shenion
Tool Pack Rat
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- Stone Mountain, GA USA
Went to metal recycling center. Had a chopped up riding mower, misc steel parts, cut up 2.5 ton A/C condenser/compressor unit. Some copper, brass and a bunch of aluminum cans.
Filled my 5x10 trailer.
There was a big pile of odd pieces of steel with all kinds of funny looking weld beads on them. Most were test pieces trying to get the 3 welders and 2 wire feeders working right. Was amazed at the amount of horrid welds. Bad feed roller, improper inductance, intermittent regulator, my first stick welds. There was a piece of 1.5 x 1/8" angle iron about 12" long that had more weight in welds than original metal.
Anyway:
261 lbs of steel: $27
4 lbs of brass: $4
5 lbs of copper: $10
14 lbs cast alum: $7
46 lbs of alum cans: $30
Brass was swarf from lathe. Got more in scrap than I paid per lb for the original pieces on ebay.
Was amazed at the amount of alum cans, been throwing bags under my back deck for 12 years. Finally got around to take them across town. Was about 10 lawn-size trash bags full.
Recycle place is a madhouse. You hand them your ID. I guess so they can track who is robbing houses of copper (real problem here at $2.70/lb.) Forklifts/skips flying all around (saw 2 collisions.) How they keep track of 40 people loading stuff on scales amazed me.
Speaking of recycling; have you seen cat converters on ebay? I can buy a new one for $90. scrap ones are selling for $100 on ebay.
Walked away with $77
Filled my 5x10 trailer.
There was a big pile of odd pieces of steel with all kinds of funny looking weld beads on them. Most were test pieces trying to get the 3 welders and 2 wire feeders working right. Was amazed at the amount of horrid welds. Bad feed roller, improper inductance, intermittent regulator, my first stick welds. There was a piece of 1.5 x 1/8" angle iron about 12" long that had more weight in welds than original metal.
Anyway:
261 lbs of steel: $27
4 lbs of brass: $4
5 lbs of copper: $10
14 lbs cast alum: $7
46 lbs of alum cans: $30
Brass was swarf from lathe. Got more in scrap than I paid per lb for the original pieces on ebay.
Was amazed at the amount of alum cans, been throwing bags under my back deck for 12 years. Finally got around to take them across town. Was about 10 lawn-size trash bags full.
Recycle place is a madhouse. You hand them your ID. I guess so they can track who is robbing houses of copper (real problem here at $2.70/lb.) Forklifts/skips flying all around (saw 2 collisions.) How they keep track of 40 people loading stuff on scales amazed me.
Speaking of recycling; have you seen cat converters on ebay? I can buy a new one for $90. scrap ones are selling for $100 on ebay.
Walked away with $77