Grelko
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I'm looking for somewhere that I can drive to "or meet someone halfway" without needing to pay shipping costs. Possibly within an hour or two, so that would narrow it down to somewhere between Pittsburgh and...
(Pa) Uniontown, Erie, Clarion, Greensburg, Kitanning. (OH) Cleaveland, Zanesville, Canton, Youngstown, possibly Columbus. (WV) Weirton, Wheeling, possibly Morgantown.
I can already tell you that it's probably going to be rough. :mrgreen: :lol: :roll: :| :?
Edit - You wouldn't be processing every single board, just the components and a few of the boards that have gold plating/flashing on them, plus the contacts. Maybe 80-100 pounds of material total
I'll post an update with pictures as soon as I get everything unboxed, re-sorted and weighed. It has got to be around 500+ pounds of every type of board. Most are from computers or flatscreen TVs, the rest are from toys, games, microwaves, washers, dryers etc."
Most of the copper windings/aluminum/steel has been removed. There might be a couple electrolytic capacitors left in the mix.
Basically, I stripped most of the boards with a hammer/chisel and the components are in a bucket, but I did get to sort some of it.
Quite a few boards are from flatscreens, so they have the gold plating/flash on them along with some fully plated boards "soundblaster etc."
There is a pile of boards that haven't been stripped, couple CD/DVD drives, fans and I think 3 or 4 laptops.
I also have 2/3 of a pound of silver contacts "a few are gold or gold plated", pulled/clipped and put in a container.
A couple pounds of chips/components and some fingers have already been processed, or partially processed. (Most of the BGA chips are gone, but I never processed the bases)
(Pa) Uniontown, Erie, Clarion, Greensburg, Kitanning. (OH) Cleaveland, Zanesville, Canton, Youngstown, possibly Columbus. (WV) Weirton, Wheeling, possibly Morgantown.
I can already tell you that it's probably going to be rough. :mrgreen: :lol: :roll: :| :?
Edit - You wouldn't be processing every single board, just the components and a few of the boards that have gold plating/flashing on them, plus the contacts. Maybe 80-100 pounds of material total
I'll post an update with pictures as soon as I get everything unboxed, re-sorted and weighed. It has got to be around 500+ pounds of every type of board. Most are from computers or flatscreen TVs, the rest are from toys, games, microwaves, washers, dryers etc."
Most of the copper windings/aluminum/steel has been removed. There might be a couple electrolytic capacitors left in the mix.
Basically, I stripped most of the boards with a hammer/chisel and the components are in a bucket, but I did get to sort some of it.
Quite a few boards are from flatscreens, so they have the gold plating/flash on them along with some fully plated boards "soundblaster etc."
There is a pile of boards that haven't been stripped, couple CD/DVD drives, fans and I think 3 or 4 laptops.
I also have 2/3 of a pound of silver contacts "a few are gold or gold plated", pulled/clipped and put in a container.
A couple pounds of chips/components and some fingers have already been processed, or partially processed. (Most of the BGA chips are gone, but I never processed the bases)