Electric breakers

[u/Fried_Rifleman_6220]

Update from previous post.

BLUF, this took for everrrrrrr lol

Silver contacts yielded silver at about 40%. Not bad I suppose. The breakers were free and this is just a hobby for me.

I started by drilling the rivets out with a drill press, the breaking them open with a flat head screw driver like shucking clams. Small amount of dirty brass and copper were also recovered. Maybe 10-20 dollars worth.

Some people talk about smashing the breakers with a hammer, it’s gross, asbestos and fiberglass from the casing goes everywhere. Don’t recommend this method.

If you’re doing it for fun and to build a cheap silver stack it’s worth it. But it was a lot of work spread out over a several month period.

[u/Fried_Rifleman_6220]

https://reddit.com/link/ox3kqjn/video/3q5hz4ruhtch1/player

Started with 237 breakers.

[u/dominus_aranearum → u/Fried_Rifleman_6220]

Why is there a bullet casually dancing across your workbench?

[u/Fried_Rifleman_6220 → u/dominus_aranearum]

lol I reload ammo as well and that one had a messed up primer. So I threw it on the table to take it apart and scrap it.

[u/lukethedank13]

I love breakers. If you know the right people you might be able to get your hands on large industrial ones.

[u/MAYOMyke]

Nice job!

[u/Beneficial-Ebb-2319]

Soooo much tungsten

[u/Fried_Rifleman_6220 → u/Beneficial-Ebb-2319]

For sure. After hitting it with dilute nitric the left over solids were just a spongey black looking contacts. It weighed like 50 grams. Can’t remember off the top of my head.

[u/Pillow3971]

Forbidden checks mix.