Scrapping out an AC Condenser Unit for copper & aluminum

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3 жыл бұрын

In this video I Break down and scrap out an old AC condenser unit for copper and aluminum, and some insulated copper wire, and some tin.
It looks like the second and third piece of the video got switched on me sorry about that
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@richarddunn7040 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was too long and listening to your voice is kind of soothing for someone who asked to lay in bed all day

@scottsome2007 Жыл бұрын

Doing great Okie Scrapper❤

@Okiescrapper Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@nadieselgirl 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. I did this during college and helped pay for a lot of it. Hard work but it was good physical activity. Brings back a lot of fond memories and tempts me to start doing it again when I get some property. Thank you!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy scrapping, and at my age I need the exercise, need to stay active, like they say if you don't use it you loose it, the extra money come's in handy too. supplement the social security, Thanks for stopping by

@wissingr 2 жыл бұрын

The round cylindrical thing with the wires is called a Start Capacitor and they will hold high voltage electricity long after they've been unplugged. Be careful of capacitors. Short them together with a screwdriver or something first thing...

@Okiescrapper 2 жыл бұрын

yep they will hold that charge, they come in many things most of the units I get have been sitting a few years, but best to be safe

@simplescrapping 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff you've got there buddy👍

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit.

@erwinwheeler124 3 жыл бұрын

I came from Scrap & Pallet man and I sure do enjoy your videos and I did join you so keep up the good work I love your videos and thank you so much for showing me how to micro scrap these items

@lionelwilliams9155 9 ай бұрын

I like the stuff you talk about

@Okiescrapper 9 ай бұрын

thank you, glad you do. thanks for stopping by

@wolfparty4234 3 жыл бұрын

It’s great to hear one mans opinion on how things are going on! It gives me some ideas for moving forward in life to know that it’s not going to be so bad out here for someone!! Thanks buddy and keep up the great work!!!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we have to hope for the best, and prepare for the worst, after covid hit I have stocked up on food, toilet paper, and propane, I am starting to stock up on bottled water, we never know what tomorrow holds so good to have extra of the stuff we use, so we don't have to run to the store when something happens and find the shelves bare. been watching some prepper videos but don't have a lot of $$ to put into it, so a little here and a little there, Thanks for watching

@wolfparty4234 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper for sure!!! I think we have 10 cases of water and all paper products as well. Thank goodness we are on a well water and fixing to get a back up generator. Hopefully someday soon we’ll get Sollar panels too!!! That’ll be the day🎉🎉🎉🎉

@clintcowles7563 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid back in the nineties. We had several guys around here that scraped full time. Ahhhh...to go back! I know I can't. Sure do miss ..... great video man. Keep it up!! I scrap my tail off round here. In my spare time. I pour concrete walls for my slave trade...I get a bunch of shit from the guys when I pick up the broke off wall ties after we pour and strip. Sure...those pieces don't mean much one at a time but at the end of the year...a nice little chunk of change. I enjoy scraping as well. I seriously like to did through junk looking for treasures. Local scrap yard here is one of the few left that will let a body walk around and look. Awesome stuff!!

@Okiescrapper 2 жыл бұрын

yeah not many yards will let you look around and buy or trade scrap

@EricScrapping4Dinidog 3 ай бұрын

I agree. People throw out good stuff

@RoeMantic 3 жыл бұрын

hey Allen if ya lived closer to me i would spend a day scrapping with Okie!!!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

that sounds like fun, who knows what will happen in the future, Thanks Roe

@RoeMantic 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper I'll save bail money hahahaha

@foghat62 3 жыл бұрын

Always looking forward to your videos Okie!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! comments like yours help to keep me motivated Thanks for watching

@mrMacGoover 3 жыл бұрын

You could get fridge or air conditioning compressors and turn old burnt out air compressors into silent ones, they are quite expensive to buy online, and then sell them for a small profit.

@greatitbroke 3 жыл бұрын

I cut the steel cap off each end of the rads and fold them in in on each end. It saves any loss from cutting in the middle of the rad if if its rotted out.

