Massive 21 KG Load Switch Tear Down - Bulk Copper - Furnace Fix - ASMR Metal Melting - BigStackD

What a great pile from this Load Switch my mate sent me a while ago. A huge haul today and I also remelt last weeks smashed bar and turned it into Aluminium Bronze. Over 11kg added to the stack today. Sit back relax and enjoy the video and have a great day.
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Massive 21 KG Load Switch Tear Down - Bulk Copper - Furnace Fix - ASMR Metal Melting - BigStackD

[@bigstackD]

Welcome back all you beautiful people, today a big haul from a heavy load switch my friend sent me. I also fix the smashed bar from last week with the addition of 3 kg of Copper. I hope you enjoy today's video so sit back relax take it easy and I'll see you all next Friday👋🏻😆

[@NitrogenoxTheQuick]

-20 degrees Celsius, your video literally brings warmth to me right now!

[@rjung_ch]

@@NitrogenoxTheQuick where do you live? It's pretty cold, sounds like Norway or Sweden or Finland? Cold....

[@driftersforge4962]

Your pup looked pretty spiffy with the hat on there @bigstackD

[@leanna6226]

Have a blessed weekend much love❤👁️👁️❤️

[@bluewinterwolf]

We come for the melting and stay for the pups 😊❤

[@geekdomo]

34:20 I am so glad you like the knife I sent! Thanks for another great video D!

[@miketereso64]

Did you make that knife? If so, it came out really nice!

[@MikeHummel984]

I stay awake every Thursday night to watch this at 3 am. Just kidding, I work night shift. Well, I don't "work" I watch youtube most of the night

[@Youspoonybard1]

3rd shift life in a nutshell for myself as well lol

[@jaynedavis3388]

I’m sorry for whatever happened to the friend that used to recycle your steel. Maybe he moved or you guys fought or they aren’t continuing with their recycling… whatever happened I wanted you to know that people notice this stuff because we care ❤

[@tahahaider5836]

It is very odd indeed. I think maybe he wanted something more out of it, im guessing greed came in between them

[@Vanos99]

I was wondering same thing. used to be steel saved for friend always

[@Debbiebabe69]

Probably because recycled steel has tanked in price sooo much it is pretty worthless for all but megarefineries to process it. More and more countries are shutting down their blast furnaces (which can produce steel from ore) and changing them to arc furnaces (which can only produce recycled steel), as they run on electricity and not coal, so it helps them hit environmental targets. The result is the price of recycled steel has tanked, but virgin steel has shot up in price.

[@Cirathos]

Jealousy.

[@zazz69ed]

remember he moved .. so it might not be worth the time and fuel to come out and get it anymore.. short steel in the united states doesnt bring much per ton ..alot of times a ton doesnt even get you a tank of fuel of any kind for a vehicle...

[@TheDigileet]

If you want longer clips pointing inside the furnace without overheating the camera, you could try recording with a GoPro inside a fish tank. The water will act as a thermal buffer to protect the camera. Hyce was able to record inside the coal box of a steam engine by doing that.

[@yagee]

I admire how he fed the puppies through the fence. It seemed like a tribute to the old place.

[@EvgKlimchenkov]

When I saw the little Bullion in your old video, I realized that it is the most beautiful dog in the world. Now I also have a little "monkey" running around the house.

[@Ordog213]

There is one thing i want to ask for a long time. Did you ever tried to cast a bar under flame? Basicly a big weed burner (or two-three smaller ones) directed to the mold so it is in a constant red hot state before casting the copper. Then the flames stay on till the copper "cools" down to the flame temperature. This is a way to reduce cooling seams and the little air pockets on the underside of the bars and it can produce cleaner surfaces with reduced wrinkels on top. Happy Casting from Germany;)

[@wolvenar]

Add vibratory base and keep it liquid a while and I bet a lot of that goes away.

[@vincentbarnett4222]

That is sorta like annealing, a process used on some alloys and glass to make them less brittle. It changes the crystalline structure of the material. Good idea to try, if for no other reason but experimentation.

[@monkeyock4575]

27:46 my wife and I keep reptiles, she’s the expert and called that lizard a “shingleback” and said it’s a type of blue tongue skink, which are fairly common as pets here in the USA. The one we have (Bunny Lebowski, she’s a “northern” BTS) is my favorite lizard we have ever kept.

