That was great! I have got a few and had never pulled any apart before so was really good to see the internals, what to expect and the tools necessary to do the job. Thank you for the demonstration.
To make the dismantling faster, just line up all the Hard Disk Drives and heat the labels with a Heat Gun one by one. It's so easy to peel off the labels when they are hot. Without labels all "hidden" screws become visible. I process virtually every single part of Hard Disk Drives myself for recovery of all values. The platters are processed in a hypochlorite cell, recovering all metals (Nickel, Platinum, Cobalt, Tantalum, and other) from the coating without damaging the aluminium disk. All the small internal parts are processed in separate batches for recovery of Basic Metals as well as Precious Metals. Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) from HDs are valuable. Hydrometallurgical removal of the solder enables all components to simply fall off. All the Tin (and Lead/Silver) from the solder is recovered (Tin is worth five times more than copper). The electronic components are small, but very high quality. Let them accumulate over time, and don't process batches less than 50 kg. They are sorted and processed in separate batches, yielding PMs and Base Metals. Nothing is thrown away! Virtually every single bit of the HDDs is processed at home, with 100% of the values recovered. Even all the plastic parts/fibers are processed by pyrolysis, yielding free gasoline/diesel/fuel oil. Silver and other metals are recovered from the HDD platters, as well as from common CDs which are made of Polycarbonate plastic covered with a metal coating. After removal of the coating the plastic is sold as PC plastic for recycling.
@@sxndwich3395 . I'm a full time backyard scrapper/refiner with more than 12 years of experience. In my garden shed I make US$ 250,000 a year scrapping and recycling almost everything. I work hard for 10 months a year. Then, in the cold winter, I go on holiday for 2 months in a tropical country, staying in my own house; and also enjoy a lot of Big Game sportfishing on the Atlantic Ocean from my private sportfishing yacht. Videos covering scrapping/refining/recycling attracts attention from just a limited number of viewers on RUclips; they'll never go viral! Even when calculating in the ad revenue from Google, I'll always make more money doing highly efficient scrapping, than spending the same amount of time making videos. Therefore, I'll not make videos. During the years I've obtained a quite comprehensive knowledge about almost all of the chemistry surrounding the chemical aspect in recycling. If you would like to discuss further, please feel free to ask; I might be able to give recommendations or advice you.
@@sxndwich3395 . Videos covering recycling attract the attention of just a few viewers on YT. They'll never go viral; too specialized! Even when calculating the possible ad revenue from YT I'll always make much more money in my garden shed, by my streamlined and effective ways of processing e-waste and WEEE. I make US$ 250,000 a year in my backyard recycling virtually every kind of material; thus, I'll not make videos. However, during 12 years of recycling I've gained a quite comprehensive knowledge of the chemical aspect of recycling. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask. I might be able to give you advice or recommendations.
@@sxndwich3395 . Videos covering recycling attracts attention of just a few viewers on YT. They'll never go viral; they are too specialized! Even when calculating the possible ad revenue from YT I'll always make much more money performing very streamlined and effective ways of processing e-waste and WEEE. I make US$ 250,000 a year in my garden shed by recycling virtually every possible kind of material; thus, I'll not make videos. However, having 12 years of experience in recycling I've gained quite a comprehensive knowledge of the chemical aspect in recycling. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask. I might be able to give you advice or recommendations.
Don't forget that a lot of the aluminum castings still have steel pins pressed into them. You might want to pull or press them out before taking them to your scrapyard. They have keen eyes, and most importantly a magnet, if they pull it out and start probing, you'll get paid less for your aluminum.
Hello! From moment 24:30, when you talk about the Engine that is fixed to the block (without screws); you say to use a vise to remove the Engine. In this way, is it possible to remove the Engine completely? Thanks for the video.
I have a few hundred waiting to scrap out. I took the boards of the one side but they always hide a screw under the label and they have a warning about voiding the warranty if I damage the sticker. How do you get the last screw out? I don't need any trouble. I still have the annoying tag on my mattress that says don't remove under penalty of law. Only had it 10 years now. Any way thanks.