@cuscrapping 3 жыл бұрын

Always love your videos!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! hope you are staying busy. going to be cold for about the next 10 days. stayed home today and tomorrow due to icey roads, Thanks for watching

@tedbear8168 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos ! Decent week so far walking back and forth to work up at OU.. Keep up the awesome work brother.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, stay warm out there

@ProjectShopFl 3 жыл бұрын

I started to laugh when you were thinking about using the hoist to put it on the table, I do similar stuff all the time because I don't like bending over. lol In situations like this I would use a step stool or something to flip the unit on to gain height all while not actually picking the hole weight of the unit up then flip it on to the table. nice video

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I have used bricks and buckets, bring the thing in on a 2 wheel hand truck or dolly set one end on bricks or buckets, then use the hand truck to lift the other side and slide brick or bucket under the other end. Thanks for watching

@OvelNick 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! The days of bending over are gone! Smarter.... Not harder! It's a deceiving way to plan, lol. When I was in my teens and early 20s I was of the opinion that faster is smarter. Lifting heavy with horrible technique. Watching blacksmithing videos across the pond in places like India where the dude squats hours on end with coke forges... Get sore just watching them, lol.

@adamz4345 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like alot of hard work 💪

@Okiescrapper 2 жыл бұрын

the doctor told me to get some exercise. so this is my method

@princenoah21 2 жыл бұрын

I scrap AC's like that as a side job outside of my warehouse job. I usually scrap with the unit on the tailgate of my truck so I don't have to get on the ground for the screws on the bottom. But that's just my method.

@Okiescrapper 2 жыл бұрын

I am wanting to install a hoist to lift them onto a short table about a foot to 18 inches off the floor

@travisnichols5680 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Okie!! I just want to tell you that I really enjoy your videos and personally I enjoy long videos. If the quality of video is there then 30 minutes to an hour or so is really enjoyable to me. Keep up the great scrapping and don’t worry with a video being to long cause I like’em!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!. if viewers don't like the long one's they can skip through it. I do it to some that I watch

@nathan021873 3 жыл бұрын

Can always listen to long ones While scrapping things out.

@mirekmarshall6113 3 жыл бұрын

Your one awesome dude man!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!. thank you. Mirek have a great day

@robertschultz1105 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff you got !! from one scrapper to another watching from Wisconsin very cold and the long videos are good I like them! Stay warm

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you! It's getting cold down here, I took a personal day from work freezing drizzle on the roads this morning taking a vacation day tomorrow. from what the weather man is saying snow Friday night and Saturday and big snow Sunday 12 to 18 inches. so I may take vacation Monday

@robertschultz1105 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapperwow! yeah we are also supposed to get snow hear also stay safe! Can't wait to see your next video

@jamessinclar6118 3 жыл бұрын

I have learned quite a bit from your contents. I am a hobbyist scraper. Gives me something to do to relax. I use a angle grinder with a thin blade to cut metal. It will whip right through the copper pipes and less jarring. I'd like to see how you cut down the compressor from the A/C unit. I make 3 cuts, but always interested in how others do it. I get about 6 pounds of copper from one. I like to know what metals are available from these, as I am still learning. Thank you again!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

in the next video I will be cutting open the compressor, some times I use the cutting torch, and on some I use the angle grinder with a cutting disk, for the most part you get Copper, some have some cast aluminum, and short Iron

@CaptKirk1701 3 жыл бұрын

I scrapped 2 complete systems and a water heater and got $188. Those ACR's I just fold with my feet after I cut the macaroni of the ends.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

not to bad of a payday.

@scrapmandan245 3 жыл бұрын

great video Okie

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. looks like the pieces got mixed up, showing the weight at the 18 minute mark and still cutting at the 40 minute mark

@travisnichols2485 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@elibuss2 2 жыл бұрын

Bolt cutters, such as for locks, make those pipes much easier to process

@danielcarter7657 3 жыл бұрын

Those diablo blades are fairly nice

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yes they are, I need to order some more of them

@debragoodson2823 3 жыл бұрын

Yes video mess up.. but still a great video. Worked for me......

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah I put the video pieces into the video software and the play back screen never loaded and I finished the video and this is what I got . I guess I should have started over

@kevinauld4367 3 жыл бұрын

I was going to say silver on the timer and breakers and then you mentioned it .

