Stick welder scrap out.

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Scrap Farm

5 жыл бұрын

Scrapping out a vintage forney stick welder
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@gary98837 5 жыл бұрын

Those old former welders never die, it probably still worked.

@w.e.smithereens8178 Жыл бұрын

Probably did... what a waste and dummy!

@DIYOneForAll 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that this scrap-out didn't take 5 minutes, shows the integrity of antique manufacturing

@PoppaCold1 4 жыл бұрын

Being a retired welder, I would have NEVER taken that machine apart! But you bought it and it was yours to do with as you saw fit. KEEP ON SCRAPPIN!

@ScrapFarm 4 жыл бұрын

I hear you but nobody wants them old machines anymore there's some machines the size of a suitcase that'll run circles around that thing and weigh 10 lb with a shoulder strap... sad to say it's Antiquated technology.

@w.e.smithereens8178 Жыл бұрын

Me too would have replaced the power cord and sold it for ten times what he paid for it they scrapped it for pennies what a dumbass

@w.e.smithereens8178 Жыл бұрын

@@ScrapFarm negative scrappy.. any up and coming welder would love to play with that thing.. you could have easily sold it for $150... you scrapped it for $20 ????

@ScrapFarm Жыл бұрын

@@w.e.smithereens8178 Nobody wanted it. It's sold at the auction for ten dollars. Nobody even wanted the cracked leads that were worth more than $20 in scrap. Where were the aspiring welders... Probably home playing with their twenty pound suitcase.

@rogerbanks5277 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for answering the question for me. There is one at an auction tomorrow and I let someone else buy it. Afterwards I’ll tell them it’s aluminum and they should have watched your video like I did.😌

@ScrapFarm 5 ай бұрын

The connections and insulators on the front of it actually sell pretty good online...if you're into that.... and obviously, if it's got cables, they're copper....

@taylersampson2210 5 жыл бұрын

You scrappers don’t care about anything if there’s a little metal in it you are going to scrap it you should of fixed it and you would of had a badass welder

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

I have all the welders that I want

@stovepipe9er 4 жыл бұрын

So did you get $50 of scrap out of it? No you didn’t, and it was worth that before you destroyed it.

@erwinsummer6164 4 жыл бұрын

i agree, know you want make money off of it , but some one that collects old antiques would have given $100 for it. to each his on. just sick to see the old girl destroyed!

@bogger_welder 3 жыл бұрын

Really hurt to watching this! So much as I couldn't finish watching it! Forney vintage welders are outstanding!!

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah well that one was scrapped

@bogger_welder 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScrapFarm well it just hard to watch. My ole pappy uses a forney farm welder in is garage until he had to retire because of health issues. It's a 50 something model and still welds. Yours looked like it had hardly been used.

@phill903 5 жыл бұрын

That stick welder is a 1962 model my dad bought one like it new, was a good all around machine. kind of a shame to scrap it out.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

It is a shame but it's obsolete and nobody wants them... you can get a machine nowadays the size of a backpack that will run circles around it... and apparently it was only worth $10

@minnesotagal507 5 жыл бұрын

Learned on one like that on the farm and in shop class, didn't care for home-ec, mom taught us all that stuff.

@angelreading5098 5 жыл бұрын

Good scrap out Bert,loved every move to get it dismantled,way to go.

@omertametals224 5 жыл бұрын

This hurting my soul watching u tare welder apart dam 😭😭😭😭😭🤗🤗

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Its hooped

@eurocarman 5 жыл бұрын

He removed a dangerous 220v worn out piece of equipment

@erwinsummer6164 4 жыл бұрын

@@eurocarman i agree, good welder torn apart!

@donsparrow1782 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the video Bert, just keep on scraping

@countrylady50s 5 жыл бұрын

Always good too have inside projects too do. Summer and winter 110 is just too hot to be out in for any length of time for sure. Great that you can still make money by scrapping .

