How to properly scrap a machine

It's more likely that the scrap yard is happy to pay you scrap steel prices for scrap copper.

I'm probably as clueless about scrap as you are, but it occurs to me that if you have any really low paid help you may want to investigate taking the copper out of the motor and selling it separately.

I have a medium paid help help, but he is very busy. The motor is only

Electric motors should be separated out there is a category for just those.

Ignoramus20484 on Sun, 04 Dec

If you leave it on, they will pay you scrap steel prices for an electrical motor.

Your time, vs the possible return on the scrap value of the motor.

"Strip it for parts" - separate the motor, "scrap as unit", any wiring, yank and add to the copper wire pile. Computer/electrical components - like wise. It might be "worth it" time wise, to just take the big pieces off and let them have the whole thing "as is. And they can have someone get the copper bits, themselves.

Well maybe the rapid traverse and the fine feed are both engaged which would make it seem that the table is hard to move or stuck. That condition was possible on the #2 i once owned.

Just as a side note i believe the motor on a #2 is specialy balanced, might make it valuable maybe not.

Best Regards Tom.

If you have the room, I would list it on Craigslist and Ebay with an honest description and also saying that if no one wants the whole machine you will sell parts off it. You might find someone willing to pay a bit over scrap . Say a retired person like me that would want to have a project.

Dan

I don't think it matters much. I take in a whole car or truck and they don't worry about whether on not the started and alternator, etc., have been removed.

Here's a partial list of scrap prices today at the place I go:

Electric Motors

LB

.10

Sealed Unit

LB

.05

Starters/Alternators

LB

.10

Unprepared Iron

Ton

Sheet Iron

Ton

3' Prepared Iron

Ton

3' Foundry Grade Iron

Ton

#1 Cast Iron

Ton

#2 Cast Iron

Ton

Breakable Cast

Ton

Carbide

LB

Steel Turnings

Ton

Dirty Motors

Ton

Junk Bus

Ton

Junk Motor Home/Camper

Will Accept $0

Deduct for Tires

Junk Car Bodies

Ton

Sorry about the formating.

Pete Stanaitis

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Azotic, you almost get the prize, your answer was the closest. There is a hard to find table lock under the table, which was partially engaged. The machine is fine.

Sounds like its ready for ebay.

Best Regards Tom.

Gunner, the scrap value of this machine is (my estimate) $200 in cash. The ebay value is $299. Subtract from this the fees from ebay and paypal and you get about $250 in electronic money.

Which is less time consuming?

Which is better?

The answer is not quite very obvious.

I will see if I am right for this business, I think, in about 4 months. Right now things are going modestly okay.

Took my 15 year old lathe and mill to scrap place, 8 miles from my location. They look at what you are bringing. No, plastic, wood.

Then I buy all new.

xman

Oddly, I do not, I must have searched for the wrong terms./