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Sure, but 15-20 years ago you would of got much less. Even 10 years ago copper was around .60 a pound.

That seems odd, I've never heard of a yard refusing wire due to the size. I would tend to believe most copper wire in a scrap yard is industrial wire, at least weight wise that is. Although my metal...

I second this! Nothing like some clown who thinks his time is more valuable than yours.

A chip pucker is used to remove cutting fluid from the turnings to maximize your profits. I've never dealt with dust so I have no advice on those.

I had an interesting thing happen recently and decided I would like to share the experience. I have scrapped a good amount of old machine tools in the past and I usually pull off anything that is...

Interesting that you bring up stamps.com as I get an offer from them quite frequently but usually dismiss it. Do they charge you monthly a fee?

My old label printer died on me a few weeks ago and I've been using the inkjet printer since then. Since I've used two black ink cartridges I have decided to buy a new label printer. I was wondering...

Can you make money in e-scrap? I'm a firm believer in "If there is a will there's a way". If you think your going to make a living scrapping 4 computers, or 4lbs of cans your mistaken. Scrap in...

Salon/barber, or any reclining commercial chair sell very easy to either tattoo artists or collectors depending on the chair.

This is my thoughts on a loan for the equipment, most traditional banks will want a form of collateral, mainly property you own or have equity in. There are other nontraditional company's that do...

I'm sorry if this is going to seem offensive. I have seen questions like these like this on here before and it kind of ticks me off. Instead of YOU doing your own research of a certain market, you...

Ignore what your peers think of your money making ventures. While they're slaving away at some burger joint being told "if you got time to lean you have time to clean." you are your own boss.

Well, considering the racoon posed for a photo I'm fairly confident it did NOT have rabies. I have had encounters with rabid racoons before, they charge at you! Regardless, in the city where the...

I bought a 100+ year old house a month and a half back for a steal. Or so I thought so! New roof recently, foundation is sound, needed some light electrical and plumbing. While tearing out some...

anti-static bags are great, but you can get anti-static bubble wrap. Sort of a two for one deal. my $0.02

same silver coating and gold fingers, no ic's, chips ect.

Since I've started collecting e-scrap for a good time now and have the basics pretty much understood this one has me stumped. The board is roughly 1'4" long and 5" wide withe the gold fingers on the...

"Toggel Switches
Push button Switches"

30mm sized switches of these kind do have some value more than scrap.

That is NOT like a cut my tree down ad! If I was with in 100 miles of dc I would be all over that one as it has much more value then scrap. I would pay for that machine. True machines are hard to...

Agreed! If people believe what happens on TV is always true I have some land down in Florida for sale. It's not Hollywood's fault that those shows get good ratings which equals big bucks. Personally,...

Those shows are ridiculous! I use to go to storage auctions before these shows came out and I would make some money here and there but not always. Then people started to think they could become rich...

Glad to see im not the only one that went to imts on this forum. You would think working with metal a lot and scrapping the byproduct they would know about carbide!

After reading a bit more its mainly focused on intruder detection. Scrap Metal Security - Electric Fencing, Perimeter Intrusion Detection

They do have signs on the fence warning of electrical...

These are being used in a metropolitan area, the city of Cleveland. I've done some research on them and they have passed laws in other areas allowing the use of them. Furthermore, I found a company...

I was going to post about this a while back but never got around to it. So, I've noticed a few local scrap yards and company's are using electric fencing to protect their properties. I would of...