@sheetmetalgi 5 жыл бұрын

The best stool ever, put it over a 5 gal pale. Works great.

@JohnAvantiBK 5 жыл бұрын

Good video and scraping the old burnt out welder.

@jaimel4740 5 жыл бұрын

You should keep the case and make one of those vintage looking portable radios. Car radio, speaker, car battery, battery charger.

@RustyNail5856 5 жыл бұрын

Love these videos. That car was scrap for sure.

@Mrjaydecamp 3 жыл бұрын

I just got two old ac welders for $10 I checked facebook marketplace and craigslist there are so many for sale, I may scrap mine also. Thanks for taking the time to video this for us.

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Its definitely a hard sale especially with modern tech and affordable pricing

@konalis808 5 жыл бұрын

Bummer that thing was mostly aluminum. Interesting how much brass it had too. Thank you for sharing.

@bigcountryscrapper6885 5 жыл бұрын

Great scrap out

@townrecycle9966 5 жыл бұрын

Nice tear down! thanks for upload - subbed and liked

@judybeckner9047 4 жыл бұрын

Yhanks for sharing Bert

@sharonavery4513 5 жыл бұрын

Love your show, your never still. From Canada..

@donnierobertson3088 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@zalmaflash 5 жыл бұрын

I had a good time. Keep on keepin on.

@brendamiller8140 5 жыл бұрын

I love copper being removed. And wire being stripped. A guy in. BC. Canada has a small scrap yard he cleans every thing he can,friidges stoves, washers dryers any kind of motors very interesting. Sure to bad about that thing you took apart.

@carlwaters8637 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Bert just a thought the welder you took apart the face of it would look great with clear paint on it and the knobs and connectors glue back on it hanging on a wall in someone's Garage. Just a thought. Keep those videos coming.

@lucifchristo 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if any of the original first models of this style had copper and if they changed to aluminum later on or if it was like that from the beginning does anyone know? I will be purchasing one of these in the next few days

@bobmorleyjr4943 5 жыл бұрын

I like your precise cutting tool a Hatchet !!! LOL it works very well 😁

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

That's actually a meat cleaver LOL

@iloveoreos6349 5 жыл бұрын

should of stuck it on ebay. One a little older sold for $180. Someone would defiantly of wanted that.Not worth the $5 in scrap you got from it to destroy it.Selling items for parts/repair on ebay is easy money with very little risk.Any electronics you find 1970 or older are wanted by someone,I have sold many solid state tvs for quite a bit on ebay.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah 180 and how much was the shipping this thing weighs like 250 lb... I know there's more money online there's always more money online but I don't like dealing with it. So to the scrap yard it goes. And I won't have to wait 30 days for my money just in case somebody wants to return it.

@n.randall6152 5 жыл бұрын

Fix that thing and teach your self how to use it if you dont already know how to weld. You'll make more money welding than scrapping..

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

@@n.randall6152 yeah no s*** but that's real work and I do know how to weld. Believe me if I wanted to be a welder I'd be a welder I just like sticking things together for fun and Welding on my own s***

@erwinsummer6164 4 жыл бұрын

@@ScrapFarm they may be obselete, but they can still ot weld the new stuff!

@erwinsummer6164 4 жыл бұрын

@@n.randall6152 i agree , they were bullet proof. i won several!

@jimstevenson9033 5 жыл бұрын

Morning Bert! What's happening today (sat). Would've been nice if it was all copper! Tearing stuff down, strippin wire, always fun n interesting to me! Have a Great Weekend and CONGRATS ON 8K SUBSCRIBERS!!!

@memecats5698 5 жыл бұрын

I watch Canadian Treasure Hunter and he is a full-time real scrapper. Lately he has really been saying/complaining that he’s seeing less and less copper and more and more aluminum. He tears down parts down to the nitty-gritty on everything.