Great video Moose. Quick question, do take off the foil stickers off of the case before taking to scrap yard? I have about 600 3.5" drives to scrap and in the process of tearing them apart. I didn't know how particular the scrap yard is about the case being completely clean
1:20 - what you refer to as the forgings and lids, there is something to be said for that as the CLEAN cast or CLEAN extruded aluminium which they are. That is a worthy little scrap package. As for the steel ones, one could just as well donate those to the scrapyard, like, ' youse can have that ' in lieu of putting that in " the recycling ". Because " the recycling " means the transfer station and it means more material for those indifferent fools to have to sort through, magnet extraction notwithstanding.
I have about 2,000 brand new 2.5" Hard drives that have failed. These have less than 12 hours of runtime. But failed. They are all 320gb or larger. What might I do with these. They were pulled from brand new Lenovo laptops. They were never toss nor throne. I have looked up quite a few of them and for some reason I keep finding the back of the circuit boards for sale everywhere. I can't imagine they're worth fixing.
The HardDrive platter is Aluminum plated with Nickel,, there is a video proving this,,, the glass platters? I don’t know... I messaged the guy to do a video on them but he is yet to respond, If I had to guess, I’d say it’s plated in Nickel as well,, and Not all readers have gold traces,, the low end models do not, high end models- you’ve got a 50/50 chance of it having the gold traces
They are coated with platinum. A hard drive drive read head leaves a magnetic charge on the platter as it spins. Aluminum is non-ferrous and can’t be magnetized. Platinum coating is added that actually holds the data. Hate to tell you, but until you destroy the platters, the data is still on them. A certified hard-drive destruction shreds the hard drive. I saw a YT on recovering platinum.
I've got a ton of old salvaged hard drives stored up, and I haven't been able to tear them apart yet. In the back of my mind, I wonder if there are any of those lost or discarded Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies on the hard drives. Chance are slim, but that's why I've held off destroying them.
Storage is cheap these days. You could copy the contents of the working drives off to the cloud, then dispose of the physical drives. You'd still need to find the time to comb through all that data. I suppose you could write a program to scan all the files for cryptocurrency wallets and such.
@@omegageek64 Good idea. I enjoy watching all of your videos. I know we are in kind of a different hobby. I get made fun of by my family and friends, but I don't care. I like the easy gold.
@@ducksonplays4190 Thank you for the tip! I still haven't scrapped any of them. I'm still storing them up. I've got some really cool old ones too with all of the old legacy chips and such when the boards used to be loaded with good stuff. I'll check out prices on some of the older ones.
@@williammiller7362 Your welcome for the tip, some of those hard drives do sound interesting! I'm glad you might sell some since they are getting rarer by the year.
You sure do look down on people that DO have plenty of time and patience to get even the smaller bits and bobs scrapped and collecting even little bits of other metals besides steel, stainless, and aluminum. No help for me, at ALL.
Ya I'm with ya, Iv got to the point I'm saving every thing till I figure it all out , I'm thinking that sell mother boards by the pound is just flushing gold down the toilet
Appreciate the details you've given! I'm gonna start saving up scrap I've tossed a lot of hard drives over the years lol
It's funny when you said you forgot your magnet when you have many inches from your hand!! 🤣🤣🤣
Have a Great Day My Friend!!!
I just did an 8TB "helium" drive. 7 platters and lots of gold contacts. BIG beefy magnets too Cool viddy!
My first hard disk was a whopping 32MB. Great video!
That was great! I have got a few and had never pulled any apart before so was really good to see the internals, what to expect and the tools necessary to do the job. Thank you for the demonstration.
Thanks for the laugh. "Keep forgetting my magnet inside" while sitting next to 100 pairs. 😊
Great vid, thanks
i love scrapping out hard drives but don't find as much as you do, great video
To make the dismantling faster, just line up all the Hard Disk Drives and heat the labels with a Heat Gun one by one. It's so easy to peel off the labels when they are hot. Without labels all "hidden" screws become visible.
I process virtually every single part of Hard Disk Drives myself for recovery of all values.
The platters are processed in a hypochlorite cell, recovering all metals (Nickel, Platinum, Cobalt, Tantalum, and other) from the coating without damaging the aluminium disk.
All the small internal parts are processed in separate batches for recovery of Basic Metals as well as Precious Metals.
