Newbie Question Dishwasher?

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Originally Posted by ScrappyMcGee

My yard didn't even take fridges up until a couple of years ago. They take dishwashers, but I never bother with them for one reason:

Every time my wife sees a dishwasher on the truck she starts wanting me to go buy her one, and we don't have the space in the kitchen lol

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Bet you that if you got a metal lathe you would find room in your shop, it's her kitchen give her the **** dishwasher. One of the befits folks realize having a dishwasher is the amount of colds and other illness in the family go way down.

Best Regards
Gustavus

My current dishwasher was left for dead...not sure why works great, better then the one it replaced.

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Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

They Make Portable Dishwashers Scrappy Dude.

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ANY dishwasher can be portable. all you need is power and water (in then out)



HERE IS MY DISHWASHER TIP....


I have one in my shed, picked it up kerbside 2 years ago. Miele brand from sweden? it is all SS inside, with SS dish racks too! No side or top panels, but I don't care, put it under the work bench, use the cheapest most caustic powder you can find, and its a 'parts washer' that is almost second to none!!!!

What?
Dishwashers are great $ earners, theres copper wire, Cu in the solenoid, Cu in the motor, Cu in the timer.
The liners & spinners are normally stainless & they scrap out easy.
Except for the plastic & insulation the rest is $.

My yard lets me put the plastic carcasses with the metal frame still attached in with shred. So I get $.10 a pound for it here.

I scrapped a dishwasher just to see what it weighs in stainless steel.

This job is something you will definitely need proper work gloves for.
All of the stainless edges are razor sharp on one side.

Theres a few strips of magnetic stainless holding the front door seal on & I needed to use a angle grinder to cut off the zinc plated sheetmetal spotwelded to the bottom of the dishwasher.
That zinc plated steel is the hardest part about it actually, everything else is screws & clips.

Theres a layer of tar glued on the outside of the stainless liner
I just bashed the inside of the liner & it cracked & broke off. If its warm it'll go soft & won't crack.

I think the two stainless parts weighed 8 Kg, it worked out as NZ$12, a bit under US$10.
Easyish work, theres other metals on it, so a dishwashers probably worth about US$18. Copper/Stainless/Ali-Magnesium.

Theres a bit of a market for used dishwasher parts, the spinner & plastic trim, maybe the hose etc.

This thread reminds me of this joke:

Why does the bride wear white?
So the dishwasher will match the rest of the appliances