@josephcormier5974 3 жыл бұрын

If you want a long video then you make it I will watch very informative thank you been trying to find your video on the used oil burner I can only go so far back

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

here is a link to the oil burner play list kzfaq.info/sun/PLDwjkWgPa7QhOsBMArmxSoyMnJRJ9XGNk

@josephcormier5974 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper thank you I put them in a file

@happydays454 3 жыл бұрын

Those kat litter buckets a good i never lose the lids

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

and they stack well too

@danielcorpening5069 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see a TV tear down.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I did one a few weeks ago. got rid of my last one 10 videos back here is a link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jceRlZuavbWXaHU.html

@chriswest8788 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff okie. Will keep this in mind for my turn lol. Hey btw could you do a video on stripping wire like to see some of your techniques

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I think the first or second video that I did was on stripping wire, and I have one from last spring of a hand held stripper, then I have one back in April using the strip mister, I will have to get some wire saved up to do another video

@chriswest8788 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a strip mister about a year ago love the machine expensive but love it but still having trouble getting it dialed in

@dws2313 3 жыл бұрын

I have a "peanut butter" cat, too! Ha!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

he is my wife's cat but He thinks I am his. he is always waiting for me when I pull in from work, to feed him. and he likes to get into the videos, thanks for watching

@lfurches 3 жыл бұрын

This was a very interesting video, two thumbs up. the young ones won't know what that is from. lol

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

two of the clips got switched around, I weigh the copper in the first half and close to the end I still have copper to cut. Thanks for watching

@EricScrapping4Dinidog 3 ай бұрын

I’m going to start doing videos if you can support it. I do a lot of melting metals

@dimwittflathead639 3 жыл бұрын

Put the contactor by itself, it has silver contacts

@mrMacGoover 3 жыл бұрын

The fan blade could be used to make a scrappers wind whirly-gig moving art.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

that's an idea, thanks for watching

@doitmanrv1084 3 жыл бұрын

BIG SMILE

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

@jamesway5036 3 жыл бұрын

You aught to invest in a good wire stripper to maximize what you get from the wire. As much as you get, it would pay for itself pretty quick.

@kirkniles4184 3 жыл бұрын

I save those top grates for the burn barrel

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

good Idea. they would work good

@joshmelcher8481 3 жыл бұрын

Is ur heater a electric or propane? Ive seen them at northern tool

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

electric 220 v 3000 and 5000 wats use the 3000 setting most of the time, try to have it blowing in my direction to heat the air around me not the shop, I can dress warm but the hands get cold,

@tjdrama3808 3 жыл бұрын

I’m confused on why I’m having such a good time watching this. I Love taking stuff apart but I’m not a fan of putting things back together. Maybe that’s why. 😂 I’m subing, I gotta see more.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

welcome to my channel, I try to mix it up a bit loads coming in, loads going out the the yard. a what's it weigh and what's it pay, and then cleaning things for clean copper, brass, and aluminum, Thanks for stopping by

@sandmanbub 3 жыл бұрын

@Whoop!

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

@912juggaloga 3 жыл бұрын

Do scrap yards buy those radiator cores without HVAC license?

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

none here in Oklahoma, but I think some states allow it. you will have to check with your state laws, or call a scrap yard near you and ask them

@912juggaloga 3 жыл бұрын

My states the same. Copper thrives have made it extremely default for others to make $ that get it honestly.

@alfadoofus 3 жыл бұрын

You could make a wire stripper to increase your profits

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

or I could use my Strip Mister wire stripper, but I do like the two roller wire strippers that smash the wire and split the insulation. I may make one some day from an old tread mill. Thanks for watching

@alfadoofus 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper ok keep on scrappin.

@MissCanadian 3 жыл бұрын

I have about 20 of them to take apart still and another 15 small ones lol

@tedbear8168 3 жыл бұрын

Collab? With the okie?!?!

@MissCanadian 3 жыл бұрын

@@tedbear8168 I have air condition place I pick up for and it nothing to get 15 to 20 a week in the summer its crazy

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I think that I have 8 more out there, they cut the acr out of a few of them, but got them all on one load, it's all money in the bank

@elmecanicookc.1979 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you’re doing well and enjoying the weather, only one of the engineers showed up to work, so Jamien helped me with the new camera scanners, good video by the way. See you tomorrow at work.

@sonnyc3826 3 жыл бұрын

thats a big shop....messy though looks like soemwhere a serial killer would live...lol im jk ill look for a video about taking a tv apart see whats in it if its worht it i always thought no but now our scrapyard or the one i go to anyway doesnt take tvs anymore no electronics

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I have a few videos of scrapping out crt tv's the old one's a lot of land fills charge for them, not here yet, not much in them if you see them on the side of the road when scrapping cut the cord and go, you have a degaussing cable that runs around the outer edge of the tube. it is copper or aluminum wrapped in electrical tape, then you have the copper yoke on the back end of the pitcher tube about 3/4 lb. of copper, and a circuit board with some aluminum and copper on it. and some copper wire in them too. Thanks for stopping by

@richarddunn7040 3 жыл бұрын

Get yourself some bolt cutters and you could cut those tubes instead of Sawing.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I have some long handle cable cutters that will do 1/2 inch copper tube.

