Scrapping a big copier - is it worth it?

[@lincolncent7]

You missed some boards, motors, Gold plated connectors, and a nice #2 Copper coil in there.

[@sharkscrapper]

I have no doubt. As I mentioned in the video, I don't spend a lot of time on these. I get what's easy and fast in order to keep the scrap flowing and have time to spend on the PC's which are my real bread and butter.

[@boardsort]

1:25 Peripheral High. Low is for boards with extremely low population (that has plenty) or has certain contaminants that preclude it from grading higher.

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks Chris, I'll move them over to the high bin. Always appreciate the second set of eyes on these.

[@lboe927]

100% agree. I've done a few of these. Grab the good boards, wire and any easy to snag motors. Rest of it goes to the shred pile.

[@sharkscrapper]

Right on

[@kenjett2434]

I once got a Toshiba commercial copier very similar to this one. I totally micro scrapped it and glad I did. I found alot of hidden electronics in those lower drawers and inside the bottom. Not to mention in the whole the thing weight like 600 or more pounds. So breaking it down into pieces just made everything so much easier to handle. Been lucky to get alot of Toshiba products and the components are always of higher grade than other brands.

[@sharkscrapper]

Yup, they can be heavy sons-a-guns. Always smart to check the drawers. I frequently find paper.

[@jonathanlincoln7381]

Is it the gold corner bga that makes it a high peripheral board

[@sharkscrapper]

That's a very safe assumption. But a board with lots of IC's, flat packs and other BGA's can also be high peripheral as long as there isn't a lot of junk hanging on it.

[@jonathanlincoln7381]

Thanks again watch ya every time you drop a video good stuff!

[@sharkscrapper]

@@jonathanlincoln7381 Thank you

[@mysterybuyer3738]

We went to an office area to pick one of these up and the toner came sliding out and splatted in the parking lot. They are good for steel a few circuit boards and motors but are mostly a pain to deal with.

[@sharkscrapper]

That ink/toner is a real mess. I had smurf hands for days after one printer.

[@kenjett2434]

@@sharkscrapper yeah when removing the toner cartridges it's always good to have a pair of gloves just used for handling toner. That stuff spreads worse than Covid but. I know it's weakness. I put them in a stack and over time rain will clean them up. What's left sun will harden.

[@Not-TheOne]

Not sure about the hard drives being purpose built for the copiers. We had a big HP MFP whose HD failed, it was out of warranty, so I just used an older but still good HDD. Been working for around 2 years now, no issues.

[@sharkscrapper]

Sweet - I didn't think they were, but just never know with this IT stuff sometimes.

[@msylvain59]

Whenever I get a big copy machine, I take it apart to the very last screw ! but I do it for hobby and I usually don't have a pile of stuff in the take apart queue.

[@sharkscrapper]

Makes sense

[@UrbanMiningWithGearHead]

I've found alot of gold plated data ports in the printers, and usually cut the wire side plugs too, because if the board side has gold pins, then so will the wire plug have gold plated connectors. Nice to see I'm not the only one not afraid to tackle these things!

[@sharkscrapper]

🤣 We ain't afraid of no scrap 😆

[@jwilson1415]

Yeah I like diving into copiers and printers a little too, the boards can be nice like that main one. Decent alum & copper on the power supplies if the boards are easy to get at. The hard drives are encrypted to use with the copier model so I usually just scrap it. I can get carried away with them though and go all in, taking all the plastic covers off looking for what I can get at. Those copier motors I like to open up to get the copper out, they can be pretty easy to dismantle just need to hammer out the center rod to get them started.

[@sharkscrapper]

Cool Jay - it is easy to carried away and just keep digging.

[@kenjett2434]

@@sharkscrapper true but I enjoy the digging into them.

[@AlexMetslov]

You're going to assemble it back, right? Right?

[@sharkscrapper]

🤣

[@josephcormier5974]

Excellent video sharkey I My self take them all the way down my trash company pull's the plastic out and recycling it but I have the time to micro scrap this was great content and very informative thank you for sharing five stars my friend

[@sharkscrapper]

That's a lot of unscrewing.

[@josephcormier5974]

@@sharkscrapper Yes it is but I only go for the Big metal little bits I leave they don't seem to mind

[@boardsort]

One thing about accepting copiers....we haven't had to buy paper in years!

[@sharkscrapper]

I know exactly what you mean.

[@boardsort]

9:40 That would be Peripheral High for us.

[@sharkscrapper]

Very cool - thanks, I'll move it over to the high peripheral bin. Thanks!

[@timtoolman4125]

If you need caster wheels that can hold weight you can take off the wheels to make a roll cart from them.

[@sharkscrapper]

Very good point Tim - those casters are almost always heavy duty.

