How much Copper Aluminum, shred, and short iron, in an old Welder?

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Scrapping an old welder for copper, aluminum, short iron and Shred
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@jeffreyjones6410 2 жыл бұрын

Learning a lot about scrapping watching your videos only been scrapping 2 years I have full time job sometimes hard to keep up with scrapping lol ready for new. Videos

@Okiescrapper 2 жыл бұрын

yeah I know the feeling of the full time job getting in the way of your scrapping. with the prices going up and down so much I would not want to be a full time scrapper with out a side income

@MrShekoexile 2 жыл бұрын

Peanut Butter loves to ham it up in your videos. The others seem to keep their distance

@MrShekoexile 2 жыл бұрын

From Wikipedia: "Aluminum building wiring is a type of electrical wiring for residential construction or houses that uses aluminum electrical conductors. Aluminum provides a better conductivity to weight ratio than copper, and therefore is also used for wiring power grids, including overhead power transmission lines and local power distribution lines, as well as for power wiring of some airplanes.[1][2] Utility companies have used aluminum wire for electrical transmission in power grids since around the late 1800s to the early 1900s. It has cost and weight advantages over copper wires. Aluminum wire in power transmission and distribution applications is still the preferred material today." "In North American residential construction, aluminum wire was used for wiring entire houses for a short time from the 1960s to the mid-1970s during a period of high copper prices. Electrical devices (outlets, switches, lighting, fans, etc.) at the time were not designed with the particular properties of the aluminum wire being used in mind, and there were some issues related to the properties of the wire itself, making the installations with aluminum wire much more susceptible to problems. Revised manufacturing standards for both the wire and the devices were developed to reduce the problems. Existing homes with this older aluminum wiring used in branch circuits present a potential fire hazard."

@jackb.nimble4146 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing the tear down. Too bad it was aluminum not copper. I thought it would have had a big a copper transformer. Now we know!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah I had heard they had big copper transformers, I got the aluminum strap out of it tonight almost 8 lbs. of aluminum, (dirty) now I have to get all the paper off, so around 7 lbs.

@cuscrapping 3 жыл бұрын

Facebook marketplace and the community pages are my best advertising tools!! Just got the new signage for the truck and shop door today, too that will help!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I see some guys post for scrap on the community page, and I see people post appliances to haul off on there too, yes the door sign's help and so do business cards help too, thanks for stopping by

@billjunking_fool5549 3 жыл бұрын

I totally understand about the ads we finally took ours out after 10 or 12 years straight if I ever get everything caught up I'll probably try it again maybe run it every other month we still get calls from the cards we passed out years ago, nice video

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

and I used to have competition, another scrapper running his add, now it's just me and easy to get overrun, I think that I can do well at the transfer station this summer

@scrapnjunk81 3 жыл бұрын

yes I put an add on facebook and have people dropping stuff off at my house. Great video. Thanks for posting

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!! I have had a few people drop stuff off, makes it nice saves time and gas

@simplescrapping 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly for no copper at all.... But it was a good scrapping time... Nice work buddy👍👍😁

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah it was fun and I learned some, I got the aluminum out and had just under 8 lb. still have to get all the paper removed, Thanks for watching

@maxmacdonald7174 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy you work. I think !960 there was a copper shortage or prices got so high they started making house wire with aluminum.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I tore a manufactured home down from about that time period , and it hade aluminum romax

@maxguod 3 жыл бұрын

I helped a buddy back in like 2000 . His sister needed a "fix it" on the house to be sold in Buffalo . It was aluminum wired . We had to pull every outlet and switch out and wire nut a three inch copper wire to each connection . That was code and f-d up -

@jamesmichael3998 3 жыл бұрын

Win some loose some least you have a 20 foot 10 gauge for a spare 220 outlet. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida

@chrispayne673 3 жыл бұрын

And from Ocala Florida here lol

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yea win some and loose some, it was interesting either way. and it's mad money for me anyway

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by

@ronniebuchanan6575 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper I have took down some of the big AC/DC welders for tig and stick hit some big copper transformers.

@dennisjohnson5754 3 жыл бұрын

Some times You make more not tearing it apart & sell it for sheet metal.

@gufranatiq1494 3 жыл бұрын

Nice workshop

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@thewaterborotrashguy1002 3 жыл бұрын

I got the scale and I love it.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I like mine too. I have another one but the readout is built in, hard to see with big buckets on it

@greekgods3399 3 жыл бұрын

love it

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by

@chriswest8788 3 жыл бұрын

Thats where i normally get my scrap is threw a community group witch i get 2 phone calls a day sometimes it get overwhelmed but you cant beat free

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

as long as you can keep up that is good my add comes out on the first of each month and I get a lot of calls the first week then a few more through the month and it picks up at the end of the month, if all the calls were within 20 miles it would be ok

