with every thing i am taking apart i have been getting alot of nuts bolts and svrews any thingi can do with them
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with every thing i am taking apart i have been getting alot of nuts bolts and svrews any thingi can do with them
Scrap em or sell em. Try selling them on ebay if you can sort them out size and thread.
I put all the misc stuff when doing a tear down in a 5 gallon pail, got one about 3/4 full will throw it in with my next steel load.
I just throw them all into a Light Iron barrel. Too many are specialized to sort them out. Plus, I cut a lot of them out of aluminum using a grinder or sawzall. Not much use after that.
I do the same. I pick up as many *metal* 5 gal. buckets as I can and toss all my small metal in them...that way I can scrap the can and all. Or if I have an appliance, I can dump it into the appliance (after it's loaded).
Well, I'll try again. I pick up as many metal buckets as I can and throw all my little pieces in them so I can scrap the can and all.
Or if I have an appliance I can dump the bucket in the....see above
Glad I searched and found this thread. I've started throwing every nut, bolt, screw and washer into what's left of a microwave along with any other little bits and peices that will fitin there. I'll keep the microwave until it's full and add it to the next weigh in.Great idea I think to have a metal bucket or box.
I hate to waste anything, no matter how small.
and I never thought of using a microwave carcass for nuts and bolts and misc small pieces...good idea Jdaddy.
I collect every single screw and things like screws into a large pot and then take them next time I venture to the yard!
I think they'd be short steel (or prepared, whatever your yard calls it.) I throw them into my short steel 5 gallon bucket
They are really nice to fill a car body with......ever seen a 4 ton Subaru?
When I dismantle at the work bench, I'll usually take apart maybe 3-4 computers or printers. I do not take each individual screw and put it in the bucket, I let all the screws just fall on the bench and keep working. Then after those are done, I'll do a sweep with the magnet to pick them all up. This way I can keep on keepin on...:)
What's the smallest you would throw in there? Washers? Bottle tops? I was thinking about tossing in the ceramic type of bits I have on the floor that stick to a magnet. Think they're what copper coils inside a tv are attached to. Don't know if that would be cheating though so I'll hang fire.
I don't see how it would be cheating. I stuff appliances with anything metallic that'll fit. Same would go for a car or "bolt bucket". If it sticks to a magnet and fits - in it goes. Or in the #1 Iron pile if it meets that criteria.
yea, anything that sticks to a magnet...I even put plastic in there if it has screws in it..nothing too small. I have a rectangular hole in my work bench and I keep my bucket under there and, like metal gypsy said, if it doesn't go in the bucket, I keep on working and pick it all up with a magnet later...when I'm getting ready to take a load in.
Metal is money!
I know someone who even stuffs appliances with glass.
Might have to put a piece of ducktape over the small holes if you break it all the way down.Quote:
I never thought of using a microwave carcass for nuts and bolts and misc small pieces.
That's not even right, they'll be the first one to bi**h when the yard screws them.Quote:
I know someone who even stuffs appliances with glass.
Ferrite into the steel buckets is not cheating on your load, there is magnetized and non magnetized ferrite available. Also there is lots of ferrite on circuit boards and some transformers.
I take #10 food cans and fill them up with the small bits then toss it in with a load. If it's steel, it goes in there. Dryer drums are good for this too. I even throw the caps from the beer I drink in there.
I hate to waste anything, no matter how small.[/QUOTE]
You'll do just fine JD, and over time all those little screws,nuts and bolts will add up!!! wait until you lift a 5 gallon bucket full!!
When I take a load in on my 16 ft flatbed I try to hold back at least one washer, that way I can start the next load with something to put small ferrous items in.
I'm going to hold on to microwave bodies as long as I have space, so I take them all in full.Quote:
Originally Posted by wayne1956
At one of my pick-ups there is no shortage of those metal/tin reusable cookie and popcorn tins. I throw all the small ferrous and screws in them. Sometimes they are slightly dented or rusty meaning the lids are tight, which is perfect. When I put the lid on the full cans I want it to stay on. Then I put the whole can in the large ferrous bins or pile. If anything ever tips, the last thing I feel like doing is picking up a bunch of tiny things.
Also, I've got one helper who guesses poorly on metal types, and "forgets' to use the magnet. I make him toss EVERYTHING small in the cans. Then I check it quick when he's gone. Easier to check stuff in a can rather than rolling loose under other junk. Other than that, he's super ambitious and volunteers so I work around and deal with the sorting issue. LOL
I also keep a small round can w/ lid in the van in the drink holder behind my shoulder. Back seats are out, so no-one's sitting behind me. I've been known to start unscrewing stuff while waiting in the van when I'm early for something or waiting for someone. Grab that little can and fill it. When full, I empty into a larger one or start a new little one.
