What tools do you use?
What tools should I get before I start and then which ones when I cash in some scrap?
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What tools do you use?
What tools should I get before I start and then which ones when I cash in some scrap?
It would depend on what you are doing. Perhaps you should use the search feature. This has been answered many times for many different types of scrappers.
Basic, regardless would be a pair of side cutters or tin snips and a small sledge hammer. Then, like Jim said, it depends on what type of stuff you intend to scrap. I use a cordless drill for screwdriver bits, a grinder and Sawzall a lot. But I also use a tractor with forks and bucket a lot, too.
Thanks! That's pretty much the answer i was looking for!
You can make a free cordless drill. (its handy to have several with different bits in each)
By using a old ones & connecting up a car battery to the inner contacts in the drill.
Normally they die & get thrown out because of the dud rechargeable battery.
Old garden loppers are great for cutting thru copper wire & tubing, just regrind the sharp edges with a grinder to sharpen them up, don't use much 'side force' (twisting them as you cut) & they last for quite a while.
To break Ali tubing & or extrusion, make a nice sharp cut with a hacksaw or file where you want to break it, just 1 mm deep is enough, now bend it at the cut so the cuts on the outside of the bend.
It'll snap there quite easily.
walmart has a black and decker cordless for $8 and a gun style/tradition for $19 i believe.
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Here's the one's I bought for doing computer and other e-scrap, the blue one seems to last longer on a charge. $19.95 each, the blue one I got from Menards, the other Ace hardware. You just push a button and you twist it for getting into tight places. The 6" bits are real handy for taking screws out of tv's and monitors. Be sure to read up on discharging a tv before attempting a teardown. http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...S2010004-1.jpg
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...S2010006-2.jpg
Ok, I guess I'll have to do a little more research!
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Originally Posted by High Voltage Processing
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Originally Posted by Mick
^^^^Why didn't you back him up? considering this members first thread, H.V.P had the perfect response IMO..
Nothing against HPV and I sometimes also say to do a search. In this case, I simply felt like giving a direct response - he'd already gotten the "do a search" response. No use in "piling on".Quote:
Originally Posted by Torker Man
T'is the Season after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick
And don't forget to yourself a magnet. It'll become your best friend in this biz.
The best tool is common sense when working around tv and old refg too, i myself just go too swap meets buy out handfuls of rusty tools for pennys on the doller, that way , if i loose em , im out nothen,
I think, It would be depend on what you are doing. Because, most of time shows that different features for different types of scrappers. So you should search for this feature.
Top Shot !!!!^^^^^^ +1Quote:
Originally Posted by skylinejackjr
This is a definite "must have"
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/a...p/sawsetup.jpg
I don't know how I ever got along without this portable vise. I'm thinking about mounting one on a leg that fits my trailer hitch receiver on my 3/4 ton.
Depending on the job the option of a bring along vice would be very helpful. Great thougt putting on a hitch so you can secure it with the receiver. Mike.
One guy at our local yard has an old pipe vise mounted on the bed rail of his truck. You can clamp some odd shaped things in one to disassemble. Something a plumber used to use. http://www.ridgid.com/ASSETS/F5823DB...Family_web.jpg Top one.
Was going to post a new thread on using a new tool for myself but, I found this thread and eesakiwi already mentioned it. I wanted to affirm what eesakiwi said about the garden loppers. They are great for cutting copper tubing (1/2"-3/4") and for many other things. I recently used them to cut off the aluminum and brass golf club ends. Its a great tool. Here is a link for them at HD:
Fiskars PowerGear Titanium 32 in. Bypass Lopper-398542-1001 at The Home Depot