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there might be a topic somewhere for this but I cant find it .I know the gold pins in ribbon cables are worth good money. but is it really worth it . I cut all the ends off about 50-70 lbs of ribbon cables.i then started pulling the pins .I got thur about 30 ends and omg my arm is killing me .is it really worth the time. or is there a quicker method
NO it is not. Those pins run @ .25g per pound if you are lucky. Thats about $10.00Lb in Au.Quote:
I know the gold pins in ribbon cables are worth good money. but is it really worth it .
Eric
The last pins I sold on Ebay was 7.9 oz-225 gram for 29.95 + shipping. I messed up and set the Buy-it-now price too low.
Someone jumped on it within the second hour. Tried to research it but could not find out a good starting price, so I just guesstimated.
I'll figure out what it's all worth someday. But to me it's worth it as I was turning in a small bucket of connectors and getting $8. - 10. for them. That same amount of connectors got me that 7.9oz.
I save them for when I'm watching tv at nite, I work on them at my computer desk.
Anybody ever dealt with an abundance of larger connectors? Such as the big printer serial connectors or SCSI centronics 50 pin?
I think a small ball mill or hammer mill would be awesome for pin extracting.
Dude WAY TOO MUCH work for the return on investment of your yime. Use a small wire clipper or utility knofe to cut ends off and send in as computer cable ends. Use the time saved to find more stuff to scrap/recycle.
You have kids? Put them to work. Mine get all the tedious stuff to do like ribbon cables and ends and hard drives to take apart.
Oliver, Oliver, never before has a boy asked for more...
haha, looks like Burly's on! maybe he'll have something good to add ; )
I'm sure jghilino will chime in with the breakdown he did on ribbon cable connectors soon. It was his analysis that got me to pluck pins on ribbon connectors and I hated it at first but the muscle memory grew quickly and I started really enjoying it. What I learned is it is ten times easier to retrieve the pins if you don't cut the connectors away from the ribbon cable. Leave your cable as it is from the tower and it makes handling the connector so much easier. Many times the pins will come out on the ribbon cable after you've cut the plastic away.
I've never found a pair of pliers that I like for plucking pins. Most dikes/side cutters don't work that well either but I did find a pair with a super straight structure that grabs several at a time.
At my best I did 8 ounces in 3 hours. When gold was high these pins would easily bring $100 a lb. It's good money when you get good at it.
I bought a couple of these from Home Depot and really like them for the purpose of pulling the pins from ribbon cable connectors. They come in a set of two.Quote:
Originally Posted by cobre collector
Xcelite
4 in. Shear-Cutter Plier Set (2-Piece)
Model # S2KS5
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Don't tell nobody but I use a set of toe nail clippers, you can even get down there and pluck out the pins broke off down close.Quote:
I've never found a pair of pliers that I like for plucking pins. Most dikes/side cutters don't work that well either
Their about 4" long
Then when your done you can clip your toe nails. Kill two birds with one stone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
I don't have children .im just cutten the ends off and separating them
Just curious, do you guys only pull the visible pins out of male ends or is there a way to get the female end pins out too?
Here is what I do quite a few of, I think their easy to pull.Quote:
Originally Posted by amoncion
I would consider these female ends.
http://cdn.productinformation.net/im...cts/122827.jpg
are you separating the pins on yours mech?
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Originally Posted by Mechanic688
Thanks, I actually just noticed the related post showing the video on how to pull from those after I posted the question, lol.
they go in the $40-$60 pound range so its worth it over selling them as connectors, plus its alot cheaper to ship 1 pound than 15 poundsQuote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
My two cents...
I've pulled over 100lbs of cables wires only to get about 3lbs of pins,,, is it worth it.. Nope.. so what do I do... Fire up the bandsaw.. and Let er rip... I can do a 100lbs of cables in about 30 mins.. and yah know.. I get paid for them connectors... that the way I would do it,, and then I sell the wire to a company near me for 70 cents a pound... so Pulling Pins.. Not... cutting them connector.. yip...
Thank You for reading My two Cents.
cool! I've got about a hundred pounds here, but no bandsaw. Cut mine for me and i'll give ya my two cents ; )Quote:
Originally Posted by bnbsfsd
i dont think anyone can do 100 pounds of cables in 30min, my fingers hurt just thinking about the bandsaw
I'm gonna be using just a pair of big scissors, whenever i get around to itQuote:
Originally Posted by jghilino
good callQuote:
Originally Posted by Bear
Here is my answer to it from way back when; Cash in your ink cartridges at Staples, buy a paper cutter and go to town.
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/priva...bbon-wire.html
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...s/100_0691.jpg
this is what I use for cutting ribbon cables. these will also cut pennies in half if you don't have anything else to cut lol
http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb01b10e.jpg
We produce about 2500 lbs of ends per month we sell them all to Mario at Cash For Computer scrap.