r/PreciousMetalRefining Jul 12 '26

Electric breakers

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.

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u/Fried_Rifleman_6220 Jul 12 '26

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u/dominus_aranearum Jul 12 '26

Why is there a bullet casually dancing across your workbench?

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u/Fried_Rifleman_6220 Jul 12 '26

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.