What tools would you say are essential for a new scrapper?
New Guy
What tools would you say are essential for a new scrapper?
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Magnet
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
New Guy
Thanks, would you say a grinder is essential?
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Essential? No. Very useful? Yes.
New Guy
Ok, so I'm thinking: drill, magnet, hand tools, stihl saw anything else?
A good pair of wire cutters and a file.
New Guy
Thanks, what would the file be for?
Rural scrapper
That's depends a lot on your scrap of choice, bolt cutters and sawzall. Maybe a torch
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New Guy
Everything and anything at the moment haha, thanks
A file for checking plated materials to see what the base material is, ie: chrome plated brass versus chrome plated pot metal.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Ditto on the file. You will find yourself filing into all kinds of stuff to see what metal it is, especially yellow brass. You might want to file into all copper windings in transformers. I have been seeing a lot of aluminum windings that are coated with a copper color.
I would recommend safety gear: gloves, safety glasses and steel toe boots.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Gloves, I have 3 pair of Mechanics Gloves....and a Back Brace....
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Rural scrapper
Oh yeah, material to scrap. That's important too.
I have found that the best tool is a sharp wit.
Start with no tools and as you come across times when you need a particular tool then go get it.
Why waste 500 bucks on tools and find out those nice bolt cutters or torch or whatever only gets used once every month. Would seem like a waste of money.
Last edited by drozenski; 03-30-2012 at 04:23 PM.
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3-5lb hand sledgehammer and razor knife with hook blades
Last edited by BRASSCATCHER; 03-30-2012 at 04:14 PM.
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Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
most anything related to metal work, mechanic work, fabrication, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, engineering, aviation, scuba diving, or space junk. A hammer, pair of pliers, hacksaw, and a screwdriver might get ya started thoughYou can't do much without tools, even the most basic ones. Next to, and right beside tools, as already been mentioned, is safety, glasses, gloves, boots, etc. Tearing down most things is very near constructing it in reverse, depending on what you're scrapping, and how far you want to tear it down, might need tools for almost anything. At least in this area, if all else fails, a hammer and a chisel might do just the trick. I like to wear a glove with it though, and maybe hold the chisel with a vice grips if i'm swinging a very heavy hammer very hard
Rural scrapper
Like I said before depends on what your scrapping, one of you compturr guys would have Lil. Use for my torch and I wouldn't know what to do with a torx bit smaller than 10
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Colorful vocabulary comes in handy when trying to free stuck parts.
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