Strip or Not Strip Heliax - Open and Closed Eye @Ian Matthews

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2 жыл бұрын

Shark Scrapper responds to a long distance sort of collab with Ian Matthews on the value of open and closed eye heliax if you don't strip it. @Ian Matthews / storeman001
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@boardsort 2 жыл бұрын

4:57 Amen! There are two places where courtesy seems a lost cause....your local boat ramp and the line to the scale at any given scrap yard. :)

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

I hear you brother. What's so hard about organizing your load BEFORE you leave for the yard?

@Maccoye 2 жыл бұрын

The best part is about the chili :) Thx for the entertainement

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@SilverScorpion 2 жыл бұрын

Super break down

@barrywest3758 2 жыл бұрын

Wise choice of indeed. Enjoyed 👍👍

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@gainingweightminingmetal3848 2 жыл бұрын

thanks bor breaking that down. I'm sure Ian will also.

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Hope so!

@tatchley3049 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for sharing

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

@cuscrapping 2 жыл бұрын

Great breakdown, Shark. My yard actually has a Heliax category which is a bit above #2 ICW, so for me it's a no brainer. I just take it in as is. 👍

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping my yard will create one now that I'm bring this in regularly.

@Man-in-da-shed 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharkscrapper that would be a positive for you.

@ScullyPopASMR 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome show today, Scrapper!

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Scully!

@Man-in-da-shed 2 жыл бұрын

A great follow up vid, I in your position would just weigh it in. Though I did find the Open eye easy to Strip and a total joy to compress into Blocks ( not ). Your offer of more face melting volcano sauce is appreciated but I will decline. Thanks for the vid Sharky

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

A fun unplanned collaboration of sorts, thank you. Yes, the closed eye is definitely a non-starter, or non-stripper for me. The open eye may depend on how much backlog I have and if I want to invest in a small bench saw. For now, it's all going in unstripped. Thanks again for an informative and fun colab.

@cuocsongdailoan8538 2 жыл бұрын

nice video, thanks for sharing

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@scrappingadventures290 2 жыл бұрын

The copper in this stuff looks so cool, always like seeing it 😊👍

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

It does look very nice.

@johnhughes3225 2 жыл бұрын

Ian knows his scrap take noticeiwillstrip alloff better money like that good video

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

As with most scrap, it frequently comes down to how you value your time. When this was a hobby, I didn't care about time because I was just doing it for fun and making a few bucks more was great, no matter how long it took. But, as a professional, time is money and there's no shortage of things demanding one's time. So it becomes a balancing act.

@streetcopper1151 2 жыл бұрын

Good info sir 👊🏻Ian will appreciate it

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

You want to melt that don't you 🤣

@streetcopper1151 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharkscrapper o yes sir all of it 🤣

@nlo114 2 жыл бұрын

Heliax connectors are expensive to buy new. Try selling to the ham-radio market with a couple of inches of coax left in; you may be pleasantly surprised.

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I'll have to look into that. Do you have any resources you can point me towards?

@billyb5057 2 жыл бұрын

hmm a tricky decision for you to make guess how long it takes to strip it is relevent here too *always fully watched👁‍🗨👀with a big like👍*

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@nightscrapperuk13 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting video shark 🦈 scrapper. I'd just do what you said..cut it into manegible pieces

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@nachostuff 2 жыл бұрын

I would guess that taking it in as is makes the most sense. Seems like it would take a while to stripe and you are not gaining that much. Are you buying this from them or are they donating it to you? That might play into the pan a bit too.

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Nacho - I buy it from them. With the closed eye it's an easy decision: cut the ends off and cut into manageable sizes. Turn and burn. The open eye is a little more tempting to strip IF I find myself with nothing else to do...like that happens anymore 🤣

@nachostuff 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharkscrapper let me know when you have all this down time - I have some stuff you can help me clean LOL

@muriaticacid7004 2 жыл бұрын

Thumbs UP

@josephcormier5974 2 жыл бұрын

Well sharky it's like you say if you have the time now when it is stripped do you get number one? I don't know I've never had that stuff before great update video keep hitting them out of the park six stars and two thumbs up my friend thank you for sharing

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

My yard is only giving me #2. It is very thin.

@josephcormier5974 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharkscrapper oh that's a bummer

@davegdm954 2 жыл бұрын

Now Im seeing more and more people buying in some higher quality scrap and not really bothering with lower value stuff. Jave you been doing any of that?

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Smart scrappers who can, will try to get higher value scrap. But it's not like you can always pick and choose. My focus is ewaste but I'd be foolish to ignore the value from these cell tower scraps. We only have so many hours in the day, so getting the most "bang for the buck" is important. That said, I still enjoy, and regularly, street scrap even though I never know what or if I'll find anything.

@marthashipman9010 2 жыл бұрын

I take it you decided to leave it as is except for cutting into lengths? You do have to consided your time as your business seems to be brisk. So enjoyed this ' lesson'.😊

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

You know me well Martha. Cut off the connector ends, cut into manageable lengths and sell it.

@Alrik. 2 жыл бұрын

Nice break down. Do they give it to you, or do you pay them (a percentage)?

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

I pay them based on a price list just like any scrap yard would.

@Floss1125 7 ай бұрын

What's the recovery of closed eye heiliax

@sharkscrapper 7 ай бұрын

Not sure what the current prices are for closed eye. If you scrap it you'll get the Al casing and bare bright Cu wire. BUT and this is a big warning. Dealing with the insulation or inner core is a pain in the rear.

@jonathanlincoln7381 2 жыл бұрын

My yard don't take it. They said not worth there time🤨

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, my yard is happy to take it even if they're still figuring out how to classify it.

@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523 2 жыл бұрын

👋🌴🌴

@andrewpowell6457 2 жыл бұрын

It Depends on your "free" time, doesn't it.

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

No such thing as "free" time. It is the most valuable quantity we have. The closed eye is an easy non-starter. But the open eye might depend on how much backlog I have when it arrives.

@andrewpowell6457 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharkscrapper I know "time is never free my friend" Keep up the great work.

@ScrappingIrish 2 жыл бұрын

What are these feet and yards you speak of lol

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Just add three inches to get your meter my friend 🤣

@ScrappingIrish 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharkscrapper what are these inches you speak of 😂😂

@trash2cash841 2 жыл бұрын

Too much trouble

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Especially the closed eye. The open eye, maybe - but only if I've nothing else to do.

@thefootsoldier1080 2 жыл бұрын

Strip it 100 all the time deffo strip everything you get buy an electric wire stripper it will pay for itself 100%

@thefootsoldier1080 2 жыл бұрын

Ime a scrap man myself

@sharkscrapper 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Foot soldier, interesting channel name - were you Army or a Marine? I have a motorized stripper - there's a couple vids in my collection of me using it. So the challenge with this wire is both its diameter and how it's made. The smallest diameter is half an inch going up to one inch. AND the internal copper jacket is corrugated, making it very difficult for a stripper to smoothly cut through the outer plastic insulation. I am researching larger/industrial size strippers