Amazing what people chuck in the skip

Was at my local recycling centre today ,did my usual look in the scrap metal skip and spotted a 6" bench grinder that to me looked unused ,the wheels were brand new . I know the chaps that work there and asked if I could have it for the grinding wheels . Plugged it in when I got home and it worked a treat and vibration free ....

Sean

Sounds a good find, but I would check the wheels for cracks picked up on their adventures (take off and tap with a screwdriver, they should 'ring' if OK, if they sound dull, bin them).

I hear a lot of unpleasant tales about wheels 'exploding'.

Neil

Wheels have been checked ...all's good

Be carefol with such items.

I forgot where it was but sometime ago hospital device with its cobalt-60 also found its way to a public scrap.

Martin

Yes, radioisotope was thrown away, not in the UK btw.

Martin

Edited By Martin Dowing on 01/04/2018 20:22:15

Most, or perhaps all, commercial scrappies in the UK have monitoring facilities and reject any incoming consignment that triggers the alarm.

Cobalt 60 is a pretty powerful isotope, I know because we used them for gamma radiography, you wouldn’t want to be too near one for very long if it was out of its shielded container, can do loads of damage to human tissue. One hopes that no one was hurt by the mislaid isotope and that someone got their a—-e well and truly kicked.

Dave W

Could be contaminated with novichock.

Like my woodworking lathe.

Sorry, I've just checked again it's actually a Nova Chuck, I don't think it was made in Russia.

John.

One man's scrap is another's raw material.

Look what Fred Dibnah did with material from his local scrapyard!

There's not too much scrap metal in the world; only when it's too small to hold, or already dark blue and curly.

Howard

Be careful for what you wish for. When we emigrated to France, there was no way I could take all my "Stock". I gave it away to a local traction engine / engineering club. They took 3 trailer loads of wood and metal that I has amassed over 20 years or so. Most of it came from work before the scrap lorry turned up (With permission from the works engineer of course). I got a whole load of cream painted steel bar (still have odd bits) which came from the frame work of the companies telephone switch room along with a sack of cad plated BSW bolts - not much use here in France !
BobH

SB5,

Was it just before November 5? Could they have made a good price from weighing in the metal not needed!

Yeah, likely coveted and still helping people out, but just sayin’....

BSW nuts and bolts will hold things together wherever you are in the world. (Fully paid up hoarder)

It pains me to throw away material that "Might come in handy one day"

Howard

Yesterday I picked up an 8" milling vice from the skip. It was dismantled to make it light enough to get in the skip, and I couldn't find the clamp screw. Unfortunately I have a horrible feeling it's just too big for use on my Warco WMT 300. In fact it's barely light enough for me to lift onto the cross slide.

I was thinking of buying a vice last week, but wanted one 2.5x smaller at 8cm not 8in...

Regards

Richard

Put the vice on a bench and use it to hold the milling machine.

Ian S C

The Cobalt 60 story here:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjBqZzW3araAhXi8YMKHQ1KC60QFgg7MAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fstolen-radioactive-cobalt-60-shipment-found-in-mexico-had-been-opened-8989656.html&usg=AOvVaw0FEKUGX3asxb0PVBJrEvuv

There is also an intriguing story from the 90's "The Radioactive Boy Scout" who had dreams of building his own nuclear reactor. Didn't have any sense of the danger. A US "something to do with nuclear safety" agency had to remove a lot of contaminated material. More here:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiO6J7s3qraAhXn64MKHVX5ArcQFggpMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_Hahn&usg=AOvVaw1prgL_mpf3wz-WiCntljUx