Motherboard CPU socket Preparation

[ssmontecarlo]

I've tried couple of blenders. And really didn't have alotvof success in grinding up Motherboard cpu sockets.
But the old sausage grinder does fairly well. It's still a little work involved...but it's better than the blenders I tried to use. I'm gonna grind it again using the medium blade. Any other ideas , please feel free to add your comments. Be Safe.

 

[Yggdrasil]

I've tried couple of blenders. And really didn't have alotvof success in grinding up Motherboard cpu sockets.
But the old sausage grinder does fairly well. It's still a little work involved...but it's better than the blenders I tried to use. I'm gonna grind it again using the medium blade. Any other ideas , please feel free to add your comments. Be Safe.

Ball mills are the preferred method.

 

[Christian333]

I've tried couple of blenders. And really didn't have alotvof success in grinding up Motherboard cpu sockets.
But the old sausage grinder does fairly well. It's still a little work involved...but it's better than the blenders I tried to use. I'm gonna grind it again using the medium blade. Any other ideas , please feel free to add your comments. Be Safe.

I've been putting them in CuCl2 base metal leach, plastic and all. No issues with plastic getting soft or degrading.

Janie

 

[Martijn]

I've been putting them in CuCl2 base metal leach, plastic and all. No issues with plastic getting soft or degrading.

Janie

Me too. Works great.

 

[Alondro]

I've been saving up all my CPU sockets. The ones I have are all plastic just the little gold-plate tipped pins. Been musing on the best way to process them. I worry about gold foils getting stuck inside all those tiny holes in the plastic. But I suppose I could easily dissolve these thin foils with HCl-bleach and just wash the plastic off very well a couple times to get almost all the gold.

 

[BGDOCK]

I had decent results using HCL + Bleach
Tested using different Scrap
Dropped using ferrous sulphate
Redisolved in AR
Dropped w/ SMB

 

[ssmontecarlo]

I do have some CuCl2 that I throw pins in. But I will try the sockets as a entire piece or broken pieces.

 

[satcom221]

Ball mills are the preferred method.

What ball mill do you suggest?

 

[Yggdrasil]

What ball mill do you suggest?

Welcome to us.
I have no recommendations.
You can make one yourself or buy.
Check on Ebay or Alibaba if they have anything your size.

 

[anachronism]

I've tried couple of blenders. And really didn't have alotvof success in grinding up Motherboard cpu sockets.
But the old sausage grinder does fairly well. It's still a little work involved...but it's better than the blenders I tried to use. I'm gonna grind it again using the medium blade. Any other ideas , please feel free to add your comments. Be Safe.

May I ask what may be a silly question? Why are you grinding them up?

Jon