$5800 Worth Of Copper Shredded By The Copper King & Massive Copper Bus Bars

In this video I get some massive copper bus bars & a literal ton of copper wire. Some of the wire was #2 insulated and very old and was a little tough to get the insulation off. . #recycling #copper #scrapping #diy #scrap #busbar #copperwire
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[@thubprint]

If I ever want to drool over crazy copper hauls, project shop fl is the spot for sure 😆

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks! 👊

[@ajbedenis]

Super cool to see my internet heroes commenting on each others videos! Absolutely love your channel thub

[@thubprint]

@@ajbedenis hey thanks Alex! I’m fortunate to be able to make and share things people enjoy 😊 Although I come here for inspiration on how a serious scrapper gets things done 😁

[@drewzavasky2562]

you got you a good helper there....good help is hard to come by...

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, He is a great addition to the shop

[@ia4687]

Shop does look alot cleaner w Steve.

[@tomallen7699]

Steve is "The Man"!

[@cheryldarke8324]

Fascinating to watch as the dynamic changes between you and Steve as you work together.

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@derbelgischefrank]

thank you for your videos and that you always show so honestly what everything costs. thank you

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@maxmacdonald7174]

That wire was fun to pull through conduit back in the older days. Putting the tint solution on copper makes it less valuable. We put on bus bars to protect them from corrosion.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for sharing,

[@silverlicious2086]

Giant bus bars. Wow! And a shit load of copper. The Bins with the wheels makes it easy to move around. Nice job you guys.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👊

[@toddwest8618]

Copper Gold Awesome Y’all

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@scottm344]

Those roller bins seems like a great ideal to put the stripped copper in. Prob faster then a barrel too.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Way faster than a barrel. lol

[@shanesuthy]

love all the copper you get

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks me too! 😂😂😂

[@cditzler6313]

I'm never disappointed watching this fooled me on the shred part thought you had the sluice going

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, sorry don't worry its coming soon.

[@-champsdecuivre-7436]

😍😍the cable and the copper plate are huge.... 🤩🤩

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@youeatbutt224]

I'm so jealous of you man. I been wanting to go full time for years but never could because I couldn't find enough scrap. You're process is amazing. Keep kicking ass!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, Good luck

[@bartekmedes8281]

All depends on where you live I cant make it work where I am

[@steveg5576]

Very nice !

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@ajbedenis]

Loved the price breakdown not to mention all that beautiful treasure trash

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@ricklorenzen7204]

Very educational video thank you

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for watching.

[@david.perrip4316]

Damn man saw the ticket at the end!! SWEET

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@PoorBoysproduction]

I love watching your videos keep up the good work

[@ProjectShopFl]

THanks

[@jerrygullett1371]

Hey your buddy is a great worker

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@joeventura1]

Thats some real money right there!

[@ProjectShopFl]

💪

[@scrappingonthefly77]

Nice !!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you!

[@johndaley9188]

Back to some old stripping. Both times when the cable jammed between the front/back top roller, when you fed them, the ass end of the cable was pointing at the ceiling. It naturally curled around the first roller. Nothing to do with catching anything. Still enjoy watching, probably 4-5 times just on this one.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@TECHNICUSChannel]

Yummy copper, many good work to do 💪

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👍

[@Firejoker54]

Gawd damn that was some THICK stuff

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊💪

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@Noone-wt5rx]

My scrap yard takes that busbar as number two

[@ProjectShopFl]

Same here.

[@Noone-wt5rx]

@@ProjectShopFl Love your content I clean alot of copper but I do it by hand its a little harder but I enjoy helps with stress

[@dalecross4543]

Them buzz bar where sweet 👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I should have saved one of the big ones for a project I'm about to start.

[@tonystambaugh4422]

Thats one bad ass striper

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Wish I could find a job with this much wire

[@ProjectShopFl]

Keep hustling and you will.

[@joesask857]

thanks man

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@homelessmike2068]

man, ive seen u doing crazy shit when i first discovered your channel, but damn dude ur brain must be made out of gold, u are smart AF bruv! keep on the hard work!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@jaygermain3214]

Fire

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@ricardboswell7490]

Nice work

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@katelynferguson3459]

Whats going on no more copper donuts 🍩💪😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

It depends on the situation

[@timault8209]

Watching you (or is it Steve) feed that cable thru the deicer reminds me of when my wife would braid my daughter's golden hair. she's dead now, our cat. my wife and daughter loved that old cat. this video makes me miss that cat, and my daughter's braids and my wife and my old '68 Plymouth. It was copper colored, just like the cables, and the hair of our cat, now dead.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I was feeding the machine. Sorry to hear about the cat.

