A proud new owner of an old Xerox 2515 blueprint printer. Now what?

All-

I just bid in, and won, my very first state surplus auction: an early '90s Xerox 2515 printer in unknown working condition. It will set me back $15 and 20 minutes to go pick up. Nooow the question becomes: do I scrap the boards, wire and motors and dump the rest into shred (I don't have good numbers, but I think it comes in at around 100 lbs), do I try to sell it locally "as is" for more than I paid for it, or do I carefully deconstruct it and part it out on eBay one... agonizing... part... at... a... time until there's nothing left but a shell?

There are a few parts currently for sale on eBay, through very few sales. I suppose I can *try* selling a few parts for a couple weeks- if they go, great. If not, they go to the scrap yard with the rest of the chassis...

Perhaps most importantly though, where do I hide it from my wife until it's gone?!

Cheers,
tbg

Try the ebay route, while doing CL at the same time? If you go the CL route, be sure to post to surrounding towns!

Far as the wife...Throw a table cloth over it, an hope she doesn't notice it wherever you break down your goodies? (assuming it's indoors) ;) Placing empty boxes, or very lightly loaded ones on top will add to the effect..., an if you get caught, I didn't give you the idea. BC or Cory did. ;)

Sirscrapalot - Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. - Jim Carrey

If there's room for it, hide it in your trash can. Worked for me when I worked out of my home :) Even if it's found, it looks like it's on its way out!

I'd just scrap the thing if sales are pretty flat for parts.

Just tore one similar apart a few months ago. There were 2 large pieces of aluminum on the sides once everything was taken apart. Each was around 3lbs. Nice boards on the inside, and some motors. One of the 2 I tore apart had 4 sticks of small ram on the inside. I got both mine for free, so of coarse I had to tear them down to see what was in them.
Good luck with it, John

Thanks for the suggestions. I've checked out the specs and the thing is 180 lbs- if I all I do is turn around and throw it on the shred pile at least I'll get my money back. I don't know how I'm going to risk the temptation to tear into it, but I think I will offer it "as is" on CL first; if it doesn't sell in the couple weeks or so I'll start tearing chunks off of it to scrap or sell.

As for where to put it- I think I'm going to chicken out and stash it somewhere at work. Either that or pretend it's a long, narrow coffee table...

cheers,
tbg

There's a few "sold" listings on Ebay in that category but I didn't look at them very close.
I'm thinking that runs sepia prints but I'm not positive
Architectural Drafting and Design - Alan Jefferis, David A. Madsen - Google Books

Here's a link with 2515 info for your ad
Xerox Information

Bear-

Thanks for the links. I picked it up this morning and sure enough, it weighs 180 lbs if it weighs an ounce. The story is that it was working as of a couple years ago when it was donated to the local school system by a local architecture firm. Apparently it's been sitting in storage ever since. I'll put it up on CL "as is" for refurbing or parts and see what happens. If nothing, then out comes the screwdriver...

cheers,
tbg

Hey, I forgot about this post- I had this up on Ebay and CL a few times, gave up and tore into it. I didn't keep track of the final totals, so these are just rough estimations:

If this thing was 180 pounds, then I probably got very roughly

140 lbs steel @ $0.0775/# = $10.85
10 lbs clean aluminum (sheeting, I think) @ ~$0.35/# = $3.50
10 lbs aluminum breakage @ $0.15/# = $1.50
5 lbs stainless steel @ ~$0.40/# = $2
5 lbs electric motors/transformers @ $0.12/# = $0.60
1 lbs #2 insulated Cu @ $0.60/# = $0.60
9 lbs unrecoverable plastic/garbage

Total: $19.05, again, very roughly. The internal wiring was all aluminum I believe, and pretty negligible- so were the electronics. I popped off some chips and transistors and whatnot, but there wasn't much there. I spent $14.95 on it and tear down was probably on the order of an hour or so (and very messy!). Worth it? Mmmm... probably not, but now I know. I *did* keep some rubberized magnets from the drum- those are pretty neat...

Just FYI...

cheers,
tbg

Now you know about its value , sometimes the best way to learn and you made a few bucks.

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Originally Posted by thebugguy

Hey, I forgot about this post- I had this up on Ebay and CL a few times, gave up and tore into it. I didn't keep track of the final totals, so these are just rough estimations:

If this thing was 180 pounds, then I probably got very roughly

140 lbs steel @ $0.0775/# = $10.85
10 lbs clean aluminum (sheeting, I think) @ ~$0.35/# = $3.50
10 lbs aluminum breakage @ $0.15/# = $1.50
5 lbs stainless steel @ ~$0.40/# = $2
5 lbs electric motors/transformers @ $0.12/# = $0.60
1 lbs #2 insulated Cu @ $0.60/# = $0.60
9 lbs unrecoverable plastic/garbage

Total: $19.05, again, very roughly. The internal wiring was all aluminum I believe, and pretty negligible- so were the electronics. I popped off some chips and transistors and whatnot, but there wasn't much there. I spent $14.95 on it and tear down was probably on the order of an hour or so (and very messy!). Worth it? Mmmm... probably not, but now I know. I *did* keep some rubberized magnets from the drum- those are pretty neat...

Just FYI...

cheers,
tbg

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That's great info, thanks. More importantly, did you successfully keep it hidden from the wife? If so, where?

I wish I had taken down a few notes while I dismantled this thing, but if I'm off on the total value it can't be by more than a couple dollars...

pjost- ha... well, since you asked... for the first month or so I kept it stashed out near the loading dock of the building I work in. Once I decided I was going to dismantle it I loaded it into my pickup, drove it home, and took it apart *in* the truck bed. I still managed to scatter parts across the driveway, but I got those picked up/hosed off and squared away before the end of the evening (yes, I took a garden hose to some of the parts- it made a real mess!). Not one screw ever made it into the house, though some of my tool handles will be black forever...

cheers,
tbg