[@rhetthagstrom5797]

Hot in Australia and cold in FL. Sitting her at 3 am bored AF, frost protecting our crops and refreshed my feed and what to my surprise do I see? Another glorious video from the man himself. Thank you for your great videos.

[@deadlyydee3895]

There was a cold snap recently yeah? I know the cold snaps in Florida are quick and mild right?

[@josephlalock8378]

@@deadlyydee3895 not to floridians. they break out winter coats at 60f. i'm from illinois and i lived in daytona for 10 years. i laughed at them every winter. i'm in short sleeves and flip flops and they got gloves and scarves on.

[@deathmourne1]

Same here man I love to point at laugh at people who do that@@josephlalock8378

[@user-vr1uy4di9b]

⁠​⁠@@josephlalock8378lol they should try 18 degrees Fahrenheit here in Maine this morning. 8 degrees Fahrenheit with the windchill. Man I’d love to spend a week or two in Florida!

[@annec781]

25 F in northern Nevada this morning, expecting snow this weekend.

[@OZtwo]

It is Friday! Not only that but it is the FIRST Friday of 2024! Happy NEW YEAR to all!

[@jimp4037]

Someone else melting metals and making bars popped up on my home screen. I watched a few minutes of it. Similar to yours. But it made me feel like I was cheating on you!! LoL! No one does it like bigstackD casting!

[@bigstackD]

Yeah I hear that buddy 👊Soo many copycat channels out there its really annoying. My views have suffered massively because of all them . Its just a shame people cant be original.

[@swizermack]

Wow I don’t think I’ve ever caught a video so early after being posted! 😊

[@jasonfox6013]

Same here

[@lava4732]

Damn it is already Friday? Time really flies

[@w.ottopeck9619]

You got to be kidding me! Tell me you did not use the oil from the air conditioner compressor to cook your steak? (I noticed a couple weeks ago when you drained the oil from the compressor into a water bottle and put on counter, I thought that was not a good idea!) Great video, enjoyed it. I wonder if anyone else caught the oil spoof? Can’t wait till next week.

[@madelienet8588]

I saw it too, but whether it was an intentional joke or not….

[@GrumpyHarleyRider]

Great melt Big D! Those bars remelted from last week came up awesome! As I said before, it wouldn't be a BigstackD video without Ingot rubbing his junk on the rug! 😂😅 Have a great weekend mate. 🍺

[@bigstackD]

You got that right! Thanks again buddy, appreciate anything going to the beer fund although I’m kind of regretting it right now as I didn’t get home till 2 o’clock this morning so my whole Saturday has been written off 🤦🏻‍♂️!

[@matthewelliott2213]

It ain't gonna melt itself---that's your new T-shirt my friend.

[@Klingon2468]

In the video you wrote "If you like it 👍 If you don't 👎. That got me thinking, if somebody said to me there is a KZbinr that takes equipment apart and melts the metals I would think "not very interesting" but I get up every Friday morning and can't wait to see what the weeks melt will be. So my question to you is "How do you get us all hooked and keep us interested?" As for this weeks video Loved it, that steak looked tasty. Looking forward to next weeks video. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@FabledGentleman]

38 degrees lol. In my country right now it's minus 40... ☠

[@Vys_Gaming13]

Happy to see I'm not the only one who can't get an eggshell off cleanly

[@jeffpalmer9149]

Like we could give a thumbs down on this. It is the enjoyment of melting metals with out all the heat and sweat. It is practically a lullaby with dogs thrown in. Now I want to go to the garage and start disassembling things. 👍😃

[@Alpemomi]

That was the tastiest-looking Aluminium-Bronze BigsnackD Steak ever! 34:52 A little crispy on the outside, not too rare, exactly how I love it! Lekker!!! 😋

[@madelienet8588]

Are you Afrikaans, Dutch or German? “Lekker” gave you away 😂

[@Alpemomi]

@@madelienet8588😂 French-Canadian with Spanish father now living since 2020 in Rotterdam hoor! En je, waar kom je vandaan?!