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) from HDs are valuable. Hydrometallurgical removal of the solder enables all components to simply fall off. All the Tin
(and Lead/Silver) from the solder is recovered (Tin is worth five times more than copper). The electronic components are small, but very high quality. Let them accumulate over time, and don't process batches less than 50 kg. They are sorted and processed in separate batches, yielding PMs and Base Metals.
Nothing is thrown away! Virtually every single bit of the HDDs is processed at home, with 100% of the values recovered. Even all the plastic parts/fibers are processed by pyrolysis, yielding free gasoline/diesel/fuel oil.
Silver and other metals are recovered from the HDD platters, as well as from common CDs which are made of Polycarbonate plastic covered with a metal coating. After removal of the coating the plastic is sold as PC plastic for recycling.
You should make videos on all this. Sounds like it'd be pretty cool to see
@@sxndwich3395 . I'm a full time backyard scrapper/refiner with more than 12 years of experience.
In my garden shed I make US$ 250,000 a year scrapping and recycling almost everything. I work hard for 10 months a year. Then, in the cold winter, I go on holiday for 2 months in a tropical country, staying in my own house; and also enjoy a lot of Big Game sportfishing on the Atlantic Ocean from my private sportfishing yacht.
Videos covering scrapping/refining/recycling attracts attention from just a limited number of viewers on RUclips; they'll never go viral! Even when calculating in the ad revenue from Google, I'll always make more money doing highly efficient scrapping, than spending the same amount of time making videos. Therefore, I'll not make videos.
During the years I've obtained a quite comprehensive knowledge about almost all of the chemistry surrounding the chemical aspect in recycling.
If you would like to discuss further, please feel free to ask; I might be able to give recommendations or advice you.
@@sxndwich3395 . Videos covering recycling attract the attention of just a few viewers on YT. They'll never go viral; too specialized!
Even when calculating the possible ad revenue from YT I'll always make much more money in my garden shed, by my streamlined and effective ways of processing e-waste and WEEE. I make US$ 250,000 a year in my backyard recycling virtually every kind of material; thus, I'll not make videos.
However, during 12 years of recycling I've gained a quite comprehensive knowledge of the chemical aspect of recycling.
If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask. I might be able to give you advice or recommendations.
Wow! What a modern day recycle trooper! LOL!
@@sxndwich3395 . Videos covering recycling attracts attention of just a few viewers on YT. They'll never go viral; they are too specialized! Even when calculating the possible ad revenue from YT I'll always make much more money performing very streamlined and effective ways of processing e-waste and WEEE. I make US$ 250,000 a year in my garden shed by recycling virtually every possible kind of material; thus, I'll not make videos.
However, having 12 years of experience in recycling I've gained quite a comprehensive knowledge of the chemical aspect in recycling. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask. I might be able to give you advice or recommendations.
Don't forget that a lot of the aluminum castings still have steel pins pressed into them. You might want to pull or press them out before taking them to your scrapyard. They have keen eyes, and most importantly a magnet, if they pull it out and start probing, you'll get paid less for your aluminum.
You have a full box of magnets 😆 thanks for the video ✌
I’m saying this for FUN... you’ve got a box of magnets beside you...🤣
Hello! From moment 24:30, when you talk about the Engine that is fixed to the block (without screws); you say to use a vise to remove the Engine. In this way, is it possible to remove the Engine completely? Thanks for the video.
I have a few hundred waiting to scrap out. I took the boards of the one side but they always hide a screw under the label and they have a warning about voiding the warranty if I damage the sticker. How do you get the last screw out? I don't need any trouble. I still have the annoying tag on my mattress that says don't remove under penalty of law. Only had it 10 years now. Any way thanks.
I'm working on taking apart my hard drives, do you remove the plastic ends on the circuit boards?
Great video Moose. Quick question, do take off the foil stickers off of the case before taking to scrap yard? I have about 600 3.5" drives to scrap and in the process of tearing them apart. I didn't know how particular the scrap yard is about the case being completely clean
Moose is a different guy. My scrapyard isn't particular about stickers. Your mileage may vary.
@@omegageek64 my bad. Great video omegageek64. I appreciate all of the help you and others offer!
@@omegageek64 HiI want a watt sub hard drive number
Great video
1:20 - what you refer to as the forgings and lids, there is something to be said for that as the CLEAN cast or CLEAN extruded aluminium which they are. That is a worthy little scrap package. As for the steel ones, one could just as well donate those to the scrapyard, like, ' youse can have that ' in lieu of putting that in " the recycling ". Because " the recycling " means the transfer station and it means more material for those indifferent fools to have to sort through, magnet extraction notwithstanding.
