I just picked one of those the other day! Now I know what I am in for. LOL! Great timing. Thanks for the video. I hope you are feeling better these days.
Love the video's Moose Scrapper! Thinking about going scrapping too. More of a gold kinda guy (that's what you get with favorite series as Gold Rush Alaska ;) Anyhow, building a stockpile of gold plated materials, simcards, printercartridge foils etc. Thanks a bunch! And sorry to hear about your broken leg, get well soon! Peace out, from the Netherlands :)
Enjoyed your video....The gov is selling 50 Functional all in one Imacs.....How much Gold, copper, aluminum is in that and how much could I get for that?...
Excellent video! I was curious about the solid piece of copper. At the end you measured the weight of all the copper together and said it was #2 copper. It looks like a #1 copper - like clean copper pipe.
Thanks for the video. Questions: do you sell the parts to someone to extract the gold? I assume you sell the other metals to a salvage yard. I have a old iMac I should have tried fixing. I didn’t know what I do now. I have an eBay account so I can sell the CD player there
My ads are for secure destruction of digital information from computers, cell phones, pdas, laptops, tablets, etc. I have been serving my area for some time and have had a lot of repeat customers that have let me use them as references like law firms and medical offices where confidentiality are very important. I also offer the service of removing the hard drive on site for them.
remember way before we found out there's too much of a good thing my brother had both this massive copper heatsink (brick) for his motherboard. Eventually his computer stopped working. and it was because the copper heatsink was so heavy it split the CPU ship down the middle and bent the motherboard. ie there is a rating on motherboards and if you go over it bye bye. I'd guess that copper brick is worth alot now but he just won't scrap it. (Zalman I think)
do you put the screen for seperate recycle ? as they have rare earth metals inside touch screens, not sure if that apple was a touch screen also the ribbon cable that touch the screen from the boards on the back of screen are usually silver or gold
***** Hi and thanks for watching! The first rule of scrapping is the same no matter what you are scrapping. Scrap is the LOWEST value of an item. If it works, and even sometimes if it does not work, you WILL make more money selling it. Best of luck to you!
have you ever done a garage sale sweep of everything? You don't pay....just haul away...did that 2 days ago and got a 300.00 dollar Mercedes Benz fuse panel that looks brand new
Jay Stevens That's freaking awesome! I have done clean ups of sales after they are done and the owners just want it all gone. Are you talking about taking everything before they try to sell the stuff? How does that work?
they just get tired of looking at the stuff or theyre in a time crunch. I put an add on craigslist, they called and said I could have it all...clothing, electronics, working and not plus scrap crap
Bricky Hi and thanks for watching! Some calculators are and some are not. The scientific calculators often have a big gold plated board in the while the other simpler function calculators most often do not. Its one of things you have to crack open to find out each time.
Moose Scrapper lol, just kidding. I take a file to it. THe color will hit you right off, and red brass is harder than copper. Plated brass like faucets and plug ends I do the file test as well if it passes the magnet test. I end up with 4 brass buckets. 1 yellow, 1 plated yellow, 1 red, and 1 dirty that has the bits I just do not have the time to mess with.
Just picked up my third one. The first was pure hell. I'm old, didn't have enough damned sense to watch this 5 weeks ago. Have a good one.
there are three screws on the bottom of the unit to take the rear cover off. no need to use a pry tool. safer and faster to unscrew.
I just picked one of those the other day! Now I know what I am in for. LOL! Great timing.
Thanks for the video. I hope you are feeling better these days.
Thannks! 4 more weeks and I should be fully mobile!
That is a REAL nice chunk of copper!
I have scrapped one of these. It was the biggest pain ever.
Very nice, have a great day Karla
Awesome step by step video Moose! Looking good! Hope the foot is healing!
Hey just want to thank you for sharing 'how to's on scraping your clips are fun to watch
Hassan Dell Thanks for watching!
good job Moose.Keep up the good work
Love the video's Moose Scrapper! Thinking about going scrapping too. More of a gold kinda guy (that's what you get with favorite series as Gold Rush Alaska ;) Anyhow, building a stockpile of gold plated materials, simcards, printercartridge foils etc. Thanks a bunch! And sorry to hear about your broken leg, get well soon! Peace out, from the Netherlands :)
InsomniacNL Thanks! And good luck with your scrapping! I enjoy the hobby quite a bit, just remember, you need a LOT of material to start processing!
Enjoyed your video....The gov is selling 50 Functional all in one Imacs.....How much Gold, copper, aluminum is in that and how much could I get for that?...
Excellent video! I was curious about the solid piece of copper. At the end you measured the weight of all the copper together and said it was #2 copper. It looks like a #1 copper - like clean copper pipe.
