu? Now here's a cpu." KZBell doing his impression of Crocadile Dundee.

Thanks for sharing a great break down. I hope you will share more photos, Mike.

Thanks Folks!

All the pics I have for now Mike but when I get to the boards I will post...They may be kind of humdrum compared to the processors. I probably should have taken more of the tear down, but you know how it is when you get in the grind.

LoginR...Security was tighter then a frogs butt where I picked up the unit so I will just leave it at that, not a gov't building though. Unit was removed from service a while back so no power to it. Very nice folks to deal with and I was grateful that they let me take an hour to gut the unit to get the weight down, it still was pita to get loaded though.

Biggest surprise besides the size of the processors was the amount of #2 copper.

LoginR...All of the HDD were removed before I arrived to protect data. Very tempting to keep a heat sink but I resisted urge... possible that there was better resale value but I was content to move product for scrap value. I checked on completed listings on Ebay for other components and there was no movement. Mainframe was less then 15 years old...but what is that like 40 human years :]

Thanks Russell...I've been in the const biz for many years so have several vehicles to move stuff but, always get paranoid someone is going to call when my daily driver is full and I have to scramble to get the call covered.

Not sure yet Jeremiah, haven't inquired yet.

I want one.

Drill a hole in one and put in a chain and you'd have a unique "bling" to wear, Definitely one of a kind.