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Thanks for all the info you guys. Its great to learn the backstory behind cool things like this. I will probably keep it as a curio instead of trying to sell it as a collectible or scrapping it. If...

I thought Id share this find. Found this in a pile of old things helping my dad clean up his machine shop. His best guess is that it came out of the CNC controller of an early CNC mill or lathe he...

I'm glad to see this thread. I've been dormant due to the low prices, a huge job going on at work, and fixing up my first house which I purchased a few months back and its needed some serious TLC. ...

Thanks for all the info you two! Now I know to save the S.A.W.s. What bucket would you all put them into? Maybe with Crystal Ossilators?

I broke upen the res thing and there is not much to...

Hi everyone,

I have been taking apart some old floppy drives grabbing the motors and stuff like the gold connectors off of the board. Some of the more complicated boards have the components...

Here are a couple unusual boards I have gotten my hands on recently. I figured that sharing this info can let people judge if looking out for these are worth their time.:)

So the first two...

How did you go about removing the copper cylinders from inside the aluminum? I have seen these before and the only way I could seperate them was with a lot of heat (a MAP gas torch) and then...

Actually there are some piles of computers and electronics in the Oregon forests and sage brush. You just need to know where the crazy folks go to take them to the middle of nowhere and shoot them...

I have to ask. What is the value of the zinc? What do the people that buy the bars use it for. I have some zinc wheel weights I dont know what to do with. The only use ive ever heard it is...

Just be sure to save the biggest harddrive to keep the music on! Oh and fina a good computer to use as a jukebox :)

Got 7 more computers from the guy along with 3 routers, a loose cpu, and some periferial boards today!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/cmgiscool/scrapy/20140423_181833_zpsqgigccfy.jpg

This thing came out of a giant socket. Also cool! Its an intel CPU of some sort.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/cmgiscool/scrapy/20140423_181114_zpsa2wjivsi.jpg

This board looks cool.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/cmgiscool/scrapy/20140423_173157_zpsbqgwh44y.jpg

Someone who fixed computers was moving :))

Don't leave boots out of the shoe bins!

Thanks Jiffy! Now I know what all the components on that bulb were.

I think only the ones with a lot of copper get sold with the copper on it. I know most of these get reused by people who do their own electronics. Lots that say used don't seem to go for quite as...

Thanks for the info on the capacitor. My guess was a ceramic capacitor but I have normallu only seen the dish shape.

People reuse them by winding wire around them. So you have to remove the copper. Its kind of a pain but it works.

A bulb burnt out today (Turns out the transformer shorted) and I took a bunch of pictures as I dissected it. It seemed like Scrap Spots wasn't the right place to put it so I made a new thread under...

On another note this component was on the board. I am not 100% sure what it is. Under the component the board said PTC. On the component it says DM25, has a blackened triangle on it, and a number...

I was asked to post pictures of my process for getting circuit boards out of CFL bulbs on this thread: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap-metal-spots/15309-light-bulbs.html


It seems kind of...

You can open them up and get the lead out, then sell that as scrap or to reloaders. Put the powder in an empty jar or something for when you need a bit of fun. Then if the bottom is brass great! ...

Sell your wheel weights to someone besides the yard!!! They go for ridiculous prices to people who reload their own ammo. And they don't care about the clips. They can be profitable on eBay or you...

Im jealous you can pick up cans. I filled up a 25 gallon trash can with cans I picked up walking my dog. The yard wouldnt touch them because people have been caught steeling them from supermarket...