@dumpsterjerry3577 5 жыл бұрын

MeMe Cats I was told by a election that it’s all going to aluminum as it’s cheaper. He has been wiring houses with thick aluminum wires. Bums me out but it’s the way she go’s ✌️

@DIYOneForAll 4 жыл бұрын

I just picked up a similar one for $100 and hope that I didn't get ripped off 😅

@nickmad887 4 жыл бұрын

good job Bert

@davidbasso6440 5 жыл бұрын

Good video. Very good. Greeting

@elainewallace3381 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Bert a subscriber says congrats on 8k subs now you've got more than 3 times that amount of subs your doing ok Thanks Bert

@victoryfirst2878 2 жыл бұрын

What you found out is so true with many low duty cycle welders. ALuminum was used a lot. Even the famous Lincoln tombstone welder is copper clad aluminum wire in the windings. Do you still have the socket and inserts on the welder face part ??? I need them for my welder. Thanks

@ScrapFarm 2 жыл бұрын

No it's gone

@victoryfirst2878 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScrapFarm Thanks for the heads up Scrap Farm.

@billjunking_fool5549 5 жыл бұрын

You could use them plug-ins for like jumper cables permanently hook them to your battery

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have Anderson connectors on my 1 Nissan already and a bunch of them stored for my other trucks when I get around to hooking them up

@billjunking_fool5549 5 жыл бұрын

@@ScrapFarm yes I saved some a while back haven't done anything with him yet I like to make use of that kind of stuff beat scrap

@JoelHershberger 5 жыл бұрын

I hope that enough people watch these videos to make it worth your while to make more. I like these tear down vids.

@eurocarman 5 жыл бұрын

what is the going rate for clean aluminum in your area?

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

30 cents ish

@wollardsofficeworkswow1519 5 жыл бұрын

I’m curious how much you make after you’ve torn apart the welder and sell the scrap ?

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

I'm estimating 45-50.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

That main Transformers copper probably would have been a hundred

@wollardsofficeworkswow1519 5 жыл бұрын

Scrap Farm at least you made a profit from the 10 dollars you paid.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

@@wollardsofficeworkswow1519 well I knew it was a win either way but I was really rolling the dice hoping it was copper LOL

@boatdwellers4665 5 жыл бұрын

SCORE..

@MrGumpfor 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Bert! Thank you for all the hard work you do in your videos! I enjoy them so much! I wanted to tell you a huge thank to videos like this for one learns a lot! I love to see you do clean up and sorting as well as all you do! I feel I am there with ya and part of the family...lol.....You never gave me a answer but did you guys sell those stamps from the nasty locker a while back?....Please let me know and again my friend I watch always and I thank you for all you do and how much I learn and enjoy being there with you and the family! Cheers from Canada

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot I believe they did not sell them I think they still have them not sure though you can email them at Hagglersdream@gmail

@sharonaaultman6871 5 жыл бұрын

How much do you think that welder scrapped out for?

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

50 ish

@dougatkins3749 2 жыл бұрын

I just cut apart old Montgomery Wards unit didn't work . Was all copper transformers . Believe me tried fixing it and so I know failed transformers peel apart easy

@gary98837 5 жыл бұрын

My bad it was shot, they were cool welders.

@hemi5463 3 жыл бұрын

They definitely don't make em like that anymore.

@kevinritchie9227 5 жыл бұрын

On today's episode of Leave it to Cleaver...lol.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kevinritchie9227 5 жыл бұрын

Im gonna have to add that to my arsenal of scrapping tools!

@dd313car 5 жыл бұрын

These black or silver square plates are not aluminium. It's a selenium rectifier turning AC to DC for battery loading.

@BRENT3143945 3 жыл бұрын

Oh God

@janied4649 5 жыл бұрын

Nice.....

