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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:13 pm

Cleaning out some alloys from the back room. All of these items were thrown out by various companies during the past few years:

9# molybdenum solids 8.00/lb
99# 57% nickel powder 1.43
260# 46% cobalt 16% nickel powder 2.16
34# 52% cobalt 11% nickel powder 2.30
60# 12% cobalt 61% nickel fan blades 1.70
98# 70% tungsten carbide powder 4.20
10# tungsten carbide cutting inserts 6.00

Total: $1,426.97
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Jan 14, 2020 3:15 pm

Oww, lot of money to just leave sitting around.you must have a very good dctsp yard. Ours would just go, duh.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:36 am

#541 Tin/Light Iron $115.00gt $27.78
#27 AL FE Mid Grade $0.12 $3.24
#32 S/S 304 Irony $0.05 $1.60
#10 AL Old Sheet $0.25 $2.50
#34 AL CU Radiators $1.00 $34.00
#1 Yellow Brass $1.40 $1.40
#8 #1 Copper $2.34 $18.72
#12 #2 Copper $2.10 $25.20
#94 Sealed Units $0.16 $15.04
#11 #2 CU Insulated <39% $0.38 $4.18
#9 Batteries PB $0.26 $2.34
total $136.00
#958 total
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:56 am

1/16/2020

#1440 Tin/Light Iron $125.00 $80.35

#520 Tin/Light Iron $125.00 $26.70
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:20 am

192 lbs plastic at .40
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:21 pm

# 173 cans at .80
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:23 pm

/1/27/2020 Worcester MA

#200 #1 HMS Prepared $175.00gt $15.62
#912 Tin/Light Iron $125.00gt $50.89
#117 AL Old Sheet $0.31 $36.27
#18 Yellow Brass $1.50 $27.00
#2 #1 Copper $2.10 $4.20
#59 Electric Motors $0.16 $9.44
#34 #2 CU Insulated <39% $0.52 $17.68
#10 S/S 304 Prepared $0.36 $3.60
#48 Batteries PB $0.30 $14.40

#1688 Total $179.10
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:53 pm

5287 pounds of shread scrap metal @ $80 a ton
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:38 pm

191# mixed wire 0.50
69# transformers 0.34

Total: $95.50
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:13 pm

140# light iron 95/GT
43# #1 steel 140/GT
69# mixed Al 0.25
37# extruded Al 0.30
79# irony Al 0.05
8# #1 copper 1.95
27# #2 copper 1.75
15# copper flashing 1.60
14# brass 1.15
3# #2 wire 1.00
8# romex 0.95
2# electric motor 0.13
3# clean lead 0.40

Total: $155.94 rounded up to $156.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Feb 10, 2020 5:09 pm

28 lb. Alum cans @ $.75 lb.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:09 am

2/12/20 MA

#1146 Tin/Light Iron $95.00 $48.62
#11 AL Old Sheet $0.25 $2.75
#14 Yellow Brass $1.24 $17.36
#52 Electric Motors $0.16 $8.32
#13 #2 CU Insulated <39% $0.32 $4.16
#74 Batteries PB $0.26 $19.24
total $100.45
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:03 pm

02/18/20
#799 Tin/Light Iron $105.00 $37.46
#10 AL Old Sheet $0.25 $2.50
#7 Yellow Brass $1.24 $8.68
#3 #2 Copper $1.76 $5.28
#13 #2 CU Insulated <39% $0.45 $5.58
#48 Batteries PB $0.26 $12.48
$72.25
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:29 pm

6# Cat 5 wire 0.70
196# mixed wire 0.50
27# ballasts 0.06
41# adapters w/wire 0.24
27# low grade circuit boards 0.20
110# power supplies w/wire 0.21

Total: $142.16
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm

80# tungsten carbide cutting inserts and end mills 5.75

$460
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:49 am

02/20/20
#1083 Tin/Light Iron $95.00gt $45.93
#217 Electric Motors $0.16b $34.72
total $80.65
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:36 pm

1240# light iron 90/GT

$49.82 rounded up to $50
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:32 am

193# plastic. I saw an article that China was going to stop. So I panicked. Price dropped from
40 to.30 Wednesday
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:35 pm

640# light iron 100/GT
160# #1 steel 150/GT
44# mixed Al 0.25
16# irony Al 0.05
17# extruded Al 0.35
1# pewter 2.00
24# batteries 0.25
10# stainless 0.20
8# dirty stainless 0.10
31# #2 copper 1.75
8# brass 1.15

Total: $131.28 rounded up to $131.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:35 pm

#729 Tin/Light Iron $120.00gt $39.06
#8 AL Old Sheet $0.25 $2.00
#1 AL CU Radiators $0.80 $0.80
#8 Yellow Brass $1.41 $11.28
#1 #2 Copper $1.90 $1.90
#18 #2 CU Insulated <39% $0.32 $5.76
#25 Batteries PB $0.26 $6.50
#790 total Total $67.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Mar 02, 2020 2:48 pm

880# light iron 100/GT
300# unprepared 125/GT
440# #1 steel 150/GT

Total: $85.49 rounded up to $85.50
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:56 pm

3/6/2020 MA
#375 Tin/Light Iron $120.00gt $20.10
#15 AL Old Sheet $0.29 $4.35 spam cans to cpu heat sinks
#10 Yellow Brass $1.48 $14.80
#2 #2 Copper $2.00 $4.00
#19 Cu AL Transformer $0.04 $0.76
#10 #2 CU Insulated <39% $0.76 $7.60 Mix of all my wire , ribbon to heavy dryer/oven , :geek:
#19 Batteries PB $0.26 $4.94

#450 Total $56.55
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:43 pm

Yard clean up. #560 clean sheet st,$120ton
2.00 @11pallets
$0.30 for 68# plastic.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:56 pm

180 lb. Sheet iron @ $.0425 lb.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:48 pm

#224 alum cans @0.80
#15 plastic @ 0.30
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