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Thread: Processed the last of the scrap type metal cache I found.

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    Processed the last of the scrap type metal cache I found.

    A few months back I posted about finding a metal recycler that had a bin full of mixed type metal ( lino/mono mostly ).
    I bought 5 5g buckets and ended up with 493# ingots.
    A couple weeks ago the guy working there let me know the bin was going away and to get what I wanted. I zoomed over and got 4.5 more 5g buckets and that basically cleaned the bin to the rusty dusty bottom.
    I just finished smelting ingots last night.. Got another 410 #. I'm set for type metal alloy sweetener for the foreseeable future. Glad to be finished processing it.

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    Thats a good score. It was nice of the guy to let you know.

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    Yup.. and my final cost per pound was about 1.76$ on this batch. The previous ( 493# ) batch came out similar.. but I bought propane.. but had a lower waste rate since it was clean lino and mono on the top of the pile. the lower portion of the pile was a bit dirty.

    All in all I'm super happy.

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    It’s a good feeling when I get all mine melted down into ingots, but doesn’t take long until I’m accumulating more to be melted.

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    Good score.
    As time goes on, ones like yours get fewer, more expensive, and farther in between.
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    Yup..and finding such a large cache of type metal in this town was a miracle. Around here wheel weights and such were never easy to find. So finding a bin with 50 gallons worth of type metal was fantastic.

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