mike6
Well-known member
Gentlemen
I am pleased to report that I am now refining silver efficiently and consistently. I have developed a small client base and am operating my micro refinery on a full time basis.
This development is in no small measure due to the gold refining forum.
I would like to thank, among others, especially, Palladium, GSP, Harold V, Frugal refiner and G Axelsson for taking the time to answer my questions and for sharing their hard won knowledge.
I have not posted over the past few months because I have been researching the concept of urban mining, with specific reference to the recovery of gold from computer scrap.
I have applied the techniques prevalent on the forum, and appropriate to my geographical and financial situation to the recovery of both ceramic and fiber CPU’s, fingers, N/S bridge chips, ceramic and plastic IC’s, and am content that my yields are on par with those reported on the forum.
It is at this point that I request guidance in choosing a horse to back with regard to the final refining process.
At present, I have access to 600lb batches of standard motherboards.
Boards are de populated using a Ryobi multi tool with a wide chisel attachment to “bare board” level
High yield items are sorted and removed for traditional processing.
What remains are connector pins encased in plastic, as well as tiny mlcc’s, capacitors, etc.
I have built a pyrolysis chamber, as well as a ball mill, and am succeeding in separating carbon from metal (precious or otherwise)
It is my intention to smelt the resultant metals with copper and chapman flux, and then again with legend flux in the process described by Jason Gaber at MBMMLLC. (Video on youtube),https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko608Ti7lcsproceed with electro refining of the copper, and then to process the slimes for PM’s.
Gentlemen, I cordially invite your constructive participation in this discussion.
Mike
I am pleased to report that I am now refining silver efficiently and consistently. I have developed a small client base and am operating my micro refinery on a full time basis.
This development is in no small measure due to the gold refining forum.
I would like to thank, among others, especially, Palladium, GSP, Harold V, Frugal refiner and G Axelsson for taking the time to answer my questions and for sharing their hard won knowledge.
I have not posted over the past few months because I have been researching the concept of urban mining, with specific reference to the recovery of gold from computer scrap.
I have applied the techniques prevalent on the forum, and appropriate to my geographical and financial situation to the recovery of both ceramic and fiber CPU’s, fingers, N/S bridge chips, ceramic and plastic IC’s, and am content that my yields are on par with those reported on the forum.
It is at this point that I request guidance in choosing a horse to back with regard to the final refining process.
At present, I have access to 600lb batches of standard motherboards.
Boards are de populated using a Ryobi multi tool with a wide chisel attachment to “bare board” level
High yield items are sorted and removed for traditional processing.
What remains are connector pins encased in plastic, as well as tiny mlcc’s, capacitors, etc.
I have built a pyrolysis chamber, as well as a ball mill, and am succeeding in separating carbon from metal (precious or otherwise)
It is my intention to smelt the resultant metals with copper and chapman flux, and then again with legend flux in the process described by Jason Gaber at MBMMLLC. (Video on youtube),https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko608Ti7lcsproceed with electro refining of the copper, and then to process the slimes for PM’s.
Gentlemen, I cordially invite your constructive participation in this discussion.
Mike