Good trip to scrap yard

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith

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I went to the scarp yard today to get some pipe.
While there I picked up a 3HP,3PH,240VDC, TEFC Siemens motor for $40. It was new and in a crate.
I also got a real nice old milk can for $5. 150 feet of 2" pipe cost me $45.
 
I love going to the scrap yard.My last trip I picked up a piece of brass 1/2"X 3"X 28" for $14,a stainless bar 1/2"X3"x24"for $6,a large heavy metal table on wheels and a large 4 foot square fan that mounts in the wall for 20 cents a pound.The fan and table cost me about $60.
 
Reading these type of threads is always a bitter-sweet experience for me. I'm bummed there's no salvage opportunities like that here, but I'm glad for a friend's score. Good one Stacy, ESPECIALLY that motor, wow! What will you do with all that pipe?
 
bladsmth said:
I went to the scarp yard today to get some pipe.
While there I picked up a 3HP,3PH,240VDC, TEFC Siemens motor for $40. It was new and in a crate.
I also got a real nice old milk can for $5. 150 feet of 2" pipe cost me $45.
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Very nice score on the motor

what's the pipe for ?
Air compressor lines ?
 
I wish the scrap yard here was bigger, every now and then they have some good stuff but not nearly often enough. Nice score.
 
bladsmth said:
I went to the scarp yard today to get some pipe.
While there I picked up a 3HP,3PH,240VDC, TEFC Siemens motor for $40. It was new and in a crate.
I also got a real nice old milk can for $5. 150 feet of 2" pipe cost me $45.
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Deals like that are non-existent around here. Congrats!
 
I am getting ready to move the woodshop to a new location so I can build the new 40X20 forge workshop. I will jack up the entire 12X16 building, slide under it a bunch of 16' long 2X10's, set the pipe on that and lower the building on the pipe. I can then use 2X4's as levers to walk the shop the 50 feet to its new foundation ( moving the pipe and boards as I go).
 
Yeah, Ed, I was gonna ask you if you knew of any good scrap yards around here. Most of the ones I know of are full of rusted 1987 Chevy Caprice Classic parts :rolleyes:. I need to head up to Plainview and rummage through McDonald's trading post. He's got a lot of stuff, but I'm thinking it's overpriced.

Great score, Stacy! Wish we had those kind of places.

--nathan
 
bladsmth said:
I went to the scarp yard today to get some pipe.
While there I picked up a 3HP,3PH,240VDC, TEFC Siemens motor for $40. It was new and in a crate.
I also got a real nice old milk can for $5. 150 feet of 2" pipe cost me $45.
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Did you back out of there? Man what a sweeeeeeeeeeeeet deal!:thumbup:
 
Great score Stacy, my last trip to the salvage yard here yielded 2000 pounds of wrought iron anchor chain that in a few more days was off to a smelter.
 
bladsmth said:
I went to the scarp yard today to get some pipe.
While there I picked up a 3HP,3PH,240VDC, TEFC Siemens motor for $40. It was new and in a crate.
I also got a real nice old milk can for $5. 150 feet of 2" pipe cost me $45.
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a) I am a fan of scrap yards. Nice score!: :thumbup:

b) 240VDC ? - you probably mean 240VAC

c) Pics or it didn't happen!
 
3-phase? Do you have a clean 3-phase running to your location? It shouldn't run on normal 2-phase 220/240. A friend has a 5-ton 48" paper cutter and the electrician ran the 3-phase in the wrong order and busted a bunch of stop gears. Now it only works if you use the up/down lever to move the blade up/down(still powered, just can't push the CUT button anymore). What shape is the milk can in?
 
Typo, 240VAC.

I use a VFD to convert single phase to 3 phase. I will have to get a new VFD big enough for the new motor. The VFD will cost a lot more than the motor did.

I have a huge industrial DC drive that will handle up to 15HP, and have kept my eyes open for a 3-5HP DC motor, but this was just too good to pass up.
 
Farmer Phil said:
Reading these type of threads is always a bitter-sweet experience for me. I'm bummed there's no salvage opportunities like that here, but I'm glad for a friend's score. Good one Stacy, ESPECIALLY that motor, wow! What will you do with all that pipe?
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If it were a choice between cheap salvage and living the rest of my days in a beautiful tropical paradise, I'd choose paradise.

But hey, that might just be me. :)
 
silver_pilate said:
Yeah, Ed, I was gonna ask you if you knew of any good scrap yards around here. Most of the ones I know of are full of rusted 1987 Chevy Caprice Classic parts :rolleyes:. I need to head up to Plainview and rummage through McDonald's trading post. He's got a lot of stuff, but I'm thinking it's overpriced.

Great score, Stacy! Wish we had those kind of places.

--nathan
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Yep. Let me know and we'll road trip that deal. McDonalds (Trading Post) is looking more like Harbor Freight every day. Last time I saw some Dake arbor presses for peening pins (one was $35). Not bad. They have some anvils there, but they are likely junk. They have some Nicholson files there that are priced right (for the 1970's). DOH now my file secret source is out.:mad:
 
zaph1 said:
Curious, why would you want a 3-5HP 24VDC motor unless you a making a go-kart? what's the application for tools?
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At 15HP the drive is likely to be a 90V or more likely a 180V DC motor. Not impossible but unlikely it would be 24VDC. Which would pull 160A at 5HP minimum.

That is a sweet score. I hate you for getting a new crated motor for that cash. Time for me to move out of southern cali.
 
Zaph, 3-5 horsepower would be the cat's meow for a belt grinder. There are a number of makers using that size motor in grinder applications. My motor is only 2hp :(, I have a very large truck (not really...:( ).

--nathan
 
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