I scrap ovens often. After you have finished its a nice lump of iron...
The faceplate is normally 3 or 4 peices of extruded Ali, same with the oven handles, oven trays & the odd pot or dish is also Ali....
Check the sliders on the bottom draw, sometimes they are Ali, sometimes theres a sheet Ali holding the glass insulation in there too.
Behind the faceplate, check the switches, old ones are good for silver/copper electrical contacts. The timer has a spool of copper wire in it.
If a single or several hotplate switch contacts look like this (Med blue color, unlike the others)
Its a replacement switch, (the old one broke, the owner got it replaced with a brand new switch) save that, they are worth $5 to sell. (UK 16pounds, NZ$45, US$35-40 brand new)
If its designed for a 'two element' hotplate (check what it says on the faceplate) its worth a lot more. Brand new US$80, NZ$95.
Same with the actual plastic knobs, they get hot & melt & someones going to pay you a $ or more for it.
The wiring, unfortunately a lot of the ovens use stainless steel wiring, I thought it was tinned copper.... wrong. Otherwise its copper with the clips on it. I sell it as 'Plastic coated copper wire' @ NZ$3 Kg.
The thermometer has a long copper tube going from it to the oven area, its got a bigger dia copper tube welded to its end. Pull that, its copper.
The lightbulb, 1/2 the time it still works, & it just saved you $1. Normally its 40 watts.
In 'convection' ovens theres a fan bolted to the back of the oven that shifts the hot air in the oven around for better cooking. Its got 50gms+ copper in it. Its easyer to cut thru the copper spool as the bolts are always rusted up.
The fans a peice of sheet Ali, not worth bothering with. 66% of the time its got a dead mouse stuck to it......
Theres some other Ali, like the vent tube on some ovens.
The elements are worth $ too.
Same with the block they fit into, if its a quick replacement sort, they arc out easyly so see if you can sell the whole unit. Element flashings, the bit between the element & the oven top face rust out & sell for a few $.
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