# Chopping up steel items?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 29, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643 "2014-03-29T01:23:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kuliksco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@kuliksco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuliksco)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643/1 "2014-03-29T01:23:53Z")

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Is it possible to somehow deconstruct steel clothing? I tried using scissors, a katana, soldering iron, and deconstructing with no luck.

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**Author:** ![dovla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dovla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dovla)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643/2 "2014-03-29T01:48:17Z")

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You could try chucking it into one of the trash compactors found behind some hardware stores. Also, did you check for [D]isassemble option? I took apart my second anvil that way.

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**Author:** ![Blackopsman9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Blackopsman9999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackopsman9999)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643/3 "2014-03-29T11:03:58Z")

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Try a recycler.

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**Author:** ![TerribLeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@TerribLeo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TerribLeo)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643/4 "2014-03-31T03:20:11Z")

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> [@Blackopsman9999](#):
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> Try a recycler.

at hardware shops

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/chopping-up-steel-items/5643/5 "2014-03-31T15:09:41Z")

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> [@Blackopsman9999](#):
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> Try a recycler.

They turn metal into metal you can craft with (scrap metal, chunks, lumps and sheets).