[@billyb5057]

interesting scrap project mate a beast of a copier good to see whats inside thinking the pc boards and the motors the scrap value maybe the hdds

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks Billy, a beast for sure.

[@dannysims2714]

I scrap it completely as all I have to haul it in is a small SUV so usually scrap it on site had three at one place before

[@sharkscrapper]

Oh man, I've done that before. Scrapped one right next to a dumpster once - that was convenient.

[@krystiankucharski7299]

Hurray and yay 😃👍 thank you so much

[@sharkscrapper]

No problem 😊

[@krystiankucharski7299]

@@sharkscrapper I'm interested in dismantling such printers of all kinds, from small to the largest 😉 how is made and how much it has in it, I hope to see it more than once again, thank you again

[@sharkscrapper]

Thanks for the input Krystian. I'll keep an eye out for some different types.

[@krystiankucharski7299]

@@sharkscrapper alright :)

[@afineliner740]

I have yet to scrap such large copiers but have always wanted to. I unscrew everything manually, no drill, maybe that's why I haven't done one yet. So will you be doing more ? 👍

[@sharkscrapper]

I have six of these bad boys but wasn't planning to do a vid for each, they're pretty much the same.

[@afineliner740]

@@sharkscrapper , Six !! Lucky you, now we know what you will be doing in any slow days.

[@sharkscrapper]

@@afineliner740 Slow Days? What are those

[@afineliner740]

@@sharkscrapper Yes, that was a bit of 'tongue in cheek' 😁

[@sharkscrapper]

🤣

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

i like printers for other reasons steppers optical eyes drive bars and what i can depopulate . but am not doing it for a living am doingit all for bits for project parts now you get some good finds mate

[@sharkscrapper]

Makes perfect sense - lots of good project parts in them.

[@Alrik.]

A nice one as always! Do you know how much shred weight it was after this?

[@sharkscrapper]

That load, the two copiers and PC shells, was 600 lbs. The shells were maybe 100 lbs. So I'm estimating the big copier was 300 lbs and the smaller one 200 lbs? These things are NOT lite weights.

[@kenjett2434]

@@sharkscrapper the one I scrapped was over 600 pounds took two strong backs and a 800# capacity handtruck to move it. Then could only roll it up my trailer that has a ramp for loading riding mowers.

[@sharkscrapper]

OMG - that's a lot of work. Some of these do get really big. Not looking forward to a 600 pounder, but I know it's bound to happen sooner or later.

[@kenjett2434]

@@sharkscrapper yeah but it was a fun scrap it was a big Toshiba commercial that had the big stapler component for documents. It took me like 3 days to fully micro scrap it fully disassemble the thing. Just the high grade boards and copper made it worth the trouble.

[@Wreck-Gar]

Down to the last screw Shark. I'm lucky as I have a buyer for everything, including plastics. Great video as always 👍

[@sharkscrapper]

I'd love to have a plastics buyer. Lost mine a few years ago and haven't found a replacement yet.

[@ethanstroyan622]

@@sharkscrapper how do you find a plastics buyer?

[@sharkscrapper]

@@ethanstroyan622 I'm still looking.

[@sivalley]

JIS screws dont play nice with phillips bits

[@sharkscrapper]

This is very true. I should see if these were manufacturing in Japan.

[@sivalley]

@@sharkscrapper Being Minolta chassis I can guarantee it was.

[@ivicaspasovski1317]

Well, in deed.. As a copier technician, there is not much of scrapp. But as a technician, I remove te boards and motors and keep them. they do not waste space, so they can stay in the basement. when-then they will make me some good money from nothing. To put you in perspective some of this boards I have sold for around 300euros.

[@sharkscrapper]

That's awesome that you can get store up those parts. Nice extra money there.

[@andrewpowellnz]

Looked like you had a humid day there my friend

[@sharkscrapper]

Hot and humid interrupted by the storm and followed by more humidity.

[@blancomputers1]

i usually repair copiers, and printers and then scrap the failed parts.

[@sharkscrapper]

That's very cool. I'm not a fixer 🤣

[@SilverScorpion]

Super info! Looks like I did the right thing with the one I got!

[@sharkscrapper]

Perfect!

[@harrynicolaou5830]

Thanks Mate grate help

[@sharkscrapper]

Glad it helped

[@robertmandigo7942]

I will strip the copier down all the way because our household recycling system takes the plastic and then I get clean shred price for the metal. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.

[@sharkscrapper]

Makes good sense Robert.

[@cuscrapping]

I'll take the boards if there is easy access, but other than that, straight to shred. Great video on how easy most are to get.

[@sharkscrapper]

Great to see you yesterday on Irish's live stream.