@SilverScorpion 3 жыл бұрын

Will be back to watch

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

ok thanks for stopping by

@TnScrapper52 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted thank you for your affiliate link I purchased a pack of the cut off wheels and a Diablo Ferrous Metal blade. I couldn't find the Diablo blade in stock locally.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Thank you, let me know how they work out for you, I like them they work very good for me

@josephcormier5974 3 жыл бұрын

Well that's a bummer you would think that they would use some copper but you get a little bit for aluminum keep on scrapping brother two thumbs

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

almost 8 lbs. of aluminum but I still have to take all the paper off, and I got the Copper ground wire and the 10 gauge copper power wire

@josephcormier5974 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper yes but you can just put it in your melting pot paper burn off just a thought love your videos thank you

@doitmanrv1084 3 жыл бұрын

BIG SMILE

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by

@robertschultz1105 3 жыл бұрын

I want to try those go yonder blades out you've tried they seem to last a while and work good

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I like them and plan to get more when my stock get's low, Happy Easter to you and your family

@rickeyburke2596 3 жыл бұрын

there's a lot of copper in those machines, basically it's a step-up transformer.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

It would have been nice if this one had copper

@markjensen1684 3 жыл бұрын

Use the gri der pn those bolts and screws. Save a lot of time.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah that's for sure, it's not like I plan on putting the thing back together. lol

@jamesraddatz2613 Жыл бұрын

I had fun

@Okiescrapper Жыл бұрын

I was hoping for a good copper score, I have another welder but not to excited to tear into it after this one. but if it's aluminum I can always melt it

@onefixitman 3 жыл бұрын

Just make a copper bar out of it.

@MrLGstone 3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever try the oven to clean up the windings?

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

no not yet I do have a toaster oven in the shop, may have to put some in and heat it to about 400

@rancherfarmerguy 3 жыл бұрын

are hot water tanks and other appliances such as washer and dryers worth the effort? And what about old batteries?? wish I had the tools to get into it...maybe next time I am at the pawnshop I will look at their air tools. I also have OEC, great little newspaper.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

on hot water tanks first thing is get the pressure release valve for the brass, then if electric I pull the wires and done, washers and dryers I pull the motors and wire. you can start with a hammer, side cutters (wire cutters) a magnet, screwdrivers, file, and a hacksaw, then work up from there, when you get started don't be afraid to run an add, I used to have competition in that paper. where are you located?

@rancherfarmerguy 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper In Pink, Okla - I think maybe 2 more houses north of me OEC ends and Canadian Valley picks up service. From what I have heard I got the better service. Enjoy your videos and learning a lot thank you.

@maxguod 3 жыл бұрын

Washers and dryers have been aluminum wire wound since the 70's . This guy is for entertainment use . Research units to scrap beforehand -

@davida.2623 3 жыл бұрын

In your opinion I take it you can weld. Would you say a mig welder is the best all around type to start learning on. And what is a inexpensive one that is good? Thanks Friend!!👍👍

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I have a flux core wire feed welder and a Lincoln cracker box arc welder, never used a mig welder, but they can do so much more. the flux core wire feed is a inexpensive way to start of you plan to move up to mig, as it is a wire feed so you can get used to the wire feed feel. the flux core does splatter a lot. the flux core welder run just over $100.00 a Lincoln arc welder is a little over $200.00

@michaelwoods8132 3 жыл бұрын

what part of Oklahoma I'm just across the river in texas a little town called Nocona Texas

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I am in Blanchard about 25 miles south of Oklahoma City

@paulellis1938 3 жыл бұрын

How did it last so long if it was made out of aluminium which shows how well they use to build stuff if you get a fridge these days and it has aluminium in it it breaks down with in a year

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

probably had a low duty cycle and if it got to hot would shut down until it cools down, just a guess

@MattCzeski 17 күн бұрын

DUDE, ASBESTUS!! THAT PLASTIC IS ASBESTUS!!!

@cditzler6313 3 жыл бұрын

personally if i had an oil burner tub set-up I would go after anything aluminum and the copper be a bonus material plus that aluminum will melt just fine and the paper can burn just as a caution tho stand downwind of it because of the glue

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean up wind, and I do, I stay up wind or to the side of the wind, I don't like the smoke, and I have a respirator that I use when not recording, Thanks for watching

@lloydstacey7674 3 жыл бұрын

Oil cooled welders are normally copper mate

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I was hopping for copper

@huckstirred7112 Жыл бұрын

I found a transformer Aluminum that is as big as that welder . i am going to try burning of that glue and tape . I hate turning in breakage even if it is not worth the effort

@Okiescrapper Жыл бұрын

sometimes it takes a lot of effort to clean up the aluminum just to get breakage

@huckstirred7112 Жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper this transformer ways an easy 250 - 300 but the wire seems to be some sort of epoxy its really glued tight .. I am going to try an air chisel ..I am not sure iof acetone would be cost effective+

@jameshall3482 3 жыл бұрын

older ones were copper

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah I was hopping it was an older one, but I take what I can get, made a good video showing you don't always get what you think is inside, Thanks for stopping by