The Gustavus Thread

[gustavus]

With so many varying boards that would be in a load, is it worth it to check a sample of these? Or in other words, are there actually that many that contain silver?

I doubt there is any silver bonding the foil to leads in this type of capacitor this is why I suggested to Scapette to remove them from boards as they are to be considered as excess weight that she would be paying a $1.00 lb to process. I'm trying to make her shipment more profitable, she is not afraid of work.

[ryanw]

Oh, I apologize. I misunderstood you then. I take these off of my boards as well..as far as i knew they were basically dead weight. They get tossed in with my low grade boards.

[gustavus]

A lot of you ask how to remove chips and pins from mother boards, I put together a short video showing how I do them.

Quarter inch steel flat plate win angle iron welded on for a backstop, chisel sharpened one side only. I use my baby pneumatic hammer with a short stroke, saves on the body.

Keep in mind that I have not done this job in over two years.

Couple more vids shearing board and daughter cards.

[gustavus]

Someone asked when I would expect an assay, There wont be one, I have decided to process in house.

Those of you that are following this with interest it is advisable to download the concentrate images which will make it easier to compare differences. The 1rst lot was grey, 2nd was near black, 3rd is chocolate.

The following cons are from left overs before we moved, I had cemented each pail using iron so there's plenty of rust in each pail. Using the centrifuge rust is lighter and passes over the bowel along with the water to tailings.

This afternoons run the cons are predominantly copper with traces of precious metals which give the copper that nice chocolate colour. Today's cons are drying out, I'm curious to see the colour when dried out.

To conserve on acids this lot will be cast into copper anodes then processed in a electrolytic cell, by the time I have finished casting anodes from the various ash lots I may end up with over 100 lbs. Trust me when copper is in this finely divided state as powder it gets very very heavy taking up little space.

If you tried to lift a 20 liter pail full to the top of copper powder you would pull the handle off trying to lift it.

[gustavus]

Ebay forced me to look towards the future, for this I'm glad for I see a very profitable future ahead with my new adventure.

My scrapping past, refining precious metals, my planned gold trip to the Canadian North are all past history as will be this forum are just that the past. I have no interest in reliving the past, this may very well be my last posting to the forum.

Mother nature is a wondrous storehouse of treasures, instead of precious metals I have decided to go after essential oils from the many conifer forests surrounding me. From research I have learned enough the build my own equipment to recover these oils one of which sells for $416.00 a litre, if you do the math that works out to roughly $83,600.00 a drum. if I manage two drums through the spring, summer and early fall I'll be more than pleased.

It is time for me to enjoy my photography and mother nature.

I bid you all a prosperous year.

[KzScrapper]

Best of luck with the new venture Gus...I hope you'll stop by every now and again and keep us updated on how things are going. I may not always comment on your projects but I am always curious whet you've got going on.

[miked]

Well if you are at the end of your time with us I and many will miss you. I wish you the best with what ever you choose to pursue, I am certain it will be interesting. I hope that you will return and let us know how things are going for you. Also thank you for the education in many diverse subjects. 73, Mike KE4ILG

[PartTimeScrapper]

I agree with KZ who somehow changed his name. I love reading all your posts.

[DWJ]

Good luck in your new endeavors Gus. I'd like to thank you for your thread, as it has provided many great ideas from you and others, as well as provoked my own thoughts on many subjects. My best wishes go out to you in everything you do!

[Sirscrapalot]

I will say the same as the others..many thanks for the posts and info you've shared with us. Be sure to stop by from time to time an update us on how its all going for you, or at lest to scare us people who don't like snow.

As they say in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.."So long and thanks for all the Feesh!"

Sirscrapalot - Will leave a beverage in the cooler for ya Gus, case ya venture back this way.

[gustavus]

My gold trip is on again and I have decided to take my Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 which currently has gummed up injectors from having used WVO.

My Pajero has been sitting for 4 years, now it's time to overhaul the injectors a project I thought worthy to share.

The picture below shows one of the injectors dissembled, you can clearly see the varnish. I have them soaking in paint remover. Later today I'll get a quart of fresh diesel for reassembly.

Once the injector is reassembled it's hooked up to a pop off tester, the tester will give the pressure at which point the diesel ejects from the nozzle, show if the nozzle leaks and so forth. If the pop off pressure is to low or high shims behind the spring are added or removed to correct the situation. If I find the nozzle drips or leaks and will not hold pressure a replacement is installed.

Factory specs for my injectors to pop is set at 150 bar - 2175 psi.


The bench top tester I have came from a generating plant designed for remote locations where the mechanic would have overhauled any faulty injectors on site. For those that would like to build their own here are some excellent instructions for a DIY pop tester.

How to build a diesel injector pop tester - PeachParts Mercedes ShopForum

[JPete]

Do you have an ultrasonic cleaner, or access to one? I wonder if that would help with the cavitation to remove all deposits.

[gustavus]

I'm not accustomed to purchasing e-scrap, fact is this would be my first transaction is I go through with it. So I'm asking for you guys and gals for some help in that will allow me to make a decision to either take a pass or move forward with this deal.

The guys wants $75.00 lb for the mixed cpu's, there's 148 lbs of ram and he's asking $15.00 lb.

If I were to purchase it would be to refine in house, but I'm not looking to be working for peanuts - I need your valued opinions.

[MattInTheHat]

NO WAY $75 lb for those mixed cpu's

$15-16 amercan per lb for ram is common pricing for the buyers on here, but most of them send it out for refining.

[ryanw]

I agree, that is way too much for the processors. In my opinion, you should see if they can be sorted to figure out the real value there. A hodgepodge of processors can be all over the board in value.

I also think even refining the RAM in house might not leave that much at $15/lb.

[BRASSCATCHER]

$4 per pound for fiber processors, $8 per pound for ceramics. I think the ram price is a bit high too. Offer $10 per pound. Also base your prices on if he is going to be constant source or is this a one shot deal. If its a one time thing, then he has had it for a while and is stuck with what to do with it or he doesn"t want to pay the shipping costs to get it to a buyer in the states.

[gustavus]

Thanks guys if the deal did not put me in the poor house it is ongoing, I'm going to take a pass.

[gustavus]

recently purchased this 10 litre reactor which shipped in two parcels, one has arrived into Canada. I've asked Fedex to hold until the other half catches up then I'm going into Brandon to pick it up.

Also bid and won another smaller 5 litre reactor from Crown Assets which is scheduled for pick up via Purolator tomorrow in Toronto for delivery to my home.

The big refinery’s will not accept anything less than 20,000 lbs which makes my 800 lbs a drop in the bucket, so I'm left to refine my own material. Once I'm finished i may offer my services to toll refine strictly for people who reside in Canada to avoid customs and so forth.

Anyhow that decision is a long ways off into the future.

[gustavus]

Surprise, dumpster diving you just never know what your gonna find. Python pulled from Winnipeg dumpster - Manitoba - CBC News

A five-foot python was pulled from a dumpster along one of Winnipeg's upscale streets on Tuesday night.

A person walking past the dumpster heard noise and looked inside to see the large snake moving in the garbage located behind a riverside condo on the 200 block of Wellington Crescent.
The passerby called police right away. Police, in turn, called the city's animal services department.
It isn't known if someone tried to throw the snake away or if it somehow made its way into the trash on its own.
Police expect to release more information later in the day.

[Bear]

I'd guess a landfill be a great place for a snake, more mice than he could ever eat, except pythons can't survive those cold winters up there