I have to take them apart anyway to sheer the drive platters. I then completely strip them to get clean cast aluminum prices. I get paid per drive to destroy them then I get to keep the scrap.
I'm working on a new contract for a place that has 500-1000 drives to kill right now. I can do 20 in one hour, completely stripped. At 4.50 / drive that's $90/hr. Now, get my wife on the other side of the table with her own (high speed assembly) screwdriver and we can double that.
So, $180 / hr to take them apart.
20 lbs of aluminum = $10
2.5 lbs of boards = $20 (after shipping)
$210 for an hours work (40 drives)... and then I can save the arms in a little box until I have enough.
Here's a proof of destruction from one of my small batches. They need a pic of the drive cover with the serial number that they recorded when they gave me the drives.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B59...ll4Y2tCeVNEUkk
Oh, yeah, you can also get around $.50 / magnet on ebay... so that's another $20 for the lot...
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