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    New Gal greetings from Chicago

    New direction any advise to get started? I have tons of file cabinets and i have tested if with my magnets necklace. lol What next?



    Any help is greatly appreciated.


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    welcome call a local scrap yard find out what their metal prices are then haul o the nearest highest paying scrap yard then repeat .
    if the magnet sticks to it most likely steel or possibly stainless steel if it does not its aluminum .
    BTW read the forums read the forums

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    Pull out the drawers remove aluminum handle sell as prepared steel. Sell the rest as clean sheet iron...

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    I do well selling file cabinets for more than scrap.

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    Welcome to the forum. The more you read the old threads you more you will learn and more opportunities will come your way. Mike
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    Welcome from just south of the city


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