metal bracket on hard drive magnets ?

E-bay them

Originally Posted by parrothead

E-bay them

How do you ship them? These things are strong. Pack a box full and it will be stuck to the delivery truck.

I have 20 or so pairs that are 1/2" thick magnet attached to a 1/3" thick casting (where the plate would be in a smaller version). Get a finger between two of them and you will be hurtin' for certain. Set a shipping box with those babies on a metal cart and you may have to ship the cart too!

Bill

Originally Posted by mrbillbus

How do you ship them? These things are strong. Pack a box full and it will be stuck to the delivery truck.

I have 20 or so pairs that are 1/2" thick magnet attached to a 1/3" thick casting (where the plate would be in a smaller version). Get a finger between two of them and you will be hurtin' for certain. Set a shipping box with those babies on a metal cart and you may have to ship the cart too!

Bill

I like Ur sense of humor. That sucker would be stick'n to perking meters, car bidies etc. Hahaha. Thanks 4 the chuckle friend. lb

I had a couple of the old fatboy magnets, I dropped one in each pocket of my coveralls, then attached screwdrivers, crescent wrenches, a hammer, etc to the 'outside' of the pockets. Got a few strange looks walking around the jobsite

Originally Posted by mrbillbus

How do you ship them? These things are strong. Pack a box full and it will be stuck to the delivery truck.

I have 20 or so pairs that are 1/2" thick magnet attached to a 1/3" thick casting (where the plate would be in a smaller version). Get a finger between two of them and you will be hurtin' for certain. Set a shipping box with those babies on a metal cart and you may have to ship the cart too!

Bill

This made me laugh about being stuck to the delivery truck. I could see the fedex driver trying to pick it up of the floor of his truck and not getting any where

Most yards do not currently set a price at the metals true value, many will not recognise it. There are specialist buyers however who will simply reuse the alloy its it's permalloy form. Because of this, theya re able to give the highest prices. If you can find these buyers and have the quantities to suit their needs, it currently holds a value of around $7 lb.

Originally Posted by harrisvh

Most yards do not currently set a price at the metals true value, many will not recognise it. There are specialist buyers however who will simply reuse the alloy its it's permalloy form. Because of this, theya re able to give the highest prices. If you can find these buyers and have the quantities to suit their needs, it currently holds a value of around $7 lb.

Any suggestions as to how to find such places? Are any of them in the US? What kind of a quantity would be needed to get such a price?

Originally Posted by KR74868

Any suggestions as to how to find such places? Are any of them in the US? What kind of a quantity would be needed to get such a price?

The price I got at the time was from people in the US. I think Gustavus mentioned getting that price amongst others. I weighed some pairs of brackets and they came in at 50-70g for the older ones giving the largest at 70g a value of $1.08 per pair. I haven't taken any brackets in as permalloy or Mu-metal scrap myself but it's usage and the fact that they are getting smaller and thinner with newer hard drives suggests strongly they hold value. If nickel goes back to its old highs the brackets will be worth triple what they are now.
I have also been saving the neodynium magnets with a neodynium price of about $160/kg and roughly 30g per pair for the larger older ones gives them a value of $4.80 per pair scrap value. I have no idea where you might sell them however but suspect that in time there will be somewhere. Neodynium bubbled at $480/kg last august (giving the magnets a scrap value of $14.40 per pair) but considering it started at $6/kg in 2008 that kind of whups silver and golds ass in price increase. I will save mine and see what the future brings.