[@madelienet8588]

⁠mooi man Zuid-Afrika, maar ik woon in Nieuw-Zeeland Afrikaans - Suid-Afrika maar ek bly in Nieu-Seeland 😊

[@madelienet8588]

⁠ mijn verloofde is geboren in Canada - Newfoundland

[@rjung_ch]

Your two boys are adorable, 3 and 5, how time flies.

[@rjung_ch]

Happy 2024 to you too, to the boys, your family and the viewers as well. 👍💪✌

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

So many stunning components in that, especially the busbars and even the little chunky brass risers, so yummy!! 26C so early in the morning, wow! I know that we had previously spoken about our experiences and so I wanted to let you know that devestatingly our little one lost his battle to his cancer in early December. There are no words that can describe this pain but I'm just trying to keep busy and I am finding familiar comfort in watching all my favourites again. I suddenly have lots of time and no motivation so watching you is the best distraction so thank you! Loving the length of your videos to get lost in! Wishing you and yours all the best for 2024, got to make the most of life!!

[@alonys]

Dearest Sollers, I am so sorry for your loss. You are an amasing person and a wonderful mother. Hold on and those of us who love your vids will be there when you have your strengt back.

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

@@alonys that means a lot, thank you 💜

[@mrlodwick]

Have strength, i wish you and all the best. Tim Uk x.

[@fionagibson7529]

The second bar bubbling sounded like Donald Duck trying to curse someone out. Very funny.

[@catch22frubert]

I love the copper bars you make from scrap. Its always the most beautiful to me just because its so important in electronics in general and energy transmission and reception of all kinds. From the Television to the cameras used to make this, to the computer used to edit it, to the entire power grid responsible for giving the entire country power and even the generators making the energy. Its all amazing and possible because of copper. It's 100% my personal favorite semi precious metal, and its got incredibly beautiful crystal oxide forms like Malachite and Azurite. I think Velvet Azurite is an amazing gemstone if you can even find one. Cooper is a great metal. Thanks for all the years and all the massive copper pours. Cheers M8. Wish you nothing but the best from here in NY, USA.

[@Joe14876]

9:47: its like opening choccolate bars for bigstack

[@erebusbueno]

Casting a brass lizard would be awesome

[@jongroom2954]

I would love a copper one .

[@user-qf3ro8bo2d]

I love watching you melt metals. I also love watching you pet your ‘monkeys’

[@Josip-Broz-Tito]

Always nice to wake up to a bigstackD vid!

[@MusicLoverGurl]

I wish there were more channels like yours. I love these videos so much.

[@williammaxwell1919]

I find these videos strangely mesmerising, relaxing and calming... even though I have not intention of smelting anything; though I would love a "retired" crucible ~ they are soo cool!

[@joescan6061]

Forge cooked steak! Very good bigstack. I had a good laugh when I realized how you were preparing your meal

[@pixieflitwit1516]

I reckon you have learned the hard way about what you can and can't do in order to not hurt yourself. You have probably mentioned in previous videos how you got started doing this smelting stuff, but I have yet to catch that in the some 20 or so of your vids that I have watched. It's been decades since I have done any scrapping of metals and I am too old for it now, but I truly enjoy watching you. I hope it is worth your while to make these vids cuz I know there is tedious work involved.

[@JohnnyBeesh]

That oil you used has been specially seasoned… last weeks’ “special find”. Looked tasty… glad you didn’t waste it! 🤣😂🤣👍

[@claudevieaul1465]

49:42 thát face.... "You're joking, right?.." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@DarthTrollage]

I really hate to see that copper not be finished in the vault. To make it not so daunting and intimidating you should finish one bar with each haul you do so it all gradually gets perfected and put onto those glorious shelves!

[@jasondarling0629]

Here in NE Indiana, 8:02am and its 24° too, unfortunately its Fahrenheit and there's snow!!

[@michaellawrence6677]

Must be nice having smaller dogs. Mine jump me and cuddle and drag me around the house when they want treats. Great video as always. Have a great weekend.

[@benpaulik2327]

That baseball cap at the end 😂❤

[@trevorwhitham6742]

32:44 unexpected but welcome addition even if temporary to the series

[@dfusit]

I liked how the brass behaved when you first turned off the gas.

[@vincedibona4687]

I like how you added just a little more brass right before the melt. 🤣 Love and skritches to the pups!

