Removing screws/standoffs from motherboards to take the end bracket off

Mechanic... Oh great, yet another bucket to fling them at. I just checked some of my newer motherboards and you're right on those, brass with steel insert. However, those that I snapped off yesterday that are in the pic are all brass without the steel screw part. It's not a very good pic but you can see the cast yellow color of the brass. Now that we have at least 3 different compositions of these and 3 or 4 different sized tools to take them off AND several methods of removing them, I feel like this is a job well done. I'm glad we got that all cleared up.

BTW BEAR.....like that sweet little adapter rig you got goin' there

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

BUT snapping them off just makes them dirty brass/stainless, only gonna be worth .10-.12 a lb. The screw part broke off inside is still steel.

shred price is .11 right now where I go

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

BUT snapping them off just makes them dirty brass/stainless, only gonna be worth .10-.12 a lb. The screw part broke off inside is still steel.

i get like 80 cents for dirty brass at my yard , the steel braided hoses on my fire extinguishers have brass fittings(nearly impossible to get off) so i just clip them with a chopsaw leaves the hose inside the fitting, i rarely question prices at the yard but i think i would ask the yard manager to check it out instead of the guys that unload, i get 11 for shred just seems really low