| Human beings enjoy the surprises felt when they | | | | key hidden treasure. |
| unearth a treasure that has been long forgotten | | | | Next go through and collect all of the used carbide |
| or hidden away. Movies and fictional books abound | | | | cutting inserts that have been deemed dull or |
| bookshelves that deal with the findings of lost | | | | over used. Most of the time, the binding agent in |
| treasures. From the garbage picker that goes | | | | these cutting inserts used in machining applications |
| through the waste baskets looking for treasures | | | | is cobalt, which is quite expensive. Carbide scrap |
| to sophisticated people that auction off expensive | | | | can fetch several dollars per pound and can be |
| antiques that they did not even know they | | | | sold to carbide manufacturers who can remelt |
| possessed, we all enjoy the element of surprise | | | | them and make new inserts for sale. Hence used |
| and the monetary gains obtained when we unlock | | | | carbide inserts is another hidden treasure. |
| a hidden treasure either left behind for us by our | | | | Thirdly, go through all of the drills that have been |
| ancestors or ones that we collected but simply | | | | sharpened several times and deemed unfit for |
| forgot about it because it was not easily | | | | use and recycle them. Some of the drills and |
| accessible or hidden away somewhere. | | | | reamers also have significant amounts of cobalt |
| In this article we will deal with similar situations | | | | that can fetch a pretty penny and so instead of |
| that exist in many machine shops throughout the | | | | forgetting about them, sell them to a metal scrap |
| world. There are so many items that get | | | | dealer to get some cash. |
| purchased for a specific machining application or a | | | | Fourthly, old pieces of tooling and work holding |
| specific machining job, but once the job gets | | | | fixtures that are no longer used for existing |
| completed, they get put away for years and | | | | machining jobs can similarly be sold for scrap |
| generally forgotten about. There is money in | | | | metal value. |
| these tools and items and one simply needs to | | | | Finally, wooden pallets that are in good shape, |
| keep focused and look for it and convert all those | | | | especially the four feet by four feet and six feet |
| hidden treasures to liquid cash. | | | | by six feet wooden pallets that are collected |
| First, go through all of the metal chips and scrap | | | | from incoming materials and generally stacked |
| that has been collected and sell it to a recycling | | | | away in a corner collecting dust and occupying |
| company. Metal scrap nowadays is worth a lot of | | | | space can be sold to collect cash. Collectively, all |
| money considering the rising price of commodities. | | | | these five steps can end up providing some good |
| Depending upon the chemistry of the material | | | | returns and are really hidden treasures that every |
| some metal scrap can bring in several dollars per | | | | machine shop owner needs to address and take |
| pound of scrap whereas others may bring in a | | | | advantage of. |
| few cents per pound. Hence metal scrap is one | | | | |