I wander if you could tell us how you arrange your pick ups? Posting ads for e waste pick ups? Working with computer repair shops?
I have about 2,000 brand new 2.5" Hard drives that have failed. These have less than 12 hours of runtime. But failed. They are all 320gb or larger. What might I do with these. They were pulled from brand new Lenovo laptops. They were never toss nor throne. I have looked up quite a few of them and for some reason I keep finding the back of the circuit boards for sale everywhere. I can't imagine they're worth fixing.
thats a fun doing that in covid
The HardDrive platter is Aluminum plated with Nickel,, there is a video proving this,,, the glass platters? I don’t know... I messaged the guy to do a video on them but he is yet to respond, If I had to guess, I’d say it’s plated in Nickel as well,, and Not all readers have gold traces,, the low end models do not, high end models- you’ve got a 50/50 chance of it having the gold traces
"... older 10 GB drive ... "
Well - when I started using my Atari the only available HD was 10 *MB*.
It was unaffordable for me.
It's crazy how far things have come, eh? In such a short time. It's wild
I had sold a desktop computer with a laptop hard drive before. It was a new drive and I need to make some money.
There are usually about 10 mlcc to take from boards.
You said you started with computers in the 70s and ,80s ?
Where do you find all these drives
What do you mean that you forgot your Magnet? Did you forget that your standing right next to an entire box full?
Yeah, I did. LOL!
@@omegageek64 Watt sub number please
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They are coated with platinum. A hard drive drive read head leaves a magnetic charge on the platter as it spins. Aluminum is non-ferrous and can’t be magnetized. Platinum coating is added that actually holds the data. Hate to tell you, but until you destroy the platters, the data is still on them. A certified hard-drive destruction shreds the hard drive. I saw a YT on recovering platinum.
Ok, read another post saying they are coated with nickel, makes sense.
Yes
I get a better price for atripped hard drives because cast aluminium pays better then sheet aluminum like the platters,
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11 minutes in and he still hasnt started
You forgot your magnet, why not use one of the harddrive magnets then. :)
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Oh forgot it!!!
They're were no computers in the 70s lol were they computers in the 70s if so they must cost ALOT in those days ?
there were computers in the 1950s so there would be computers in the 1970s
Yes, Apple had computers, in a factory setting, we used them with a Bell board (I/O board) to make circuit board testers among other things.
That's odd! I had a computer in 1975! Must have been a fantasy of mine.
I have multiple old hard drives I am willing to sell to those who want to scrap them
Warranty voided
I've got a ton of old salvaged hard drives stored up, and I haven't been able to tear them apart yet. In the back of my mind, I wonder if there are any of those lost or discarded Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies on the hard drives. Chance are slim, but that's why I've held off destroying them.
Storage is cheap these days. You could copy the contents of the working drives off to the cloud, then dispose of the physical drives. You'd still need to find the time to comb through all that data. I suppose you could write a program to scan all the files for cryptocurrency wallets and such.
@@omegageek64 Good idea. I enjoy watching all of your videos. I know we are in kind of a different hobby. I get made fun of by my family and friends, but I don't care. I like the easy gold.
@@williammiller7362 A good amount of old hard drives like pre 2000 can be quite valuable and some can even sell for over a thousand USD.
@@ducksonplays4190 Thank you for the tip! I still haven't scrapped any of them. I'm still storing them up. I've got some really cool old ones too with all of the old legacy chips and such when the boards used to be loaded with good stuff. I'll check out prices on some of the older ones.
@@williammiller7362 Your welcome for the tip, some of those hard drives do sound interesting! I'm glad you might sell some since they are getting rarer by the year.
Hey I'll sell you hard drives for $2 each so you can strip it and make profit ??
You sure do look down on people that DO have plenty of time and patience to get even the smaller bits and bobs scrapped and collecting even little bits of other metals besides steel, stainless, and aluminum. No help for me, at ALL.
Ya I'm with ya, Iv got to the point I'm saving every thing till I figure it all out , I'm thinking that sell mother boards by the pound is just flushing gold down the toilet
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