[@cuscrapping]

@@sharkscrapper Now that I have GREAT internet service (and am feeling a little better physically), I hope to join more and do some livestreams myself!! 👍

[@sharkscrapper]

Awesome

[@MrShekoexile]

Yards in Albuquerque won't take the big copiers anymore. They claim there's too much plastic. So we have to go a lot further in breaking them down than you. I still find it worthwhile, but it's painful to have to throw away so much plastic.

[@sharkscrapper]

I know what you mean - I hate taking the plastic to the dumpster.

[@dr.a006]

The easy to reach boards, wires, motors and RAM are worth it. Plus the weight of shred.

[@sharkscrapper]

You know it - these things are heavy.

[@Not-TheOne]

Also, I love scrapping printers, mostly the medium sized laserjet types. Particularly love the motors and gears I can salvage and use on my hobbies. (Though not for making money, ppl give me their old printers as I'm the "IT guy" :D )

[@sharkscrapper]

Very cool

[@msmoorad123]

i prefer to just remove the logic boards and get rid of the entire thing. too much plastic, glass and the ink/toner to deal with.

[@sharkscrapper]

I'm with you on that. Especially the ink/toner. Stuff gets everywhere.

[@clarkkent7821]

I'll bet you didn't know this just about every copy machine has a memory card anything that's ever been copied somebody's personal stuff or either big corporate stuff they do have a memory card so ever who's scraping a copy machine you better take that out

[@sharkscrapper]

I'm going to check with the client so I can better understand what the HDD's are there for. The client is in the biz of selling and repairing these beasts so I'm sure they'll know. I don't understand why a copier would retain a copy of what it had printed, other than in RAM while it is printing the job. It will be interesting to learn more about this.

[@clarkkent7821]

I went to a convenience store where they got the little printers and it was not available so I asked the clerk I said when will it be up and running and they said that the technician told them it needed a new card so that's what I'm going off of so I take it that way I don't know

[@barrywest3758]

I'll take a Hard Pass on any printer Scrapping, but it was nice to see it done, confirming my stance! LOL really enjoyed 👍👍

[@sharkscrapper]

I don't blame you Barry 🤣

[@kenjett2434]

They are not for everyone but for me I will take everyone I can get.

[@jr-a-cat]

You Need a bigger fan . Go to a farm store and get a live stock fan about 4 footer .

[@sharkscrapper]

Live stock is just what I feel like sometimes 🤣

[@MACKAINTPLAYINGAROUNDMAPA]

Omg no one never finish the copier😢 shark maybe you do or don't know this however, you forgot 3 or 4 nice boards including a nice board that I have not been able to identify and wished you could had help. It's in the center under the plastic on a plastic object that bolted down. Good luck

[@sharkscrapper]

There's plenty more I could have gone after, but not worth the time invested. Happy to help with the board question you have, just email me a picture of it.

[@MACKAINTPLAYINGAROUNDMAPA]

Sure which email do I send this to.

[@sharkscrapper]

My email address is on my ABOUT page.

[@ewastemike7700]

SHRED PILE FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sharkscrapper]

🤣 oh go move something around in your shed

[@Man-in-da-shed]

First one you do is interesting, they get less interesting as you get more, but some nice stuff in them. A zillion screws

[@sharkscrapper]

At least a zillion

[@kenjett2434]

More like 10 zillion I counted lol not really but when I scraped the one I got it was before I had drill driver.

[@keithgriner330]

😎👍

[@sharkscrapper]

👍🏻 back at you

[@JohnHatch-t4m]

Can you please send me a shcker John 😅

[@sharkscrapper]

If "shcker" is a typo and you meant "sticker" I'd be happy to! Email me your mailing address - [e-mail]

[@JohnHatch-t4m]

@@sharkscrapper Mr John. 93 Merlin Crescent .Exeter. Devon.EX4 9AF UK PS I've got 1 for you John Hatch

[@kenibnanak5554]

Orrivavkt sine uninteresting stuff on the HDs,

[@sharkscrapper]

Not sure what you're saying?

[@kenibnanak5554]

@@sharkscrapper i have bought or recovered many 2nd hand HDs. Often the data was never wiped. Photos, mail, documents, etc are often left behind.

[@sharkscrapper]

I stopped looking a long time ago and just assume there's data on them. It only matters for me if the HDD's are 1 TB or larger as those are the only ones I consider reselling. UNLESS the customer has requested destruction in which case they get drilled.

[@kenibnanak5554]

@@sharkscrapper I never even thought of reselling old used drives. Obsolete things usually, much slower and smaller than the new stuff. BUT I do love the magnets in some of them. Very powerful magnets. So after going through them with a reader, I take them apart, rescue the magnets, keep a few screws maybe, and when I have enough disassembled drives I dump it all off at the town dump. My own personal old HDs I slag into a puddle with a rosebud and my Oxy/Mapp torch then trash the cold slag. Yes, I know I didn't talk about gold connectors. I never got into that.