@jolo105 5 жыл бұрын

Thought it was gonna feel hotter Lol have good one Bert

@evankibbe590 Жыл бұрын

I could of told you it was aluminum wound!!! Every Forney welder I have torn apart has been aluminum wound !! Even the one's that are supposed to be copper !!! I have torn 5 welders apart and only 2 was wound with copper !!!!😊

@ScrapFarm Жыл бұрын

@steveusually989 5 жыл бұрын

Just thinking how long did it take you to strip that down? How much it works out per hour for your 10 dollar purchase , and scrap value. Love the videos.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing $50 with it being aluminum if it was copper it would be over a hundred. Didn't take much longer than the video really. Maybe 45 minutes with recording it if I wasn't recording it probably 20 LOL

@MsSephrena 5 жыл бұрын

Always interesting seeing what's inside these machines - Sorry there wasn't more copper, but maybe next time... Thanks for sharing....

@brendamiller8140 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty soon they won't have any copper in them.

@tommcnamee5946 5 жыл бұрын

Your very methodical at stripping, great to watch,cheers Bert I love your style man.

@whywoulditellyoumyrealname4598 5 жыл бұрын

Who else besides Bert would use meat cleaver to tear apart old junk!?!

@davidworsley7969 5 жыл бұрын

Where's Droped Low ??--You guys had a falling out ??

@ireneburke1732 5 жыл бұрын

When does it become not worth the time and effort you put into it? Instead of just kicking it into the light iron or whichever pile? Just seems like alot of work for very little copper. I do however enjoy the deconstuction part. Thanks Bert.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

This is part of the game you're going to make any money you have to tear the stuff apart especially when the prices are this low.. even with the stuff being aluminum there still $50 here

@TheLexiconDevils 5 жыл бұрын

What’s that guitar amp?

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Found it in the trash it's been out in the rain for a while I don't know if it works

@JunkDobber 5 жыл бұрын

Can't win them all Bert

@patrickvavages2786 5 жыл бұрын

Like!👍🤙

@nickmad887 2 жыл бұрын

hello Bert.

@tnridge 5 жыл бұрын

turn on the wipers LOL

@jeffreybrianring6392 Жыл бұрын

I can't watch this, I've never seen one like that with so many features.

@ScrapFarm Жыл бұрын

Still just trash...unfortunately

@RichardWilliams-lr4mj 5 жыл бұрын

Using ally older ones than that one had a few got Caught out on them

@jamesrpm3920 5 жыл бұрын

Wow , I'd gutted it and hinge the top , make a great shop cooler for your adult beverages

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Probably there's a lot of things you could do with it.. I don't do adult beverages though might be a good idea to turn it into a cooler

@Viewer19 5 жыл бұрын

But it's real good aluminum so there's that.

@robtowen 5 жыл бұрын

A dusk mask maybe be a good piece of PPE when scrapping old items like that welder because you may have encounter some asbestos used as an internal heat barrier on some of those cables.

@launilarson692 5 жыл бұрын

Dude , was that a Santuko knife you were hacking at the wires with ? Give new meaning to calling you the” Iron Chef” !

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think so but it is pretty nice there's a chunk out of the blade down by the handle

@moosetube Жыл бұрын

Microscrapping

@geofft3214 5 жыл бұрын

1st! Yeeew!

@buffalostate1 5 жыл бұрын

the real question , what would it be worth if those were copper?

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Probably 100 ish

@waynep343 5 жыл бұрын

i would offer you my 17 pound fence maul.. but instead of using it to dismantle stuff for scrapping you would probably just scrap it for the weight

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Ummmm. Probably not but ok.

@waynep343 5 жыл бұрын

@@ScrapFarm I would have taken that welder to the flea market and had a $150.00 as is price on it. You can unwind the aluminum transformer coils too

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

@@waynep343 yeah well I'm not calling the thing around for someone not to buy it I got paid for it it's done the thing was dead burned-out inside blown out capacitor it is scrap

@waltwood4113 5 жыл бұрын

Yeww

@pooler347 5 жыл бұрын

Evening

@Herkesemerhaba29 5 жыл бұрын

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@jeffreybrianring6392 Жыл бұрын

They don't pay nothing to scrap including non ferrous metals in Salem Oregon, you wouldn't get your money invested or gas money to haul it in, cherry city metals sucks the big one.

