fine pre-sorting for better scrap business?

Lol you're talking about a multi-thousands dollar piece of equipment that is useless to virtually all scrappers who do not own an entire scrapyard or metal furnace.

I'm a small timer. I only need a magnet.

Originally Posted by MetalPhil

Let's get this straight, are you really saying that its "useless to virtually all scrappers" -- or just too expensive? And you are right, my question meant to include scrap yard and metal furnace owners.

JJ pretty much nailed it. I know one scrapper that uses a rock to bust transformers apart because he doesn't own a hammer. Another does own a hammer. He uses that for his computer tower breakdowns.

Give em' a ray gun and they would probably start shooting each other with it just for fun.

Overall, they're loathe to spend money on tools. They make do with what they find on the dump.

The target market for a high end tool would much further up the food chain.

Just curious Phil ... what part of Boston ? (I grew up in Winthrop.)

Originally Posted by MetalPhil

Let's get this straight, are you really saying that its "useless to virtually all scrappers" -- or just too expensive? And you are right, my question meant to include scrap yard and metal furnace owners.

It is mostly individual scrappers here, and most won't get any difference in price between stainless types, don't deal in enough volume to need to be able to hone in on the exact type to justify the expense, or don't deal in exotic enough metals to need a product like that unfortunately.

I know of a scrapyard in new Jersey that has these types of things on site as they deal in exotic or alloy metals that they need to be able to identify them with a high degree of accuracy.... But on here, most people can get by with a magnet, a file, and a grinder to determine the metal types enough to sell them at local yards for Max profit

Also hills is right, if you are trying to sell these things you need to go much much higher up the chain then the ground forces collecting the scrap (mostly who is here). You need yard owners (which there are a few here I think), shredders, smelters, refineries, etc...