Originally Posted by
406Refining
My story started when I was a little tot. I've been scrapping since I was 6 or 7 years old. My family owned an electronics manufacturing facility. As a result I got a lot of wire, components, and circuit boards. It became a very small hobby for the next several years until about a year and a half ago when I really started pushing hard on the scrap steel side of things and running it more like a business. After that first year and 33,000 pounds of metal I realized that there was serious competition in my area for scrap and it didn't make sense to compete for $15 per truckload so I started looking into appliance parts. It started small with just dishwashers and microwaves, but very quickly expanded to washer and dryer parts. I now do very little with scrap and deal mostly with appliance parts and similar items. A lot has changed in the past 2 years, but the new direction is looking to be a good path to take for years to come.
Moving into appliance parts IMO was a good decision.
If I lived in the USA I would do the same.
When I was do appliance repair years ago the timers were all mechanical and with care you could rob a good set of contacts from a donor to replace the burnt set.
With your electronics background are you replacing any chips that are burned out on these newer electronic controls.
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