Third, he can sell computers to the local refinery for $0.25/lb, or about $6.25 per. I don't know what all y'all are making off each machine, but I'm finding it hard to gross much more than $8 per, regardless of how much time I put into it.

Fifth, this has been a really interesting- and much, much more complicated- little experiment than I expected. The take-home messages for me are 1) that free computers are definitely worth the time while computers that cost much more than a couple bucks a piece rapidly become not-worth it and 2) just because you *can* take something apart doesn't mean you *should*.
Just remember that prices have changed a little; http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/e-was...breakdown.html