Hard Drive Tear Down For Precious Metals! In Detail HD
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2013
- Hard drive tear down in detail for gold, silver, palladium and aluminum.
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I drive an 18 wheeler with a 53 foot drybox. I haul many different products back & forth across the country. Some of those loads are old outdated computers which go to disassembly plants for the precious metals.
I'm watching your 7yr old video's because there's nothing better on YT about tear'downs,scrapping etc. Excellent visuals and content! Thank you!
Wow! Been scrappin' for more than 50 years and always learning something new! Thanks!
My son gets knackered HDD's from work. I strip them down for the magnets only. They're fiddly to remove from their steel brackets, but I found applying a little heat to the back of the steel, holding it in pliers, then wedging a Stanley blade under the magnet to gently pry them off, without cracking the magnets brittle outer coating. It works around 75% of the time. I cover damaged magnets with some insulating tape and use them to hang metal topped jam jars under shelving.
Thanks for the tip! :)
I've watched many hard-drive Scrapping videos and this is one of the best!!
Have a Great Day!!!
Thanx for taking the time to demonstrate and explain what to keep or not to keep. Seems like a nice little project to keep yourself busy and honest in between jobs.
When I was young i used to take apart electronic things just to see what was in there. This drove my dad nuts. Something about electronics fascinated me.
I did the same thing and then joined the air Force doing repairs on microwave and satalite communications equipment . Boring ass job
Excellent, highly detailed and captioned video. Best of it's kind that I've come across.
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Any hard drives that still function normally can also be sold on eBay with the intention of data recovery specialist using them for parts. Often times many of the specific components are valuable since they're constantly changing. A very detailed listing with plenty of pictures and accurate descriptions of the different numbers on the label can yield some pretty nice sales numbers.
Interesting. This apply to older models (1st half of the 90's?) Mainly Seagate + Maxtor, some working early SATA 1 IBMs
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I use the magnets for securing small tools and stainless rulers on the wall, as well as plastic measuring triangles (with a small steel washer siliconed to the plastic first). Powering the hard drive plater can be very useful as a miniature sanding disc by glueing wet and dry sandpaper to it for precise grinding or small blade sharpening.
How do you power the motor ?
Hi my name's Guillermo from the Dominican Republic,thank you for sharing this information with us, many people and by people, I'm referring to the vast majority, do not know this information thank you again I love recycling and that's very useful information. From the Dominican Republic Guillermo keep it up. I'll follow your videos and share with my friends.
Very nice video. As a scrapper I find these videos very usefull tools to help me in my daily tear downs. Keep up the great work. :)
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
I liked your video very much. the quality was excellent. I very much liked the macro close up shots. your explanation was also right on. Thanks
Phil Galati Thanks, love that you notice the detail. It takes me a long time to make videos like that. I am working on several atm. Thanks for the great comment. Perfect one to leave off so I can go to sleep.Rob The Plumber
i could listen to you all day. well presented.
Great vid bud . It's about time some detailed info was put up like this. Nice job. Happy holidays
You showed me something interested, thank you for sharing this video.
Rodney Jackson
I could show you something quite interesting regarding gold!!!!
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Thank you, its so hard to know what is worth keeping and what isent. I wish you would make more of these videos for commonly scrapped items.
Thank you for breaking everything down in simple terms foe everyone.
I found the video amazing.
I only scrap broken hard drives or I use them as props for my house. I would never open a working and good-health hard drive. You seem like a very nice person to be around! I collect vintage hard drives myself as I love vintage technology.
Given that data storage has become mostly solid state or networked, highest and best use for drives under 3TB seems to be empty + scrap. Recently I put a card in a case for 1 TB device backup. The write rate is phenomenal; tco? $50. WD black....
Good job, this video makes it a bit more hands on for the novice- thanks Rob.
ballparkfrankplus1 Thanks for watching.
I like the close ups those help a lot . Learning of the parts what they do. Very cool
7 years later and this video is still cool.
Yes , i am a processor of recovering the metal from electronic stuff , nice video , thankyou ! When i scrap hard drives i burn , crush , pan out the heavys and save the sludge after evapen the panning water , the chips is where the panable gold and pgm's and a lot of silver and lead . I do it as a hobby now ! The gold plate in the sludge is minor compared to chip wire , copper is acid removed and redoxed in a different container. Great informitive video .
Thanks for the great tips! I have scrapped metals for some time now, mostly steel,copper and aluminum. The electronics I saved but didn't know how to process them. Learning how to extract the precious metals is making my junk pile pay off!
