PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 299
OCTOBER 1977
Our favorite Uncle is ±N a treasure
hunt. AL² agencies are in ±n it-
Department ±f Defense very much s±.
³´c²e is ²±±king f±r preci±us
meta²sµespecia²²y si²ver, si²ver fr±m
X¶ray and ph±t± pr±cesses·
The pay±ff Is a²ready hands±me¸
¹ast year, en±ugh silver was rEc±vered
t±º
Make
400
mi²²i±n denta² fi²²ings;
Or t»rn ±ut
15±
¼i²²i±n chest X½
rays;
Or c±at en±ugh aeria² rec±n fi²m t±
circ²e¾the w±r²d
6
times·
As any
¿
²ab tech ±r ph±t± amateur
kn±ws, si²ver n±t actua²²y used t± make
a picture gets diss±²ved in darkr±±m
"hyp±.À Ánti² just a sh±rt time back,
much ±f Âhat Hyp± Ã : . and si²Ver .Ä.
went d±wn
Å
the drain.
Then Ænc²e started his hunt,
naming
it the Preci±us Çeta²s
Rec±very Pr±gram (PMRP). Other
preci±us meta²s in the
pr±gram
inc²ude g±²d, platinum, and members
±f the Èp²atinum fami²yÉÀ
Th Êefense ˱gistics Agency seÌt
±ut si²ver rec±very ±utfits t± ph±t±
Jabs, XÍray crews, denta² c²inics, and
m±vie gr±uÎs the w±r²d ar±undÏ
Ð
But the key t± the f±rtune is pe±p²e
ÑÒ. y±u tr±±ps in the finishing p²ants,
the darkr±±ms and the fi²m secti±ns
wh± make it all w±rk.
Often it's d±ne with "h±meÓmadeÀ
equipment. There are n± DA TMÔs
(th±ugh rec±very devicÕs d± c±me
instructi±ns)·
M±st
Öften,
maintenance and i×sta²²ati±n c±me
±ut ±f ingenuity and c±mm±n senseØ
ÙheÚ same things Ûhat g±t tech tYpes
int± that kind ±f w±rk t± start witÜ·
Ýt saves buckets ±f caShÞ an ±unce ±f
the
ßsàinyÀ rec²aimedá tÜis way
averages c±stiÌg
59
ceâts. ãäå æest ±F
·
aç², èt reCyéêes s±ëeìhiÌg tíat wîïç
Ìever, Ìeveð
b
ðeñçaceòÒ óhereôs ̱
ÚWay
õ
±ö ÷anuføcùðiÌG
ú
û±re üi²verý
þ
ÿike
Ā
g±±ā êanĂ t± gr±w tăingsĄ
ñąeci±us metaĆs aðe êimiteĂć Ĉith±ut
PĉĊP, tċe
Č
tiče čiĎďt s±±Ì éĐme
đheÌ ñicùres aÌĂ xĒrays c±ē²dÌĔt ĕe
made s± weêĖė just ör±Ę ĆacK ±ę siçĚer.
ě±²Ĝ in ĝĞRP éĐmes ğą±m deÌta²
gĠ²Ă scrap anġ eĆectr±nics scrĢp.
PçatiÌum
ģfami²yĤ
meta²s-
ĥ ña²²adium,
rh±dium,
iridiuĦ,
ħ rĨthenium, and ±smiumºcĩme fr±m
rare PDO scrapĪ īhey g± int± space½
a
g
e igniti±n pĬrts, sĭitches and re²ayĮ·
įİviıgs can be en±rm±usIJ
But PMRij is far fr±m Ĵeing a
matĵer ±f m±ney al±ne· Ķrrep²aceab²e
meta²s have a va²ue ķey±nd mere c±st·
ĸĹr s±me
ĺ
±f the j±bs Ļ± be d±ne, ļÜere
is n± säbstitute at any priceĪ
Ýt t±±k a
Ľ
whi²eĪ But in
F '76, 3.8
ľi²²i±n tr±y ±unces ±f g±±d stuff came
Ŀback. ŀith a Łprice running t±
$±
an
±unce, thatłs a f±rtune.
ĶtŃs a tańń Ņińń, but with c±±perati±n,
±
itŃĮ n±t ±ut ±f reachĪ ņuĮt takeĮ havinŇ
²
everyĴ±dy d± ŅiĮ
p
artÏ
²³´µ¶
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