What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

I have an auger made of aluminum - it is a part of a meat grinder -
that got oxidized inside and out; the company replaced it for me. (I
sold the meat grinder on craigslist, taking a big loss).
http://www.harvestessentials.com/bactobasmod4.html

Can I sell it and make a little bit of money to recover my loss? Would
anyone buy it if I put it on craigslist? I also have some a bunch of
keys + about 15 decorative bells (small ones) which I think is made
of brass. I will ask my artistic friend to see whether she wants those
bells.

With the gas price the way it is, would anyone be interested in paying
me and come pick up? If I were to take it anywhere and get some
money, what kind of place would I take them to?

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

On Jun 25, 12:57*pm, amandaF wrote:
I have an auger made of aluminum - it is a part of a meat grinder -
that got oxidized inside and out; the company replaced it for me.

Once again, I regret that "rec.crafts.meatworking" was never made an
official newsgroup. (I think I last proposed this when I saw a meat-
cutting bandsaw in a Harbor Freight flyer!)

:-).

Tim.

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

amandaF wrote:
I have an auger made of aluminum - it is a part of a meat grinder -
that got oxidized inside and out; the company replaced it for me.

The whole machine weighs 8 lbs so WAG the auger at say 0.5 lbs?
Half a pound times U$0.36 is about 18c worth of aluminum.

Those brass bells are worth U$1.14 per pound if you have less
than a truckload of them. One or more truckloads would net you
about U$76,000 per. Do you have at least 40,000 pounds of brass
bells?

http://www.scrapindex.com/metal/

Perhaps your artist friend can create something with the
materials you mention. Both aluminum and brass can be polished
to a very shiny finish or painted or oxidized for example.

--Winston

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

On Jun 25, 11:20 am, Winston wrote:
amandaF wrote:
I have an auger made of aluminum - it is a part of a meat grinder -
that got oxidized inside and out; the company replaced it for me.

The whole machine weighs 8 lbs so WAG the auger at say 0.5 lbs?
Half a pound times U$0.36 is about 18c worth of aluminum.

Those brass bells are worth U$1.14 per pound if you have less
than a truckload of them. One or more truckloads would net you
about U$76,000 per. Do you have at least 40,000 pounds of brass
bells?

http://www.scrapindex.com/metal/

Perhaps your artist friend can create something with the
materials you mention. Both aluminum and brass can be polished
to a very shiny finish or painted or oxidized for example.

--Winston

I meant the brass bell things for my friend. But then, you are right,
she might want the other stuff too but she is very busy trying to
create an event in her community and so she probbaly won't bother
with the auger thing. I'll give it away.

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

Tim Shoppa wrote:

Once again, I regret that "rec.crafts.meatworking" was never made an
official newsgroup. (I think I last proposed this when I saw a meat-
cutting bandsaw in a Harbor Freight flyer!)


I think rec.crafts.butchering along with rec.crafts.butchering.politics is the way to go.

Wes

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

amandaF wrote:

I meant the brass bell things for my friend. But then, you are right,
she might want the other stuff too but she is very busy trying to
create an event in her community and so she probbaly won't bother
with the auger thing. I'll give it away.

I dunno, you might offer it to your artist friend instead.
She could make a 'found object' sculpture from it.

Here for example is a U$525.00 (Five Hundred Twenty - five dollar)
piece of 'found object' art:

http://www.folkartisans.com/images9/tcor_big.jpg
http://www.folkartisans.com/images9/tcor_cl1_big.jpg

--Winston

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

On Jun 25, 1:19 pm, Winston wrote:
amandaF wrote:
I meant the brass bell things for my friend. But then, you are right,
she might want the other stuff too but she is very busy trying to
create an event in her community and so she probbaly won't bother
with the auger thing. I'll give it away.

I dunno, you might offer it to your artist friend instead.
She could make a 'found object' sculpture from it.

Here for example is a U$525.00 (Five Hundred Twenty - five dollar)
piece of 'found object' art:

http://www.folkartisans.com/images9/...or_cl1_big.jpg

--Winston

Okay; I'll tell her about that too.

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

amandaF wrote:

On Jun 25, 1:19 pm, Winston wrote:

(...)

Here for example is a U$525.00 (Five Hundred Twenty - five dollar)
piece of 'found object' art:

http://www.folkartisans.com/images9/tcor_big.jpg

http://www.folkartisans.com/images9/tcor_cl1_big.jpg

--Winston


Okay; I'll tell her about that too.

Good!

This will get her started:

http://www.sculpture-in-metal.com/fo...king-bird.html

--Winston

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:09:57 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth:

Tim Shoppa wrote:

Once again, I regret that "rec.crafts.meatworking" was never made an
official newsgroup. (I think I last proposed this when I saw a meat-
cutting bandsaw in a Harbor Freight flyer!)


I think rec.crafts.butchering along with rec.crafts.butchering.politics is the way to go.

If you've ever seen my welding, I think rec.crafts.metaldorking or
rec.crafts.butchering would be good forums for me. ;)

--
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
-- Earl Warren

What should I do with my metal scrap?
 

Larry Jaques wrote:

I think rec.crafts.butchering along with rec.crafts.butchering.politics is the way to go.

If you've ever seen my welding, I think rec.crafts.metaldorking or
rec.crafts.butchering would be good forums for me. ;)

After last sundays attempt at making a stepped key with c clip reliefs for my Clausing
6903, I'm thinking rec.crafts.metalworking.wasting.time.making.scrap .


Wes