A very nice day to Melt Scrap Copper

A very nice day to Melt Scrap Copper
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[@chucklangshaw6485]

My favorite part of your show is the melts

[@Okiescrapper]

yes. there is just something about liquid metal. I melted over 20 lbs. yesterday but did not do any video on it. but I plan to melt more very soon

[@michealklonowski5267]

i sure did love watching a good copper smelt.yeah gotta love what you do .thank you for sharing your day .

[@Okiescrapper]

Glad you enjoyed it. I got some new molds in today, the others are getting well worn, so hopefully we will get some good weather soon so I can melt more copper and some brass

[@joesask857]

nice

[@wilenelson1810]

Yes it is. good day sir

[@Okiescrapper]

thanks for stopping by Wil E

[@philipromeo8028]

Ohhhhhh copper nice job

[@Okiescrapper]

Thank you, and thanks for stopping by

[@mattyal9347]

I just knew that once you got going on your copper/brass melts you would come up with some gret ideas and methods I can copy! Great pours!!

[@Okiescrapper]

I added a longer handle on the furnace yesterday, it is about 20 inches long, sticks out about as far as the burner does. so I am not so close to the hot furnace when I open it up

[@Jcurry1985]

I've been following your channel since nearly the beginning. It has been an absolute joy seeing your work and growth in producing great videos.

[@Okiescrapper]

Wow, thank you! so glad that you like them, Thanks for stopping by

[@toddwest8618]

That’s superb Cool Bro

[@Okiescrapper]

Thank you, glad you liked it, liquid metal is fun to watch

[@alanscott8067]

Okie scrapper you must have been a Blacksmith in one of your previous lives🤔. Like taking a master class in ingot making. The copper looks beautiful. I’d make a mould of a bird or something to put on your landscape. 😊

[@Okiescrapper]

I need to see what I have in channel iron 3 inch or 4 inches. and make some ingot molds, the graphite ones are showing some ware. but I have melted over 100 lbs. of copper with them so far

[@alanscott8067]

@@Okiescrapper what’s a copper ingot worth🤔

[@34bartm]

I like the tools you made to make your copper biscuits. Enjoy your vidoes

[@Okiescrapper]

Thank you, the mold's, crucible, and pouring tongs, I bought off of amazon, I did make the lifting tongs. I have links to the stuff I use on my amazon page, link in video description

[@cuscrapping]

I LOVE the sound of the quench!! 😊👍

[@Okiescrapper]

the sound in nice, I like it too. I need to make a mold for blocks of ice

[@thehorseman8271]

Bet you make great bar b que

[@waltwood4113]

#happyscrapping

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for watching Walt

[@leonidkantanovich6725]

Лайк🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕 👌👌👌👌👌🆗🆗🆗🆗🆗👍👍👍👍👍

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks, and thank you for watching

[@josephcormier5974]

Now that's a very good amount of copper try putting the tank in to a bucket of water that should help with freezing excellent video awesome content thank you for sharing six Stars brother

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for the Tip Joseph, I will try that, I have been doing a quick switch to another tank when it freezes up, I think I have 16 20lb. bottles. I need to exchange about 4 at this time, $16.99 at the store in town.

[@josephcormier5974]

@@Okiescrapper not to bad a price little higher here but not much thanks for sharing

[@Gday_Its_Will]

2 tips for you to ignore if you like lol, 1 heat up your dross removal tool so that slag will not stick to it, and 2 tip you ingot out of its mold then transfer the ingot to the water, dropping the ingot into water direct from the mold can splash water onto your mold and it can break. have fun love ya vids

[@Okiescrapper]

thanks for the tips.

[@paulcostello9778]

A bigger propane tank would be economically less expensive 😊

[@Okiescrapper]

I'm not sure about that. I think the bigger tanks need inspection and tested every year, the 20lb. bottles every 12 years. if the tank is out of date, I can exchange it for $16.99 for 15 lbs. of propane. if in date I can get it filled for about $18.00 I will have to check on filling price, 2 years ago I was getting them filled 20 lbs. for about $14.00 but it is so much a lb. so small tank or big tank it is the same price per lb. and when a tank need testing it gets exchanged I have about 16 20lb. tanks

[@ScrapPalletMan]

It's 10° out right now. That furnace looks nice and toasty :-)

[@Okiescrapper]

hope you are staying warm Paul, I melted a bunch more yesterday, the pant legs get hot when close to the furnace so Had to put on my leather apron, and I added a longer handle on the furnace. thanks for stopping by

[@tommychew6544]

Great melt video! Did you ever cut back the length on the outer flange metal you added to your waste oil burner tub? That may be causing the oil to heat up too much before it reaches the tip. Just a thought, I remember you having an issue right after that longer tube was added and that it had worked just fine before that change.

[@Okiescrapper]

no I didn't I haven't use it for a long time, I need to melt some big stuff soon,

[@scrappinge-wasteholland460]

🤩🤩

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for stopping by

[@doitmanrv1084]

😁😁

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for stopping by

[@paulbaskerville2748]

Any reason to fast cool 😎 in water

[@Okiescrapper]

no not really, just cools it faster so you can handle it sooner

[@1010tesla]

Just discovered your channel and I also live in OK. do you have a recommendation for a place to take scrap copper in or around OKC? also, what id the deal with copper grades, is bare bright the same as #1 or does it depend on the terminology of the scrap yard.

[@Okiescrapper]

Welcome, glad to have you here, Al's Recycling on East 29th street pays good and good people to deal with, and Metal Check pays good also, bare bright is any copper that is nice and shiny, #1 is tubing that is clean with no solder or paint, or clean, thick wire, thicker than a pencil led. and # 2 is copper that has solder joints, or painted, if the copper has other metals attached to it, it will go as dirty copper,

[@jamespatterson8512]

Are you “stacking “ your copper ingots or are you selling them??

[@Okiescrapper]

I am making a bunch for the heat and air guy he wants to stack them, and I do have a 10lb. lot on eBay at this time, I need to put a few 1lb. lots on eBay

[@americasfavoritehoarder]

COPPAHHHH

[@Okiescrapper]

the orange gold. thanks for watching

[@ScrappingIrish]

first

[@Okiescrapper]

Hope you enjoyed the liquid copper, thanks for stopping by

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Is copper tubing as pure as wire?

[@joshp6061]

Just slightly less pure, I believe the difference is minimum 99.9% for tubing (it’s called alloy C122) and min 99.95% for wire (ETP copper or alloy C110). Really barely any difference they’re both high purity copper

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for that answer, Josh. I did not know that

[@joshp6061]

@@Okiescrapper the difference is really only that pipe/tubing copper requires a tiny % added phosphorus (a deoxidizer) unlike wire copper which requires high purity with no additives

[@duanekennard3298]

If you were doing this in Buffalo NY right now you would be the envy of the neighborhood. Everyone would be huddling around the furnace trying to stay warm in that 77 inches of snow ! I'm glad I live in Florida.We just have hurricanes to put up with.

[@Okiescrapper]

Here In Oklahoma, it's cold for a day or two, then warm for a few days. so, I work outside when I can, and I work in the shop when it's cold and windy. I need to clean out an area in the shop for a wood burner stove, but I do have a 220V heater that I use, it helps. Thanks for stopping by