@brianwv64 3 жыл бұрын

You have any old 50,s Chevy car parts out there?

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

nope none, I have an old truck from the 80's no bed on it

@tedbear8168 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I pick up a cheap Ryobi 18v battery do you have a place in mind ? They're so expensive 😬

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

home depot carry's them, I get mine when they have Ryobi days, it is around Memorial Day last year it was late do to the virus and they did it around fathers day. and they have a deal where you buy 2 batteries for $99.00 and get a free tool. keep a check on Home Depot's web sight. Thanks for watching

@justingonsalves8744 3 жыл бұрын

Those wire caps or wire nuts I've cleaned them they have a little bit of brass on them

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

ok bet they are a pain to clean, guess I can save them they will add up

@justingonsalves8744 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper not sure if you can do it in your area but I put mine on a sheet of metal and burn the plastic off I don't do alot at a time when I clean the my scrap yard takes them as clean brass

@robertcase8509 3 жыл бұрын

i used a wood blade for nails .

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried that blade yet. Thanks for watching

@scrappingtogether908 3 жыл бұрын

iv been working on my channel since 2019 and im still not monitised

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah we have been subbed to each other for a while now, I upload 2 times a week some upload 3 times a week to keep the views coming in, I use a program called vidIQ it helps you see your numbers

@danielfinely8746 3 жыл бұрын

Have you adopted the foundry idea ? ,.. copper wire to copper bars

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

not yet, most scrap yard's won't buy ingots, but I see 1lb. 3 oz. ingots on eBay for $12.99 plus $8.45 shipping. so may try is been to wet and cold and windy to melt anything, I would like to get a few decorative molds like a coin, I have a cross mold . would like a few others and pour copper into them

@alyssacatanese7222 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to the copper you jumped from cutting copper to loading a trailer

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

it looks like one of the pieces of the video got put into the wrong place at the 18 minute mark is the weight of the copper tubing. that should have been after it was all cut up. it looks like the 2nd and 3rd piece of the video got switched on me. sorry about that

@donnierobertson3088 3 жыл бұрын

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Donnie

@dimwittflathead639 3 жыл бұрын

Brass or phosphor bronze

@danielwatson8066 3 жыл бұрын

Shower stall

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

it may make a good shower base

@wolfparty4234 3 жыл бұрын

Ps. If you want to grow your channel faster. Show more melting vlogs and show what you can do with all the different things you melt and show how much $$ it’s worth “ w/o showing your personal business” but mostly your thumbnails are most important. For example; “ fastest way to melt copper and make money”!!! Or get the most money for all your scrap metal! Hope this helps!!! Much ❤️💪🏼💪🏼👊🏼👍🏻

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

good idea, I need to get a few more crucibles and try to melt copper and brass in the blue furnace. I think that it will get hot enough. I am getting a lot of view's on the video of melting the lawn mower motor, so I will be doing more videos melting metal, some day I want to add on to the west end of the shop where I do the melting so I can be out of the weather and melt any time I want.

@wolfparty4234 3 жыл бұрын

@@Okiescrapper yeah, great idea. Keeping a lid on your forge/furnace will help you get the temp up hotter and faster. Aluminum and copper melt at just under 2000 degrees. Bronze and brass are much hotter and you have to be careful Bc you’ll loose the tin out of them so you have to add flux like borax and watch the temperature with a eagles eye. Good luck and I’m looking forward to seeing more great videos from ya Bc I’m learning by watching your progress as I go along!! ❤️💪🏼💪🏼👍🏻🤣🔥🔥🔥

@EricScrapping4Dinidog 3 ай бұрын

It’s bad but you can say it

@onefixitman 3 жыл бұрын

I will bet you have a hundred thousand screws laying around.

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

yeah mixed in with the dirt floor, I have a bucket that I through most into and then dump them into a washing machine,

@UKscrapper 3 жыл бұрын

Nice tear down I like them old tvs don't see them much now another great video

@waltwood4113 3 жыл бұрын

#happyscrapping

@Okiescrapper 3 жыл бұрын

I see a lot here. I see a lot of them in thrift stores, I get more then I want. but can't turn them down when getting a lot of scrap from someone. Thanks for watching