Would it be more profitable to cut off the gold fingers from peripheral boards and sell these separately, or to leave them on the board and sell the board for a slightly higher price?
eWaste Hunter
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Would it be more profitable to cut off the gold fingers from peripheral boards and sell these separately, or to leave them on the board and sell the board for a slightly higher price?
This has been talked about very often...in short it comes out to a few dollars an hour...not worth your time unless you are really getting chipped on board pricing.
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I havne answered this same question more than once myself. I did a test batch of about 30 pounds of PCI cards. I ended up with 1 pound of gold fingers and then 29 pounds of fingerless cards. Lets do the quick math again using ewasted prices.
30# at $4.15/# = $124.50
29# at $3.15/# = $91.35
1# at $70/# = $70.00
Total of $161.35 for a diference of $36.85
Now this 30 pounds took ruffly 30 mins for my wife and I to snap the fingers off. So If making $36 an hour is worth it to you then I would say go for it. I really wanna get a small jigsaw to cut them off with and im sure I could process 100 pounds an hour easy. Now the hard part is finding someone to give me 100 pounds of board every couple days
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Back in the summer with the prices the way they were, it was just barely worth it. But now I would say "it's just not worth it".
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we must have been posiing at same time I just did breakdown with current pricing. Unless my math was wrong?Originally Posted by Mechanic688
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I could very well be wrong, but if the newbee's read all about cutting fingers off and how good it is, everyone's going to do it. My question is, where are they going to sell the boards cause "most" buyers will not buy the boards without fingers. A couple will, don't get me wrong. I just don't want someone setting on a pile of boards they cut, then posting "you told me to"!
It took two of you 1 hours to make 36 so that 36 / 2 = 18 per hour.I havne answered this same question more than once myself. I did a test batch of about 30 pounds of PCI cards. I ended up with 1 pound of gold fingers and then 29 pounds of fingerless cards. Lets do the quick math again using ewasted prices.
30# at $4.15/# = $124.50
29# at $3.15/# = $91.35
1# at $70/# = $70.00
Total of $161.35 for a diference of $36.85
Now this 30 pounds took ruffly 30 mins for my wife and I to snap the fingers off. So If making $36 an hour is worth it to you then I would say go for it. I really wanna get a small jigsaw to cut them off with and im sure I could process 100 pounds an hour easy. Now the hard part is finding someone to give me 100 pounds of board every couple days
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It took 2 people 30 min to make $36 or
It would take 1 person 60 min to to make $36.
Had they had the material the 2 would have generated $72 in 60 min.
That is $36 an hour.
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Check your math said it took us 30 mins.
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Thats why I used ewasted's prices he buys them both ways. So if the newbs want to do it they can sell them to him.
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So, is it consensus that the majority of you don't cut the fingers off? I have about 50 PCI boards. I tried cutting the gold off one board and totally butchered it. There was way too much green board left on the fingers.
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I would say most dont do it cause its not worth the time to them. i for one will stick by my math and keep doing it because it is worth my time for now. Now if I get big enuff to start selling to refiner/processors myself then I am sure it wouldnt be worth my time anymore.
Experienced Scrapper
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BTW...when PTS mentioned jig saw above, he meant to say SCROLL saw. This is what I plan to do as long as a buyer will buy the boards after they have been cut. I trust his math and I believe using a scroll saw will make his equation more "golden".
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Scroll saw on my checklist! I heard of people using old school paper cutters. I've been using Tin Snips...But man it's rough!
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I use a paper cutter but not on this, I cut the plug-ins off the ribbon cables with one,,,Scroll saw on my checklist! I heard of people using old school paper cutters.
New Guy
I like the scroll saw idea. Saw one in an auction today and tossed in a bid. We'll see what happens.
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tile cutters should work well, and being diamond tipped should last an age
Experienced Scrapper
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A small table top band saw would be the safest among your choice of saws.
With a scroll saw the blade travels up and down and can cause your work to jump around at times . Blades are fragile and expensive in comparison to a band saw.
The bandsaw blade travels downward thus holding the work to the table, and a blade will last long time!
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What would the average price for the boards be with the fingers removed (if there's one)?
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Most buyers that buy them trimmed will pay $1 less per pound for them on average. every buyers is different just look at their pricelists.
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