Reverse Engineering

This post is about reverse engineering.
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So when I take something back to the scrap yard, I'm always afraid I'm not being paid as much as possible. As a scrapper, I consider it my duty to dissect anything I plan on selling. The truth is, most things we use have metal in them, and if we dont open them up, we don't know exactly what is inside of them.

I recently sold a Pool heater; it was a heavy son of a bitch! The first thing I thought when I picked it up, was that it was going to get me a over $6 in shred. Just before I left for the scrap yard later that week, I decided to open it up and see what was making it so heavy. To my amazement, it has a solid brass manifold weighing in at 35 pounds, and a whole coil of copper pipes weighing 10 pounds. The copper pipes were weaving between 304 stainless steel plates, and it had a huge pump system with a big motor driving it. The point is, by taking everything everything apart I made over $100.

That kind of win only comes once in a great while, but it is also the reason everybody scrapping should know what their selling.

The practice of taking something apart to understand its complexity is called "Reverse Engineering." Most of the times, people reverse engineer to see how something works; But in my case, I simply am discovering what materials it is made with. 

So, remember, reverse engineering... Or just bust it with a sledgehammer. Whatever works.