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    I think I ment to say think



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    a tool i have found to be very useful is my samsung galaxy tablet! i can go on kijiji and craigslist anywhere, this thing has definately paid for itself and then some. it also doubles as a GPS, i use it as a music player in my truck, i browse our forum occasionaly for information, i even play games on it. i dont go anywhere without it. its nice to stay connected.

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    magnetic thong???? ha ha sounds interseting

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    Quote Originally Posted by Recycler View Post
    Yeah, GPS on the smartphone is pretty helpful. Thanks for all the tips, everybody. It's nice to hear what others are doing.
    I recently added a QR bar code app to my smartphone, awesome.

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    Knowledge is the most important tool.

    The other four will be dictated by it.
    If it's not bolted down it's mine, if it's bolted down and I can pry it up.....it's still mine....

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    old thread but:

    5 tools I use everyday in scrapping - in order of most often used

    magnet
    hammer
    wire snips
    multi screwdriver
    sawzall

    90% of the time this as all I need (minus a truck to haul it all)

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    brain, truck, bfh, screwgun, sawzall done lol

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    I think for scrappers who has large amount of copper wire and radiator, copper cable granulator, wire stripping machine and AC radiator recycling machine is essential. They will greatly improve efficiency.

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    There are five tools with me on every job. My multi tool (I prefer Leatherman but also own Gerbers and lesser know brands.) On everyone I have a magnet (1 inch long, 1/4 wide, and 1/4 thick. My third and fourth tools are my partners, Labs. They keep the varmints out of the way and have saved me from being attacked several times. The fifth tool are my guns. Every vehicle is loaded with an arsenal for varmints. This may not seem important to those in the city, but if you take down a grain bin you need to ready for skunk or raccoon that has considered that home for many years. One skunk made the 60 mile trip to the scrap before jumping out of a car.

    Beyond these my favorite and most valuable tool is my torch. I have six sets of torches with 100 lb. propane bottles, gages, torches, hoses, and K tanks. On big jobs I use liquid oxygen. The reason for so many is because I have three tool trailers, four pickups, a shop, and a shed. The real reason for so many is I never know which project I will undertake at any given time. To much room, to much scrap, and no where to sell it.
    Give back more to this world than we take.

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    Man I need my gloves!!!

    on the road:
    1. Gloves
    2. Magnet
    3. Maul hammer
    4. Cutters/Nippers
    5. Buckets
    (Straps in the truck are always helpful too!)

    At home:
    1. Gloves
    2. 6" vise
    3. Crescent wrench
    4. Maul hammer
    5. File

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    I would add a set of snap ring pliers.

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    i addition to the already mentioned tools.. i will add the 2 i use when i scrap electric motors, i use a 20 inch long flat blade screwdriver,mine has a square shaft,, grind the narrow sides on the flat end at an angle ,almost to a point,,and where it gets wider, grind that same to the same width as shaft,just great to prying out copper windings out of laminated steel motors.usually furnace or ac coil motors.after i cutoff end of copper first and put it in vise letting the cut end set on bottom and pry away , easy and fast..now for those long ones out of tall ac compressors, DONT cutoff one end of copper,,i use a AXE head to cut them in half,, NOT a hatchet head,most hatchets are worthless, they are thick like a chisel all the way to the cutting edge,, find a axe where it tapers thinly to the edge,and it will go in between the laminates and use a 5 pound hammer..never gets stuck, ,once in half put in vise an pry out copper windings.
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    I use this cutting tool for a lot of things. Very useful for cutting copper. The trick is to keep it razor sharp.


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