What's the most useless waste of time thing you've ever broken down for scrap? - Page 2

PRINTERS N HARDDRIVES Ugghhhhh Do I've to ......

Watching the answering machine video.

Originally Posted by landmine

It finally came to me, one that was useless.

A projection TV,

I like them cause they have 3 copper yolks , Then you have the sizable portion with the yolks that often is AL on top or just a nice heavy piece ready for mix also the lenses are a handy item like a super powerful magnifier . Good boards and a few times i found short steel in case used as weight so TV is not top heavy
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But what I don't bother with are printers - But the cartridges have value at staples $2 each as store credit

I really have no use for portable electric typewriters. The motor inside is so small and a real pain to remove that now I just snip the cord and shred the rest.

Apple computers, like the G3's are painful to take apart too. too many screws plus a CRT tube to dispose.
I don't do much with printers and old laptops either.

Have you received a "too numerous to list" reply yet? I'll use that one ; )

watching this experts videos...

Printers for sure. Now i just whack them on the port side with a hatchet Thanks Jack to get the green boards and toss em in shred.

With short daylight hours, minutes on the road are worth hours at home.

I used to dislike CRT's, now I just hate them. I spent more time cleaning up after dismantling a used paper shredder.

I used to bash old engines apart with a 20lb sledge to get the AL pistons, that's really lots of work for a few bucks ( Not that I"m above it or anything..I would still do it if needed).

Just did a printer yesterday, my first one. lots of effort for little reward. got a few boards out of it, i'm sure there low grade,but i did see that the ribbon connections might be gold,not sure.But its still money, recently had a heart attack, 5 bypasses, still off work, so i got time on my hands.

newer vacuum cleaners dont seem to yield much either,The older ones i used to get from way back when, were just about all metal,except the dust bags. i had four or five gathered in the pile, i dismantled the first one, after that i just cut away all i could with the recip saw, and got the motor.

Keyboards, The Music ones

Ive done 15 pcs in 2 hrs so no that bad used a sthl screw drive for it got it at walmart for 8$ on one set of AA batterys im close to 50 pcs

Air purifers, coffee makers, vacuums, car radios, and laptops