CRAIG HANSEN No problem! Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you have subscribed!
thank you for all the details and tips show in your video.
I've got about 50 older hard drives that I brought home from a scrap yard I worked at. They weren't licensed to do ecycle so they were quite pleased when I asked if I could have them.
I recently scrapped about 50 hdd. The aluminum value ended up at about 40 bucks. I haven't taken in the stainless yet. Took me about 4 hours. I knew going into it the only value was the alum. I really wanted the magnets though. They are awesome!
I like the vid. I scrap metal and I’m just getting into scrapping gold, I’m glad I watched this because it answered my question about gold in chips
Really great video. Lovely photography and super clear descriptions. Very enjoyable. 👍🏅
Excelente fotografía, muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos!!
Thanks, learning this and was fortunate to come across large amount of computer/server scrap!
Clear and professional; great sound, light and camera work. I would like to have seen how many hours, man-hours, and the stack of 'stuff' it takes to get one ounce of gold. Also, how to melt it and recover it. Thanks for a great start to the process.
Patrick Phillips
A lot 😂 honestly I make enough just scrapping boards and selling the components to refiners by the kg.
I’m a mechanic not a chemist 😉
Lexicon Devil do you happen to have some info material on the process? I'd greatly appreciate any info.
Nice way to present a video mate, informative and to the point, thank you
What an excellent and also finely produced, albeit straight to point matter of fact video footage you've put together in this compilation good sir !! I very much appreciate your fine details, specifically speaking to what materials are in which components, equally so true for precious metals !! That's EXACTLY what I was hoping to learn from viewing your video and you absolutely delivered !! Thanks again for sharing my friend !
I like it, I have like 5 hard drives bought at a gov auction on a pallet with some darkroom equipment so it was a bonus. Good practical info, so thanks!!
im watching you video 10 year old and it was very useful thank you so much
great video lots of valuable info, Have a GOLD DAY!!
thanks for sharing , it's a good video and was worth watching , i do scrap as a living income and have a lot of these hdd units and circuit boards in storage for the strip down purpose
Educational - well thought out and described.
Thank you
Great video. Great job explaining various parts and where the value is. Thanks .
WARNING: You should wear full cover goggles when removing the platters as the older glass ones can shatter very very easily. Alternatively put the drive in a clear bag and reach inside to remove the platters. Destroying the platters for data integrity should be done inside a sealed plastic bag with a combination of a strong magnet and hammer. Believe me, having glass frags removed sucks.
Great presentation. Very informative. Thank you. Quality video.
Very educational. I learned that I will leave the scrapping of computer components to others! Thank-you!
At last someone who knows what metals are worth bothering with, and what to discard. Good video .Keep em coming.
The neodymium magnets are good
Have a failing hard drive sitting in a junk pile that I haven't thrown out, mainly because I wasn't sure where to send it. However, after getting an idea to smelt some things, I decided to look up how to take apart an HDD and found this video. Thank you!
wonderfully done video with no frills... thanks
damn it!! (about the magnets) I had so many of those over years from bad hard drives. I love how powerful they are. All I ever did is break them just playing with them lol
Cheers Rob. An older post but just been thrown at me by the tube. Easy watching and informative thanks and yes nice seeing those macro shots. Now, do I want to trash my old drives!? Lol
Nice one. I got about 20 of old HDD's all 10GB to 80GB old IDE 3.5" drives; found yesterday they contain neodymium magnets that I plan to take out and change into a metal detector. After watching your vid I will be keeping the more valuable elements too. Cheers. A vid I watched said there is a 3rd smaller Nd magnet behind where drive actuator sits to hold it in place when off and in transport. Smart vid, learned some cool stuff in 7 minutes. Cheers Rob.
I've learned a few things about metals in use for hard drives, thanks.
There's an "m" somewhere in the middle of neodymium. Like the "r" in the middle of February that well all forget. Those platters make nice windchimes too. Even the little aluminum rings tinkle nicely.
This guy is pretty informative. I can really appreciate that.
sorry to be off topic but does any of you know of a way to get back into an Instagram account??
I somehow lost the login password. I would love any tips you can offer me
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greta vids,and clear directions, Thanks ROB.
Fantastic break down. great Stills. Never knew there was that much value in the hard drives. most ppl just say the toss them. will be looking forward to watching your other vids.. and +1 sub for you here. Keep it up.
This video is really well made, thank you good sir :)
Great video. Thank you for the details.
