Originally Posted by
kss
I dont care too much about the profit and money, it is just a benifit of me doing this. I do this as a hobby and for fun. I didnt have fun tearing apart the CD drives before, even if the boards were worth $1000/lb (ok, then I might regardless of "fun"). As I am taking stuff apart, sometimes in the middle of it I will say "f" this thing Im tired of messing with it and throw it into the shred pile. I know I leave money on the table sometimes, but if it stops being fun then I'll stop doing it all-together.
I will give them another shot though for sure.
If it's okay i'll borrow / steal the sig line from one of the other members.
" Anyone who says scrapping isn't hard work ain't doin' it right. "
Lol ... more true words were never spoken. I'm learning that more and more as i go along. The old man was right.
You might look at it this way. It's a lot of time and energy invested to
earn the skill of doing the CD/DVD breakdown. It gets much easier once you've mastered the skill. You can bang the work out like nobody's business.
It's like that with everything isn't it ? Bigger companies invest millions into research & development just to acquire the method of making a better mousetrap. The payoff comes after they've done the work. Some projects are a dead end so you learn what doesn't work. Some projects have a payoff. Either way you gain.
I know i'm going through this with the new electric wire stripping machine that came in a few weeks ago. There's a certain learning curve. It will take awhile to work out the best methods for my particular shop. Next step after mastering the skill will be to source more material but that's a ways off right now. I'm still in the R&D phase.
Personally, i enjoy the R&D part the most. I like the challenge of solving problems & figuring out the most efficient way of doing a job.
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