That's how I do it, but more power to the scrappers filling microwaves and washers!
I am lucky in the respect I have the 16 ft flatbed and can basically "store" scrap until I have a full load. One of the first things to go on the bed after I have taken a load in is a washer that I have held back. That way while I am filling the rest of the bed with larger stuff I have a "container" to fill with the smaller stuff. If I do not get a washer for a while then I will put it all in 5 gallon buckets, then when I do get a washer or dryer then will empty the buckets in there. Turns a 150 lb washer into a 300+ lb washer.
I have a can for washers, wood screws, and bolts or screws with the nuts on them. Sometimes they get sorted out for later use and sometimes I just toss 'em in a 5 gal. bucket that I put with my tin. By the way the small yard in Kennedale TX I normally go to pays $.10 for tin.
I just took back over 100 pounds of nuts and bolts and they told me to throw them in the #1 iron pile
Despite the scrap value, I can’t part with all the belts, bolts, gears, nuts, rollers, screws, springs, washers, et cetera that I remove from scrap items. I have a habit of tearing items down as far as possible to get every screw and nut before adding the metal to the scrap bin. After all, the machined parts are worth more than scrap value to someone who constantly works on things. If the parts are extremely rusted, I let them go to the scrap bin.
Most of them, however, I sort using my Stack-On drawer-style bins. Each bin has 39 drawers – some large, some small. It really helps to organize them all so I don’t have to hunt through jars and boxes, like I had to at my dad’s.
Plus, I’m not “That Guy” dumping a bunch of nails in the scrap heap where they’re going to pop a tire.
Edit: - And at first, yes... there seems like a ton of specialized screws and such, but after you finally get your selection organized, it's nothing to keep it that way, or at least not in my case... but I have to have everything in it's place when it comes to my shop.
I like to take 55 gal sealed drums and cut a small rectangle in the top of it, and fill it up just the same as with a 5 gal bucket.
I don't like to tote plastic buckets around unless I have to.
I try and contain as much of the nails and screws as possible, coffee cans, microwaves, dryers etc. I just tape them shut. Once I went to a different yard, as mine was closed with a load of 6 file cabinets, I had filled up the drawers with other steel that I had as I did not want to take them off the truck and wanted a full load of steel. Taped the drawers shut so stuff would not spill out. Guy asks what is in drawers I tell him small steel items, he opens them all up spilling loose nails, bolts and screws around the pile. Thought I was bringing in rocks! LOL
I bet the 55 gal drums weigh alot when full!Quote:
Originally Posted by rca987
I keep coffee cans all over my work area, and as I break stuff down, I toss little bits/bolts/screws/etc. into the cans. When the cans get full, they get loaded into microwave carcasses.
I probably end up with 2-3 cans worth of "little stuff" a week, at least. Couple of bucks worth of weight, usually, per can.
I keep them on the trailer and take them when they are full.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
The fifty-five gallon drums do weigh quite a lot when they're full of metal. Thank the good lord, I live on a farm and so I'm able to bring the tractor around to lift the drum up using the loader. The scrapyard's got pretty good about being able to pick up the drum with a grapple and not spill stuff everywhere too.
What I do with the hardware depends on what shape it is in. If its rusty, drilled out, stripped, etc. it goes into a coffee can or microwave. If the hard ware is in good condition, I keep it. You can never have too much hardware! I have collected a nice assortment of SAE and metric this way.
I do the same thing. This is the best 10 bucks I spent this year. I'm hoping the image will post if not check out the url.Quote:
Originally Posted by metal gypsy
http://www.harborfreight.com/long-re...ase-93950.html
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That seems like a pretty nice contraption. Seems like most of the stuff at Harbor Freight is pretty good, but when their tools are bad, they really blow.
I keep a good sized magnet on the workbench, as I'm tearing stuff down, the screws collect in my hand until I toss them at the magnet. If the screws stick, that's ok, if they don't stick, they're either brass or SS, and that's ok too ; ) If the bench gets covered in them, I run the magnet across there and grab all the ferrous ones, the rest go into SS can.
When the magnet gets full of screws and whatnot, it gets cleaned off into a can
I don't save many tiny screws, such as those in computers, but if they're big enough to build or repair something, they'll certainly be hanging around