[@Ziegen-Sauger]

There is so much going on over the two last videos, I am overwhelmed with joy!!! The Al/Cu bar from last week is one of the most beautiful metal alloy bars I've seen. The color, the texture, and the bar resting position after solidifying. Wow!~ Today we are rewarded with the collaboration of one of the subs and another different alloy of Bronze Al. Most often we have Cu, Brass, Al. It seems Mr BigStackd does not like Lead bars, the few times I saw he set them aside. Zinc is very rare to see, once a year perhaps. Something like 7 years ago in one episode he melted Cu/Ni, and the same year he made something with iron alloyed with something. I need to find those episodes. The larger mold used today is by far my favorite. For me, it gives a special charm to the bars. Those Cu spacers were awesome by themselves, the e sizes. The two larger ones drove me crazy as they were. I still do not think there is metal prettier than Cu, and today we had the spacers and their transformation into wonderful bars. So the 50/50 CuAl bars, the Al Bronze, and the Cu bars are so beautiful and the size they were made gave an extra touch. Lastly, I wonder why it is not common to have other metals from sources like local junkyards. I make a couple per month for my collection, in my case I go to tire shops, and triffid stores to get lead, zinc, pewter, and armetale. I began just melting whatever so I have a half dozen of random junk bars. Cuprous-Nickel is possibly at the top of the alloys I like for appearance. I grabbed a Kg of coins to make me one bar. Since I am not skilled, it was not easy since I have a generic backyard forge. But then I gave the shine to the bar and it is spectacular. Wonder if someday Mr BigstackD will find some Nickel to melt? It is not common because it is more expensive, correct?

[@rocky3075]

Hello from Seattle WA ✌️ 🦊👍 It's great to be able to check out what's up on the other side of the planet.

[@christophersabo1149]

👍 like always. Would be interested to see one of those beer bottles casted in brass or aluminum or Nordic gold.

[@dbhunter79]

Ingot looks rad in that hat! 😀

[@junaubomber6977]

I love watching bigstackD videos while tinkering in my basement

[@Yoursolarbro]

Man I love your channel I have been following you for years keep the melt up

[@mrlodwick]

Love the way you lookafter the little felows.

[@user-lk2cr4kb5l]

My friend a little advice from distant Greece, when you fry meat, try rubbing it with extra virgin olive oil, don't use anything else until it's done, then you add salt and pepper and marjoram, not beforehand, because the meat will be bitter Take a small 500ml water bottle, make a hole in the lid, and every time you put the fire under the grill, put it out with the bottle. Don't let the meat burn, don't let the meat turn black, try chopping the pork into small pieces on a skewer on a charcoal grill, you will be amazed at how good it tastes Many greetings from Greece

[@tobiaswinfro7075]

As usual a wonderful video, I really enjoy the copper melts and casting. Thank you for the awesome content

[@ovarb12]

Love rhe doggo's min. Great idea!!!!

[@Choujifangirl]

This circuit breaker is surprisingly clean compared to other things you’ve taken apart

[@realworldtalkrwt520]

Wherever you live is my dream property. Just stunning and peaceful

[@shawnmcclelland68]

This might be one of your best cooking videos ever

[@donlandenberg8126]

I always love to watch you melt metal. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@sumelar]

I just realized you're basically Vulkan. Friend to everything and a metalworker.

[@BatGuanno]

Happy New year, always look forward to your vids. Love the humor you put in them.

[@bigstackD]

Happy new year!

[@mrtemple182]

not jealous of your weather at all. Happy with my 32 degrees Fahrenheit🤣🤣🤣

[@timsmith9645]

Awesome melt beautiful copper bars and aluminum and copper bars and brass bar thanks for sharing bigstackd

[@pointeisabel]

Hey BigstackD! Just got my Devlforge coated and waiting to dry! Can't wait to do my first melt with it! Wonderful video as always!

[@johnoconnor4941]

Happy New year Mr StackD, great to see you and the boys back in action and what a start. Those connectors are mahasoof and like, thicc, man. But jeez its hot there. Well, let's go on yet another productive, entertaining and educational adventure.

[@user-hc2df2fl6k]

Super Nice Bro...Respect from ROMANIA 🇷🇴 Bucharest .

[@thomasponce1065]

Great video!