[@kelleyheard5790]

Time lapse looks like you guys are doing a fine dance

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@joshp6061]

23:49 OK Proj, that was badass af

[@joshp6061]

28:10 This moment also, that was like immediate instinct genius on the spot

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks

[@kevinknasty420]

It's funny me and my wife were stripping my scrap wire and I got to thinking I'm swapping one resource for another one. See were scraping my wire so I could buy tires for my truck. Swapping copper for rubber. And what is messed up is I got 1040 dollars and tires and a alignment was 952. So not to bad. Scrap on fellows.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Sweet. Hope it was all free.

[@johnr5545]

Nice job god bless

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Wow the amount of copper u get is crazy bro

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@Rob69rickysdonkey]

Nice video.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@jaydenchown7230]

Hey man love Ur videos much love from Australia 🇦🇺

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I appreciate you watching. 👊

[@audriussedbaras8584]

Bad recycle bad!!!! Bad scrap bad!!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

What is bad about it?

[@prostreetcamaro]

A friend of ours makes over 100k a year just scrapping copper that his HVAC friends bring him weekly (he owns and builds custom duct work business). Copper cores stacked 8' high all along his shop walls lol. It's crazy. He holds onto it until prices are right and then dumps it on the scrap yard lol.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice, I'm gonna start going after AC contractors soon.

[@conspiraciesexposed7760]

I’m in the hvac businesses and it’s true we are always working with copper I got about 20 pounds 👍

[@sidschwan8031]

Nice wire stripping video allows fun to watch guys.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👊

[@maeflorogario3733]

Massive wires$$$$$ of everything

[@ProjectShopFl]

💪👊

[@sparkynate91]

If you just took a sander to that bus bar and shine it up, you can scrap it as #1

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@sparkynate91]

@@ProjectShopFl been an electrician for 10 years now and I recently got about 200lbs of bus bar from a dam remodel job. Obviously it was old and oxidized... sanded down all of it (obviously lost a small amount in the process) but my local scrap plant accepted it as #1 instead and I got more per lb. Plus I made a really cool shelf with some of it too! I really shined those pieces up and it makes a big staircase shelf. Plus I got a giant 1,000A fuse that is mostly glass and I polished it up and it's copper and glass and AWESOME!

[@enigmacrk200]

My favorite part was the part they stripped the wire. Followed by my second and third favorite parts where they stripped the wire.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha,Thanks

[@breezetixhv]

must've been a couple hundred or thousand(s) of amps of load on those wires lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

Probably 👊 Thanks for watching

[@y.lelivelt2619]

This was a great video, seeing you struggle,Haha, sorry but is was fun for me.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Glad you enjoyed the struggle. lol

[@bigchief8539]

The bus bars is where the money is

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@spidersinspace1099]

Why did I spend all this time watching these guys do the same thing over and over?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I don't know but thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

[@relaxingsoundsandmeditatio559]

Please add some metal cover protection for your machines, you can easily lose a finger or have the hand dragged into the machine.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the concern

[@cappaman2058]

I once heard that some of the wires near the marina are coded with silver, not tin

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats probably was it was.

[@landscapeone2957]

Nice if you can get it cheap..

[@ProjectShopFl]

I pay top dollar

[@chriss8206]

You need a wire brush system to buff that number two turn into number one. I used a wire texture machine to do mine.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@ajbedenis]

@@ProjectShopFl could it be worth it to buff the copper? at 20 more cents per pound that like another $250. It would have to be one efficient buffing machine idk.

[@user-gs7bl7pt7r]

It looks like the wire got hit by lightning.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@zackzhao9007]

friends. Do you need this recycling equipment?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes

[@gusfc1842]

That's the amperage that traveled through that line That makes it stick like that drawing some serious amps A lot of times the groundwire doesn't see amperage so it doesn't stick like that

[@ProjectShopFl]

What ever it was It was not fun stripping.

[@david.perrip4316]

Sweet busbarrs !! Love it man! I get that tin coated 500mcm a lot, stips good 4 me!!most the time I know it can be rough.. what did u pay for the #2 ?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I paid more than I should have $1. Only so I can secure the next 2 loads coming and because they were gonna strip it them selves

[@chrisyboy5283]

Great video mafriend. .. them prices are shocking buddy. Over hear in the uk we get £6.70p for 1kg off bright and £4.95p for no2 . Thats british pounds. Works out to be abt 5 dollers per 1kg off bright.. luv the vids. Respect from glasgow , scotland uk.

[@fukyoutube444]

In America it's sold by lb not kg. So it's actually low then at 2.50 a lb. Usually $3 a lb or more is good.