I love your show, exactly what I needed to C. Believe it or not I got my hands on some 1963 circuitry. Would love a show on were asbestos or other nasties could be when we scrap so that we can all be wary and careful. Have had 2 tradie friends die of asbestos related illnesses . Anyway keep your shows coming. 10/10 from me
Great Description and Simple.. Thx for not wasting times. every second useful.. Like it
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Thank you for the info, that was very helpful.
Nice video; very concise and informative. I have been able to remove the gold leaf at the end of HDD connectors using a sharp chisel to get it started and then use a pair of pliers to remove it. Then I cut the gold leaf portion off and add it to an ever-growing pile of similar connector wires. There are a couple videos on how to remove the plating using household chemicals, and some nasty stuff too, but it seems worth the effort if you can get enough collected to do a big batch.
thank u for the info i learned alot i have like 9-11 hard drives from the 80s /90s...thank u again
So much culmination of technology and inventions that can be had for just $40.
It's all around us! LIKED your video
Amazing, thanks for the video, very useful.
Thank You ,
You Are First Class .
You're a master! Congrats!
I love the attention to detail of the photos. I understand better what I've thrown away before. it won't happen again. Thank you
thelousysloth Your welcome. Thanks for watching.
that is a very useful & formative video. thankyou
It is really interesting . Thank You for the information .
Awesome, just took7 hard drives apart, glad I watched, oh, I love the magnets but you told me alot. Thank you
How much gold would you receive after 7 of them thinking of getting involved please let me know and thanks
Good info Rob, thanks!
The information was quite valuable. Thanks
Excellent video, short and sweet, well done👌
Explained very clearly Good work!
Thanks for This Very Informative Video!!!
Very informative I like to learn you made it simple thanks
Hi,your descriptions were exellent.i like your voice and you are great.Am Iranian but i like you man.Thanks
a lot of valuable information, thanks!
Cool thanks for showing this breakdown of the hdd
Very helpful. Keep it up. Thanks.
Thank you. Very well done. Great video.
Very informative and i appreciate your time
Thank you Rob great information ,thanks.
Thanks for the great informative video! I'm looking forward to more, keep on taping (or whatever they call it these days - I know they don't use videotape any more)
Thank you for your information.
Nowhere did you mention the screws themselves. HDD's are an excellent source of high quality flat top torx bit stainless machine screws of varying size, usually with large heads compared to the thread, very useful for folding knife making and quite difficult to source elsewhere. The screws and the magnets are my primary target when breaking down drives.
Folding knife making?
Great video!!
I like your light I have to get one so I can bring it in my shop and people can see what I’m doing better great video
If you remade this video today, would you remember the rhodium at the tip of the reader? I think THAT'S the best part these days.
Meet me on ''Google +'' didn't age so well. Great video Rob.
It was a very nice video with a lot of good info. Thank you ;)
Awesome! Thanks for the inspiration and how to... Blessings! :)
I love the informativeness and I know you can improve on it, I learned things that would help you in other products as well that's a thumbs up, my goal is to safely extract, even the micro, rare and valuable materials in their purity for the best value and to please my eye. its not something I plan to do for a living, but just something I can build up as time passes more like a hobby.
Pretty interesting, Thanks for the information!!
My friend broke down tvs and on an old projection tv he found hard drives with those magnets and he give them to me and they are incredibly powerful.
Thanks again, I really have been looking for a HDD parts breakdown ;-)
NYCClubMaster No problem at all. more to come. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the informative video, I've saved for future reference.
Great Video! Appreciate you!
I appreciate the in depth info
I have a load of old computers I wanted to scrap cause I am spring cleaning, thank you for this information, I will take some time taking them apart for cash. I want to use the side panels to create some sculptures, any suggestions on how best to do it?
I have a recycling company.... I throw away thousands of HDD's and other components right into the tin pile every year... didn't know they contained so much cool stuff. I'll have to start boxing them up and take some time to get them apart.
The earth magnets are a super bonus for a guy who's into recycling too lol
Thanks!
Ill pay you 2x tin price for them :O Thanks for watching.
Tin price is... 205.00 a ton. So that's about 0.20 cents a pound. (Canadian)
Crazy how much aluminum is in there. And it's weird those magnets are inside, I was literally looking up the earth magnets on eBay about two days prior... they are worth some bucks.
Shame you're not in BC, I'd invite you to my shop to grab some cool stuff. If only I could figure out the chemical process (or have time for it I guess) for all of my ram and computer boards etc I get... I save crap loads of that stuff for eBay!
Basically my shop is a disneyland for grown ups! (Hence the reason I'm giving away silver in one of my videos... and more cool stuff to come!)
I'll subscribe to you... do the same?
Cheers!
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