Originally Posted by
Mechanic688
At my yard we take all our old computer fans and cut off the plastic guard from around it and the rest goes in with our small transformers and motors from cd/dvd drives
Thanks for the good idea. Unfortunately the price I'm getting for motors seems to be a bit below average compared to what I've seen others claming to get. If I ever start to get $.30+ a pound I might go out of my way to do this but at only 10 cents over tin I just toss the entire fan in with the random metal bits and with the added weight of the plastic frame that would otherwise have been removed with your method I think I'm currently pretty close to break even and don't have to deal with the hassel of cutting them apart. I tried manually getting the copper out of a couple of them and it is pretty annoying and darn near impossible.
The same goes for the motors out of drives, it is a time sink for such a little motor I'd basically be making a fraction of a cent by tearing them out so I just leave them in the drive and send the entire thing to the shred pile. The big transformers on the low grade boards from computer power supplies I try to get them off for the motor pile but if they are being resistant or in a difficult spot I'll give up rather than spending much time on them.
Definately something to keep in mind though if prices for the motors go up in my area.
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