[@ProjectShopFl]

We are working with 2 different systems.

[@ajbedenis]

Shockingly similar

[@steveciarico9824]

Your helper...not too quick.

[@campervan-john]

Yes i noticed he was slow today, mybe had a heavy weekend 😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Work 8 hours with me then go pick up 1 ton of copper and strip it after a week of 12 hour days. We were both done at that point. lol

[@geezus1201]

All that number 2 wires have gotten extremely hott over years of service and melted the insulation. Thats why they removed it all and put in new copper wiring. Looks like wiring that was in a panel box under extreme loads.

[@ProjectShopFl]

It was the feed for a housing complex, this was part 1 of a 3 part project.

[@dalesmith147]

Take the wire wheel to your second wire stripper there and that might be the only way to get that rubber off

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@scottfrazier3567]

I had some buss bar that weighed 1200lbs, a piece

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! Thats awesome

[@GeorgeRichardson-cv4xz]

The hurryerd I go the behinder I get chill let your guy catch up sometimes!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok 👍

[@feloniousmonk1187]

nice work, done cable like that by hand before and i can dig why you mechanized the method... can i ask though, would it not have been more profitable to melt it down yourselves into kilo weights for when the shit hits the fan and it becomes a transitional currency..?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Possibly, but I am not rich and have 6k in overhead now I have this overpriced shop. So I have to turn and burn and keep it coming in and selling off.

[@arcturusbbqsausagemaking2435]

Awesome videos I was wondering if you have a video on what you pay for the copper wire how you Break it down Im sure every day is going to be different is there a formula you use ,im assuming everything you buy is weighed some insulation is thicker is there a basic rough percentage copper to insulation is the insulation about 10% by weight What is a rough average of what you pay for your wire per lb and how you come up with that number I know theres # 1 #2 copper ect .....Great video keep them coming

[@ProjectShopFl]

Watch my live streams and I usually just match local market prices then sell to an exporter.

[@gergc4871]

Curious. If those #2 lengths were cut into 1' sections, would tumbling those pieces turn them into #1?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Possibly I'd like to try and see what happens.

[@gergc4871]

Looking at the final tally, probably wouldn't be worth the effort for .20 cents difference.

[@inmotion81]

Y is that number 2 copper that color looks like aluminum even the bars could they be cleaned to be number 1

[@ProjectShopFl]

They are silver coated and with some work they could be #1 but the time involved probably would make it not worth it.

[@tjentoftsen]

Hei. What kind of machine do you have? Looks really strong .

[@ProjectShopFl]

I don't know it was used and had no name tag

[@trevor4567866]

I have access to loads of angel hair copper wire cords, I can do it by hand manually but is there any faster way to strip angel hair copper wire?

[@ProjectShopFl]

A good wire stripper or a granulator.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

So just went to go pick up 20+ 1500 watters and they told me they couldn’t sell them to an individual they came down from a tornado two years ago and the local youth baseball facility .They’ve been sitting rotting in a back lot . This is after I was told that I could buy them…… said I have to go to the city hall and ask someone there lol wtf

[@ProjectShopFl]

Technically you are a corporation. Show them your drivers license with your name spelled in all caps. They have incorporated us all it's called your straw man. You should look in to it and take control of it. Look up becoming a state national. Or just go get an llc or inc it will open more doors for you.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl thanks for the tip buddy! What’s your first name don’t believe I’ve ever heard it. I know your help is named Steve lol

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl and do you have another channel? I thought I heard you talking about it once but don’t know the name

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl 48 pounds of copper out of 6 transformers last night. 1500 watt double copper in every one. These are some really old or expensive lights

[@a.joegevara3519]

I noticed your fireproof jacket says PCFD, are you in Panama City, or the panhandle? We live 100 miles north near Enterprise AL.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm not sure where it is from I got it used for a move out sale

[@jeremybrown459]

4467 relicp shock

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@user-gs7bl7pt7r]

It might have been in a building that had burned.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Possibly 👍

[@GeneralSalvage]

Where do you buy your copper cable from? How did you get those deals in place?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors.

[@subiemon]

what do you do with the rubber insulation????

[@ProjectShopFl]

Take it to the dump

[@TheTickpicker1]

Question if I may, how do you make $$ on the copper buss bars or similar items, do you pay less than the scrap yard would pay that same customer for that same item. With wire we get the $$ difference between insulated and after we remove that insulation. I can get other scrap not just wire but I don't see any way to increase the value or price spread unless I under pay my wire supplier. From the west coast thank you for another great vid.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I sell to the same place the scrap yards sell so I match or beat the local prices.

