Thankyou both for your help. Generally what I do is find a small amount of scrap from my full time job. But I find a lot more in the forest preserves around the corner from where I live. Mostly cans but on occassion I'll find some wire and what I pull out of the dumpster at the apartment complex where I live. I don't have a truck so about once a week I take the load to the scrap yard which is about 10 miles from my house and there are a couple of forest preserves that I stop at on my way to the scrap yard. I spend almost no money in gas because everything I find is at locations I would otherwise be at anyway. I dedicate about 10-15 hrs a week to my hobby. I'd do more but I work alot at my full time job and I make $30-$60 a week for what I consider to be almost no work(free money). As I save more money I think I'll invest in a truck, but that would be taking my hobby to another level. Once again, thanks for your help.