Hey, I forgot about this post- I had this up on Ebay and CL a few times, gave up and tore into it. I didn't keep track of the final totals, so these are just rough estimations:
If this thing was 180 pounds, then I probably got very roughly
140 lbs steel @ $0.0775/# = $10.85
10 lbs clean aluminum (sheeting, I think) @ ~$0.35/# = $3.50
10 lbs aluminum breakage @ $0.15/# = $1.50
5 lbs stainless steel @ ~$0.40/# = $2
5 lbs electric motors/transformers @ $0.12/# = $0.60
1 lbs #2 insulated Cu @ $0.60/# = $0.60
9 lbs unrecoverable plastic/garbage
Total: $19.05, again, very roughly. The internal wiring was all aluminum I believe, and pretty negligible- so were the electronics. I popped off some chips and transistors and whatnot, but there wasn't much there. I spent $14.95 on it and tear down was probably on the order of an hour or so (and very messy!). Worth it? Mmmm... probably not, but now I know. I *did* keep some rubberized magnets from the drum- those are pretty neat...
Just FYI...
cheers,
tbg
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