[@TheTickpicker1]

@@ProjectShopFl Thank you

[@Blackmagic42222]

What would printer cords and keyboard chords be considered at a scrap yard?

[@brianproctor7619]

Cut the ends off and I get 50 cents a pound. Ask your yard all of em are different.

[@ProjectShopFl]

#2 insulated copper wire

[@shannonjanes2434]

Can you run coated copper through the granulater for number one copper?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I don't think so but I might try that to see. lol

[@vernfisher7911]

how do you no the difference form number one and number 2 copper

[@ProjectShopFl]

Experience. lol If its coated, silver, thin stranded, or extension/welding cable its # 2 copper. Any copper pipe if clean will be #1 and #2 if it has solder. Bus bar can be #1 if it's not coated. Hope this helps

[@travisnichols2485]

What do you do with all of your plastic and rubber off the copper wire and does it have a cost if you recycle it or do they take it for free?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I take it to the dump and pay a small fee usually $20-40. But I'm also taking a bunch of other stuff usually once per month

[@travisnichols2485]

@@ProjectShopFl awesome you guys really go through the wire and transformer's quick that's an awesome setup keep em coming thanks

[@Trash_Money]

Im a floridan too let me work with you 😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Maybe one day!

[@Nevaru_42]

Should see if you can find a Milwaukee G4628723 cable cutter for cheap. I wish Dewalt made something comparable cuz I don't think you use any of the Red tools but the Dewalt version is janky...

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@southofhollywood4199]

I got a backache watching you guys struggle with the nasty cable. 😆

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha It was some work but went quick.

[@aredditor4272]

The bus bars are tin or silver plated?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I think silver.

[@aredditor4272]

@@ProjectShopFl Formerly common on point of use electrical distribution equipment, even the buss bars on residential fuseboxes.

[@GeorgeRichardson-cv4xz]

That gummy shit looks like the stuff in my house that was builtin 40s50s thread and tar like shit have fun😂 lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

It was a mess to strip. lol

[@JonathanValdes-qu6dc]

i have a small wire stripper and its giving me trouble with all the 14g wire i have. so im peeling with a knife :(

[@ProjectShopFl]

Maybe time to upgrade

[@eastsidebaby4674]

Where you buy the copper from?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors

[@jr-a-cat]

Have got that stuff with a double coat of rubber and string and cellophane in the middle what a pain in the a$$

[@ProjectShopFl]

I agree, glad I don't get it that much.

[@brandonbeavers3943]

I'm a Scrapper and trying to get into the Copper Wire & Pipe Game. Where do you go to buy this used Copper Wire in Bulk? Can you give me some places, I.E. Auctions

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors

[@brandoncanatella320]

How does one acquire getting a business to sell you that? Are those just scraps left over or do they buy and resell to you?

[@ProjectShopFl]

It's just scrap left overs I buy from electrical contractors.

[@djskreechslreech]

What’s the name of the machine and where can I buy one??

[@ProjectShopFl]

Witch machine? Some are custom built.

[@chrisholland2348]

What do you normally pay per pound when buying copper wire/cable to scrap

[@ProjectShopFl]

I match local market prices.

[@chrisholland2348]

@@ProjectShopFl ok I appreciate the reply

[@chrisholland2348]

@@ProjectShopFl you must sell to a buyer not a yard and make what the yard makes when they sell

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@chrisholland2348 Yes I sell to an exporter in Miami

[@nathanstow5580]

@project shop fl what’s the best way of finding a exporter? How could I do that?

[@DaddySafety]

How the heck do you get all this?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy it.

[@joshp6061]

27:18 Do you think you paid the right amount for this wire, or would you pay less in the future if a contractor offered it?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I paid way over local market price for the wire because I wanted to secure this and the next 2 loads from that job. I know how fast I can process it and what it's worth.

[@thepvporg]

Wouldn't you get more if you were casting the metals in to ingots?

[@ProjectShopFl]

No, unless someone was buying just to have an ingot. You will waste time and energy doing that and most places won't buy it if they don't have an x ray gun. They will think you are melting other metals in there.

[@Sotisid]

Hello. I'm new here. Where do you get a machine like that? I live in Germany

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for watching, You can get simulator ones on line.

[@Sotisid]

@@ProjectShopFlcan i get a link ? And how is the Name of this Machine?

[@biggmikemaynetvtx]

Where do you find this wire ??

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors

[@biggmikemaynetvtx]

@@ProjectShopFl nice 👍🏾

[@melvincapps5975]

Your helper he's a little slow he don't look like he's real coordinated

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, We already worked a full 8 hours before picking up that copper we both were cooked