Scrapping Metal from an Instant Pot and Smelting Ingots How Much

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7 ай бұрын

Been wanting to do this one for awhile! Instant pot is a pretty big name in home appliances and even though it isn't likely to have a large amount of copper inside, I'm still curious to see just what goes into these things. So let's find out! By melting it into bricks haha.
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@samueldaniels8415 4 ай бұрын

I read the title as melting ingots in an instant pot and was intrigued. When I saw you disassemble it, I thought "How funny, is he going to smelt an instant pot in an instant pot?" but soon it clicked that I must've misread lol.

@matthewelliott2213 7 ай бұрын

In a world of disposable....well, frankly, disposable everything--it's great to see recycling tutorials for common household items. Thumbs Way Up Thub!

@dr.a006 7 ай бұрын

“Ah, security screw” *gets hammer* 🔨 😂

@pearsonschofield7626 7 ай бұрын

Hey Thubprint! You've inspired me to start scrapping! A couple of my local garages have actually been PAYING someone to pick up there scrap. I said I'd for free and they liked that! My problem is my junkyard only pays 20cad/ton for shred and 50cad/ton for steel and they class everything above 3.5mm as steel. I see most people are getting like 190/ton for prep!! Im hoping the copper from alternators/starters will get me by.

@mayfieldmetalrecycling7012 7 ай бұрын

@pearsonschofield7626 Those prices are low. In Vancouver I’m getting $220/2000lb ton for tin (appliance, bikes etc) $175 for shreddable (fridges) and $275 for steel Where are you? Are there any other scrap yards close enough by to make the drive worth it? If so I’d suggest collecting enough material to make dedicated loads (all shred or steel or non ferrous)

@pearsonschofield7626 7 ай бұрын

@@mayfieldmetalrecycling7012 I'm in st johns, every yard on the island quoted within 5 bucks of those low prices sadly. The yards are all pretty small compared to what I've seen in people's videos or when I used to live in Nova Scotia. They don't sort past shred or steel and copper is either copper for 5$lb or wire for 2.3$/lb.

@davidbrock-vs9px 7 ай бұрын

I get 300 ton for prep steel. But I have alot of steel. Calgary

@MikeDoesStuff101 7 ай бұрын

I’m in Wisconsin but it’s about $160usd for a ton of shred.

@colehagglund4259 7 ай бұрын

In edm it’s less then a penny a pound for shred. 12 cents for prep

@mr.zardoz3344 7 ай бұрын

I love that you've kept that yellow arrow magnet for so long. You and your videos are appreciated.

@gravitybear 7 ай бұрын

I continue to love these appliance breakdown/melting videos. Great work, but sorry about the leg.

@jamieepley7779 7 ай бұрын

Hey Thub !! Enjoyed the video..good job man!! Keep doin your thing!!!!

@PandaMachine0 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the narrative tone.

@jrae6608 7 ай бұрын

Interesting to know what’s in different appliances. Thanks for doing this

@adamdaley8090 7 ай бұрын

Knowledge is power. Thanx Thub!

@empirefinds 7 ай бұрын

Brother you switch the furnace on. Bring it to temperature check with heat gun. Then you put a full number 8 crucible in for 9 minutes job done. Always pre heat electric furnaces when at temperature then add crucible. Hope this helps brother. Awesome episode

@BushDogScrapper 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic video Thub!

@patrickmorrissey2271 7 ай бұрын

Great job.

@its_marc 7 ай бұрын

You don’t sound well mate, hope you’re ok? - interesting bit of scrap as always. Take care.

@kave9482 7 ай бұрын

Hi Thub! Great video. Hope u get better!

@jazzlicafan 7 ай бұрын

Nice!

@jrc630 7 ай бұрын

All adds up ...😢 awesome 👌

@sandymcgill1910 7 ай бұрын

You sound like you have a cold.. get well soon.

@tghepburn1390 7 ай бұрын

After hitting your shin, that heating element got what was commin' to it! Thanks

@jjchouinard2327 7 ай бұрын

Yes! Sleg drag!

@joshp6061 7 ай бұрын

Lost your voice, or a cold? Anyway get well soon Thub!

