Scrap value of TV hardware?

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I was talking to a guy a met via freecycle. He scraps them out, and saves every last little bit of wire. Sounded like he wound it in big balls then burnt the insulation off. I gave him some junkers and he was elated. I remember back in the early 90s when I started hauling junkers home from TV shops, and the owners would always assume I wanted the chassis' for metal value. I would think it would take quite a bit of processing to get enough to be worthwhile.

I have a friend who is a tube audio guy; he buys large lots of tubes which he then cherry-picks. Recently we were talking and he mentioned how he didn't have room for this huge pile of tubes-30s radio stuff, all kinds of TV stuff. One of his ideas was to smash the whole pile, sift out the glass, and sell it for scrap metal. Luckily, I was able to save them from that fate!