@justagirlandhercamera1764 5 жыл бұрын

Heck if I know what your doing, I just like junk!

@wallystewart1979 5 жыл бұрын

so you paid 10 bucks for it and going to get how much out of it for scrap those types of welders can be repaired and sold for a lot more than scrap sorry i cant sub to a channel like this

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Well that's your choice that's what's good about this world we have choices my choice was to take it apart and scrap it not waste my time trying to repair something that nobody wants thanks for watching

@cecilburgess241 3 жыл бұрын

next time tell them who will give me $ 50.00 for this old welder and see how many jump on it.lol

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

0.5

@brendamiller8140 5 жыл бұрын

Why , i thought all the old stuff was cppeer. 😟

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not

@danohstoolbox 5 жыл бұрын

its probably a war time item

@simplemann101 Жыл бұрын

I respect and understand your business. But this breaks my heart.

@ScrapFarm Жыл бұрын

I hear you but the technology makes them obsolete.... When you can have a machine the size of your wife's purse that does everything this one does..... Nobody even wanted this thing for $10....

@larrymccready6778 5 жыл бұрын

Strip it and put it back together, sell it for someones mancave.

@ScrapFarm 5 жыл бұрын

My make a cool base to a table

@caseyangeletti6300 3 жыл бұрын

"first things first" is you plug it in and see if it welds. Only lazy turds wear crocks. I am glad the recycling yards started turning 1099's in on all the disability collecting bums. They all need to be jailed.

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Well who's the Goof because not all the yards are doing that.. I'm glad the Crocs trigger you the whole point

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

And no matter how much you think nobody wants this old tired worn-out piece of s*** fire hazard

@popapoco 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of inbred stupid Those machines are aluminum not copper and they last a literal life time I got 2 old Forney c4 machines 63 years old working good

@ScrapFarm 4 жыл бұрын

They might last a lifetime but if nobody wants it what is the point riddle me that

@strr60sevenunsolicited61 3 жыл бұрын

So you bought it for $10 just so you could spend half a day to to take it about and get maybe $10 worth of scrap out of it... What a joke.

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Well you watch the video so did 14000 other people..... the video to date has made over $100.... and it's what you call passive income it will continue to make money the entire time it's up there even if it's a little bit..... so I guess it's a joke if you say so...

@strr60sevenunsolicited61 3 жыл бұрын

You can make a video of a fat dude smoking pot or take a video on how to skip rocks and post it on KZfaq and it will make you money. im just saying scraping it was such a waste.

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

@@strr60sevenunsolicited61 it was an Antiquated worn-out fire hazard... did you see the condition of the wires inside and out. With today's technology you could buy a suitcase welder that would blow this thing out of the water and be highly mobile but hey everybody's got their thing

@strr60sevenunsolicited61 3 жыл бұрын

Well not necessarily a waste I guess. If it made you money good on you. Gotta make a living some how. I'm just saying it seems to be kind of a waste. But if it made you money to help pay the Bill's and put food on the table that's all that matters 🙂

@ScrapFarm 3 жыл бұрын

@@strr60sevenunsolicited61 a few people have made comments about that machines but the way I look at it if it was worth something it would have sold for a lot more than $10 at the auction... and really all the money from scrap and it came from The Wire the rest of it was really not worth much if the Transformer what's copper it would have been worth a lot

@jamesdepaul3410 6 күн бұрын

Too bad you destroyed a good machine

@ScrapFarm 6 күн бұрын

It's not that bad nobody wants these giant ass things when you can do the same job with something the size of a woman's purse it's a very difficult sale and apparently it's not that quality because the Transformers only aluminum