[@frankvenero7137]

Another great video. Thanks for the hard work.

[@reblatted]

Happy New Year Big Stack’d and all your subs

[@langer1972]

Doing what you do seems like a good stress reliever.

[@sebastianmoreno1572]

every man in a 100km radius knows that bigstack is cooking and melting. another great vid! and that steak was so good looking damn

[@steveskouson9620]

Again, I waited for the live video. Good work, D! steve

[@alonys]

I just love seeing the boys. They are so adorable. Great melt! Hope the next one will be a motor with an aluminium casing.

[@TheWabbit]

Another great melt, good snack, pups doin good and a visitor with a blue tongue. A very enjoyable video. Have a great weekend!

[@tmn612]

Ingot is the cutest in his little hat

[@Litebolt21]

When you picked up that bottle of oil from your shed, I was reminded of the copper oil you drained into a similar bottle last video. Do be careful chief.

[@bigstackD]

I can assure you mate it was definitely not the same oil, but I did put it in the same spot to see who my regular viewers are👊🏻😁

[@reekreeks]

will be doing this soon myself watching and learning. thank you

[@crystalturner5581]

I love waking up to Friday morning melts watching from west Virginia give the pups a hug from me

[@JenJenRome123]

I still think you outta build a small in ground doggy pool. It'll not only benefit the puppers, but the birds will enjoy it too!

[@AlaminIslam-yx8qy]

Right it's winter in Bangladesh. Loved your videos when we will see the motor melt and the big ingot casting

[@benmorgan8238]

Hey bigstack i can't help but notice that your sockets have stopped trying to run away😂😂. Or did they ran off and you got ones😂😂

[@wesleyehowell]

Yum! Steak and eggs! Looks like a great meal. I thought that looked a bit more done than you usually eat, but still looked good! I'm a "lead in the cow and give me a knife and fork" kinda person, so I like it a bit less done than that too. It's interesting the way you see people cooking food in the world. Wrap up some steak and potatoes and stick them on your diesel as you're driving down the road. I always thought that was a myth until I saw someone do it. LOL. Also works to pour popcorn in a diesel stack, but I wouldn't recommend eating it. Great melt again! Beautiful bars. Always enjoy your channel.

[@mr.noname2785]

Got my first melting furnace today and i gotta say casting metal is so satisfying, it's addictive.

[@916rockfox]

1am in California. Time for some melting!

[@vjudnich]

I have three blue tongue skinks here at home in the states. That one, a shigleback, is one of the few that we can't really get in the US after AU stopped exports. Same for Easterns. I was wondering how long it was going to be before I saw one on your channel.

[@grantlouw3182]

Great to see some treats for the monkeys!

[@thespicemelange.1]

It looks like you left a little piece on the ground out there from when you poured the first of the copper aluminum bar. It's fell off when you transferred them all into the pan. When you empty the water out, you can see it fall on the ground. 42:31

[@robinjeffryes2575]

Always got some good lunches going on keep on trucking brother.

[@idgaff666]

Been in the electrical industry 30 years..I've never seen bloody yellow cable ever!

[@MysterySemicolon]

I swear Ingot is my spirit animal.

[@Aaron_Hanson]

Awesome upload as per usual mate….cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺

[@user-ok5mu6mt4l]

Лучшее кулинарное шоу, на просторах интернета 👍

[@user-yg4ng6ui2w]

28:50 birds harassing 😂

[@josephalexander3884]

I am just over 10 minutes into the video. A late Christmas present, huge green burn. I love these.

[@franciscosandiego3026]

Great video brother from the imperial county California 👍👍 and happy New year 🎊🎊

[@wszechmocnieuzdolniony]

Good job 👍

[@TheParkAttendant]

You sure have some big creepy crawlers to contend with. Around here we only have to worry about the occasional Brown Recluse and Black Widow Spiders. But if we go out into the desert, then we have to contend with Rattlesnakes.

[@thunderbasilisk1352]

Got some awesome copper bricks this week.

[@empirefinds]

Great start to 2024 brother awesome as usual.

[@andrewrossi7164]

Love the beefy copper bars mate 👍

[@m4anow]

Ingot's eyes look SO much better🎉

[@michaelphillipsBoogie1]

Those Dogs are about the best looking things i have seen. you are so lucky.