@ScrappingScotland 7 ай бұрын

Mosfets are the thing you forgot the name of. The T standing for transistor. Nice teardown

@andyprigge4754 7 ай бұрын

Wow that alu ingot is indeed as beautiful as some women I have seen. AKA taylore shwift ha ha. Merry Christmas thubs!

@williammeeks1283 7 ай бұрын

Great video Thub. Sounds like your throat is a little sore if so i hope it gets better soon

@tommymadden9746 7 ай бұрын

I just scraped one of those. some of that stainless would make a floating magnet pull torwards it. disappointing but I didn't pay for it. a buck is a buck buck

@nachostuff 7 ай бұрын

That thing had so little of everything. They are making a mint on those puppies at a Benjamin a piece.

@pryordvm 4 ай бұрын

I've picked up a lot of nonstick aluminum frying pans, and I was actually wondering if i should wire-wheel the coating off first, but this looks like it turned out ok!

@mrMacGoover 6 ай бұрын

Thub sounds sicky, feel better soon.🤒

@mollynakamori 7 ай бұрын

This was painful for me, too. I love my Instantpot. Sorry about the shin, but I bet it left a bangin' bruise. Bit of a cold, my friend? Stay well.

@allroundgamer3541 7 ай бұрын

how can you tell if something is cast aluminum and acual aluminum

@atomstarfireproductions8695 7 ай бұрын

I have a broken instant pot, maybe I’ll do that someday

@andyprigge4754 7 ай бұрын

I have a brand new one in the box but I heard a few months ago they went out of business. Gee I wonder why.

@deweysteverson74 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video, although you might have gotten the heating element out of that casted aluminum with the torch, rather than beating yourself up. Stay safe and happy scrapping my friend. See you on the next video.

@ryanthescavenger 7 ай бұрын

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@wszechmocnieuzdolniony 7 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@rebuiltmags5832 6 ай бұрын

Just an FYI, "smelting" is the process of separating metal from it's ore. You are just melting.

@tomokovlog8567 7 ай бұрын

So reselling it for $4 is more profitable

@Eldiversificador 2 ай бұрын

Dude was new 😢😢 jajjajaja nice video

@bond1j89 7 ай бұрын

Right now its just best to store the scrap then sell it.

@The.Grateful.Norse1979 4 ай бұрын

I'm just wondering, aside from the satisfaction factor of having nicely minted ingots, is it worth the propane usage in terms of the cash value of the metal?

@thubprint 4 ай бұрын

It absolutely is not lol. Some people will tell you “you can sell them on eBay for ten times the price of scrap!” Which is kind of true, but you need to be making artisan quality ingots (sanded, polished, no visible porosity). From a financial standpoint, it’s a waste

@swifty2844 7 ай бұрын

Usually those yellow pieces on the circuit boards have copper inside too 👍

@thubprint 7 ай бұрын

Oh? I could’ve checked. I popped one off and found it filled with resin so didn’t want to try any harder than that

@ironangel667 7 ай бұрын

A better way to remove the cast aluminum is use a torch.

@al9929 7 ай бұрын

I think you got the AUD wrong. The down under buck worth more than the Loonie.

@thubprint 7 ай бұрын

Oh? Shoot.. not easy to fix that now lol

@Mattox69 7 ай бұрын

The first bar was shinier because of the borax most likely.

@thubprint 7 ай бұрын

Huh… yeah that makes sense lol

@Twelveoglock1 7 ай бұрын

Feel like your audio is a little low was hard to hear you at parts, but great video.

@marksteps1712 7 ай бұрын

might not be efficent but was enjoyable to watch nonetheless, perhaps something more substantial next time will be more rewarding. I hink object/appliance selection might be the key. Keep the aluminum 80 years left in the world before we run out and copper 200 years as future investments #ThubStax and scrap the rest

@thubprint 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I don’t expect stacking aluminium bricks to pay off lol. This one I didn’t think would be loaded with copper, there’s no reason it would be, but given the appliance name itself had ‘brand power’ I figured there might be some gas there

@marksteps1712 7 ай бұрын

@@thubprint I did say a future investment lol, obviously not aimed at you short of you planning on living for another 80/200 years respectively, more an investment for your grandchildren who'll thank you i'm sure whilst the world digs through our old landfills to make heat syncs etc. yeah true, yeah you'd have thought. Anyway for what it's worth I enjoyed it, take care and stay safe. Peace and love