What's the most useless waste of time thing you've ever broken down for scrap?

[BurlyGuys]

What say you?

[MisScrap]

Yep...hard drives!

[Russell]

Where do I begin? Anything I can't make an additional 10$ an hour at BARE MINIMUM breaking down, I don't touch. I value my time. I'll remove a motor from something but that doesn't mean I'm automatically gonna break the motor down.

I used to think TVs were cool. Then I realized they end up being worth little more than steel weight, when you factor what you make vs how much they weigh.

[numbers]

The most useless waste of time?

The first laser printer that I took the time to take everything apart. Interesting, but what a waste of time. Now, it's just pull the memory and a accessible cards, the cartridge and throw the rest inside of a fridge for shred. It isn't worth my time to go much further.

[KzScrapper]

Don't care for printers either^^ and even though I break regular washers and dryers down the stack-able apartment types can be a real PITA so sometimes I just grab wire and move on.

[BurlyGuys]

Now THIS is information I can USE! What NOT to break down! LOL!

[greytruck]

Boom boxes. not much inside of them. But sterio receivers are great

[BRASSCATCHER]

3.5 foppy drives, unless they have the nice aluminum frame. Dish washers, the motor is a pita to get out and the bodies have a lot of plastic.

[jassiejames]

1. A Condensation Dryer looking for the motor, never again!!!!! and 2. A Teletype system - just some cable and the rest was shredder food.

[james2144]

I used to pass dishwashers for the pita of taking apart, then I got a 10lbs sledge and now they just fall apart. The only thing I dissect now is towers, everything else gets bashed.

[landmine]

Everything is useful it all ends up being $$

[volvoscrapper]

floor standing air purifier. tiny motor, a switch, a few wires, gobs of plastic fan blades, plastic housing, plastic plastic. I did one via unscrewing, and the screws were just endless, followed by prying and smashing. The second one I found went straight into a smash blanket and I wound up with a mountain of fragmented plastic that was sharp as glass. no more air purifiers!

they look like this

agree w/boomboxes too

[BurlyGuys]

floor standing air purifier. tiny motor, a switch, a few wires, gobs of plastic fan blades, plastic housing, plastic plastic. I did one via unscrewing, and the screws were just endless, followed by prying and smashing. The second one I found went straight into a smash blanket and I wound up with a mountain of fragmented plastic that was sharp as glass. no more air purifiers!

they look like this

agree w/boomboxes too

My yard takes those for shred.

[CTscrapman]

I once took apart a magnetron out of a microwave broke it all the way down. Thats fifteen mins i"ll never get back.

[landmine]

It finally came to me, one that was useless.

A projection TV,

[ParkerFlyer4]

If I have never broken something down before, I do. It's fun seeing how things work, and what is in them. Advice on this site is very good, but I like finding out on my own (the hard way sometimes.)

That being said, there are many things I have broken down completely and will never do them again:
Printers - take what is easy, the rest in shred.
vcrs - pull wires and Aluminum motor mount, the rest in shred.
radios - cut cord, shred
toasters - cut cord, shred
coffee makers - cut cord, Junk!

[Mechanic688]

That being said, there are many things I have broken down completely and will never do them again:
Printers - take what is easy, the rest in shred.
vcrs - pull wires and Aluminum motor mount, the rest in shred.
radios - cut cord, shred
toasters - cut cord, shred
coffee makers - cut cord, Junk!

I pretty much agree with you except don't forget the heating wires from the toaster (not sure what's in the coffee maker for heat) cause that is ni-chrome wire.

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/disma...sell-them.html

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...um-anyone.html

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...me-$$$$$$.html

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/day-l...t-insides.html

[Copper Head]

not saying its useless but sure is no end - an old old turn table

[Hypoman]

pool pumps for those blow up pools....... stupid things.











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[greytruck]

A projection TV,

I will agree they take a bit of time to take apart, but they got those DLP chips in them. around $60+ a lb