Awesome thank you for taking time to make this video it's very helpful.

Ive always just used a regular knife. That is the razor blade "box cutter" type. A pack of blades is a couple bucks. Maybe use 2 blades for a whole unit. Cuts through that aluminum like nothing. Ive been tempted to use a carpet cutting knife blade but i cut myself something fierce with one of them when i was a little younger lol. Anyway once you cut it through dont just pull out the first piece you cut. Cut all the lines and try not to expose the copper. Flip it and cut the back side all the way down. Then just bend it and most of the time they'll just fall right out. Ten minutes for a 2x4 radiator easily.

I used to operate a wire mill, some of my coment is just from making wire. Using a ruler 1/16th" to defin 16 gauge is a good example for the everyday person as a visual example, my yard says bigger than pencil lead for a visual example. In the industry, the guage of wire is defined as how many dies it takes to make it that size. Most of the time wire starts out as 1/2" copper rod. Example 10G is fairly thick it takes 10 dies for this size, while 18G is fairly thin it takes 18 dies to make this size.

Good stuff.

We have the same brass elephant 🐘.

$1.93 lb jeez that’s shit.

I agree so much it's just common sense

Why is it difficult to find an HMS #1 supplier for export purposes from the east coast of the US? It has been really hard to find a supplier willing to supply.

I did like your video, thanks for getting to the point. I know I spend more time on my material than is cost effective, but you "nailed it" when you mentioned it being therapeutic, I like sitting in my shop and breaking material down. Even my non-sorted steel is cleaner than most that arrives at my scrapyard. I sell year around regardless of price. The owner has paid me a bit better at times than what "his call in" quotes were. He made the comment to me that he hates using "old money" to pay his help and maintain equipment when times are lean. He thanked me for hauling regularly during those times. Building a good report with your scrapyard is very important also. I just enjoy the whole process and helping clean up the world a little.

This is epic🤠

I waste my time making it all #1.

Very nice video thanks you

Awesome information!!

If they did mix metals you would be able to tell by the color 🧠

He 🐂♉ Bullshits To LONG!!!

Thank you! You also had the cost of the blades, and technically something for wear and tear on the saws, if you count that. I expected a bigger spread between clean and dirty, but maybe it was just wishful thinking. I used to cut the noodles when I was active in it. Thanks for all of your great videos!

Great video!! Interesting to see how times have changed a bit.. that same 8lbs of copper is worth over $30 at most yards now.

very informative video thanks for sharing your knowledge.

i tell my scrap that he just get it

good video . my yard said bare bright had to be pencil lead size not paper clip ???

Not worth it unless your retired and do itfo fun.not money

Can I buy this

Took 10 minutes to pass on 2 minutes of info. Gear your videos towards adults and not kids.

i wish you wouldnt act so damn goofy. its hard to take you serious dude.

You sound like John C. Reilly.

Anybody priced wafer disc’s for angle grinders……….enough said

A video of scraping out AC condensers/ Two layers of copper tubing. I can see cutting out . Four layers ,I can see cutting out the outside, but not the inside two layers

How about testing on ore and or nugget

THANK YOU. I just commented on another guy's video that he is only making pennies, that he is making a mess cleaning this far, that he is wasting time and opportunity for his next score. I will point out, you still want to cut off the ends. It takes 10 seconds each side with a sawzall and a block, one foot on it while you cut. Then you just smack it with a hammer to remove that tin. Now the radiator is worth $1.50 per lb (today) and you do get a small amount of copper to throw in a bin for later. This method is what is 'clean' at the yard when you sell it, not removing those ends drives the value below $1 per lb, so it is vital to at least take the time to do that part. But stop there.

I'm a newbie to scrapping copper, and I have fallen in love with it, so this video helps a lot. Thanks dude!

Your videos are so fun AND informative. Thanks for making them!

Use a claw hammer and knock the ends off. Much faster and easier.

How do you view refrigeration used copper that has no solder joints. In other words clean #1 grade used copper. My scrap yard down grades refrigeration used copper to #2 regardless if it has soldered ends or not. What do you say about this!?

​@brackenrecycling9505 is there a difference in marine grade aluminum and regular aluminum?

I only strip number 1 if it has the single strand round copper. Otherwise it is not worth the aggro. I cut off the plugs though as in the UK we can add the brass pins to our brass pots. Fuses, not worth picking up so get trashed with the plastic plus bits

New subby from UK.

Really good information which pretty much is the same here in the UK, As I drive around Somerset I see a lot of electric appliances out such as Vacuum cleaners, fridges, washing machines etc. I always used to run over and cut the lead off. I would save it up and strip it all in one go. Insulated copper is not as good as it was years ago but still worth stripping. Many years ago I came across about 500 feet of Number 1 insulated which I stripped into very long bits and rolled up. That was a good day scrapping. Nice video

Very entertaining video. Great job

The only way to sell ingots half-way reliably is to get bloody good at casting them, making them presentable, stamping, and selling them to people rather than scrapyards. They can and do sell for 5-10x melt value

My phone it is hard to hear videos. So large aluminum L angle 3/8 thick what is it 6061 or 6063?

I got 10 ac of property. The more I cut the more fits in truck

Dissolve aluminium off with lye caustic soda bath very cheap it Cleans copper also but you lose aluminium it will be alu sludge .

2 quick questions,....... what's the numbers for any of those examples? 6063? 6061? does it matter? and isn't wire considered extruded? The crapyard, I mean scrapyard I go to has extruded, cast, sheet, painted, cans, rims.

What are your thoughts about me putting my name and phone number right on the ingots??

What about ac scrap? Automatically number 2 because of the oil residue?

As an Electrician I always have wire to scrap. I don’t bother with aluminum really, copper is so much more worth the time

Also what are ways to find scrap metal? Thanks, God Bless y'all (The new gal with the loud Dodge and yellow dog) =)

What about Tearing down and scrapping a car?

Its funny the people that run yards dont even know the tricks that street scrappers do

I did this one time, curious as you were. That copper is so thin compared to regular hook up lines. So I agree to just turn it in as most do. Now it might be fun to know if the copper could be yanked out using winch and some sort of clever hook up, attached to the macaroni Bends, possibly pulling all the tubes out at the same time heating the aluminum maybe over burn pit I'm just stabbing here in the dark.