Anthony DiRenzo it does look like that but it has a finish on it. When you scratch it it kind of flaked off unlike just oxidation.
good job man, i love your videos, greetings from Bosnia :D
Thanks!
Thanks for the video. Questions: do you sell the parts to someone to extract the gold? I assume you sell the other metals to a salvage yard. I have a old iMac I should have tried fixing. I didn’t know what I do now. I have an eBay account so I can sell the CD player there
you are very good man. I pray to GOD give you good health .you are helping good knowledge to every new comers .
sohail butt Thank you! Best of luck to you!
Wow the Moose the copper plate was worth the 99 cents. Dam should've bought it on Ebay. lol
how do you convince people to give you old computers?
My ads are for secure destruction of digital information from computers, cell phones, pdas, laptops, tablets, etc. I have been serving my area for some time and have had a lot of repeat customers that have let me use them as references like law firms and medical offices where confidentiality are very important. I also offer the service of removing the hard drive on site for them.
remember way before we found out there's too much of a good thing my brother had both this massive copper heatsink (brick) for his motherboard. Eventually his computer stopped working. and it was because the copper heatsink was so heavy it split the CPU ship down the middle and bent the motherboard. ie there is a rating on motherboards and if you go over it bye bye. I'd guess that copper brick is worth alot now but he just won't scrap it. (Zalman I think)
Nice breakdown. We say aluminium here in England too.
Poo
hi Moose
tkx a lot ,u r doing great show !
you miss to show us the cpu :)
do you put the screen for seperate recycle ? as they have rare earth metals inside touch screens, not sure if that apple was a touch screen also the ribbon cable that touch the screen from the boards on the back of screen are usually silver or gold
Hi there, I have not scrapped a touch screen yet but when I do I will surely put it aside. Thanks!
So is it better to sell the motherboard and power source as is or take them all apart? Which gives more money?
***** Hi and thanks for watching! The first rule of scrapping is the same no matter what you are scrapping. Scrap is the LOWEST value of an item. If it works, and even sometimes if it does not work, you WILL make more money selling it. Best of luck to you!
have you ever done a garage sale sweep of everything? You don't pay....just haul away...did that 2 days ago and got a 300.00 dollar Mercedes Benz fuse panel that looks brand new
Jay Stevens That's freaking awesome! I have done clean ups of sales after they are done and the owners just want it all gone. Are you talking about taking everything before they try to sell the stuff? How does that work?
they just get tired of looking at the stuff or theyre in a time crunch. I put an add on craigslist, they called and said I could have it all...clothing, electronics, working and not plus scrap crap
Hey Moose, new subscriber here. I was wondering if scrapping calculators is worth it. I couldn't find if you made a video or not.
Bricky Hi and thanks for watching! Some calculators are and some are not. The scientific calculators often have a big gold plated board in the while the other simpler function calculators most often do not. Its one of things you have to crack open to find out each time.
Ok, thanks for the quick reply!
Hey moose, me and my friend are working on this but the screw size is annoying, what size did you use?
Henry Alitz For the TOrx bits I believe it was a T-6
wut is rong with the imav under neef it is big but it wos small
How much $$ approximately for scrap parts /metal for iMac 🖥 2009?
far less than selling it as a non working unit. Really hard to give a scrap value on that specifically.
wow i want that copper!!
thanks great video .
best way to scrap an imac is put it in a skeet launcher n' have at it with a 12 gauge. :P
ROFL!! If only my wife would have let me keep my guns!
2:30 Howtobasic is that you?? !!!! :D
why was the copper plate a #2?
Jay Stevens it had a finish on it, when I scratched it I could see it cracking near the scratch.
how do you separate yellow brass from other brass?
Jay Stevens Yellow brass goes in one bucket, red in another.
Moose Scrapper lol, just kidding. I take a file to it. THe color will hit you right off, and red brass is harder than copper. Plated brass like faucets and plug ends I do the file test as well if it passes the magnet test. I end up with 4 brass buckets. 1 yellow, 1 plated yellow, 1 red, and 1 dirty that has the bits I just do not have the time to mess with.
smartazz, left myself open for that.
@ Moose Scrapper.
I work in a casino you would not believe your eyes how much gold plated boards and chips we destroy it even amazes me at times
I would have bought it for 99 pennies
Hey moose you should get into melting that aluminum. Check out king of random he got a cheap way to do it
i men imac
maybe they should have a tax on electronics goods to cover the cost of recycling
Taking to long. Basic screws is simple and need to spend less time on it. Get to the metal of value and how to extract to pure form..