Free Copper - Copper Bar from a Microwave Oven

[@elwoodhopkins]

I appreciate this guy's mindset. It's not about the money, copper bars are just cool.

[@taunteratwill1787]

Gort Newton No, i think he's eating it.

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

Trueee

[@nickjohnson9704]

Hell yeah! I wanted magnets and copper... I can get both from microwaves!! Time to hit the free section of Craigslist and snag up people's garbage!!

[@qklmike]

Also make good heat sinks for welding applications

[@declansamsung241]

Thanks

[@colinwar]

copper is a great metal, it holds value for a reason, a very good conductor of electricity. its antimicrobial, it is non corrosive, it has very strong tensile strength and its really pretty in my opinion. good video, and thanks.

[@louistournas120]

Also copper salts are blue when they are hydrated, such as copper sulfate pentahydrate. Copper Chloride. Copper nitrate is greenish.

[@TheSkaireKrowe]

Thanks Ben. Dissection of those transformers was quite educational. Never knew it was as easy as you made it look.

[@kevalessandri5086]

Hey, DUDE! You're a BABE!

[@LindCoulee]

Well I like the way you think. Doing this because you like to do this is the best reason to do copper recovery. I hobby scrap myself and enjoy the hobby aspect. Good job and keep having fun

[@HNXMedia]

I love the scrapping game. If only people knew how much of my "toys" I've financed off their "trash" they would be amazed. Great Video!

[@dime4026]

when labor is free

[@skullmonkey4565]

I just struggle o find enough of it in the uk

[@reggieanderson885]

Dildos and pocket pussys?

[@Cory_Springer]

Just pulled almost 2lbs of copper out of an old TV. My newest hippy is scrapping and making aluminum/copper/brass bars. It's so satisfying to watch a stack of metal bars grow over time!

[@Bman10496]

Ben, you have the best e-scrap channel on KZbin by far. I watch your videos all the way through because they're so entertaining! Can you do a video on sorting insulated wire for the scrap yard? Thanks!

[@filmactorgordwelke]

My wife and I watched your copper video and we were just totally astounded! Thanks and we love your direct no-nonsense style. Cheers, Gordon Welke and Leona Sackaney

[@casanovafrankenstein33andz78]

Awesome, I have a few microwaves in stock, but never scraped one before, so the lesson is greatly appreciated!

[@momobhc]

I used to work at a scrap yard, and your rip and tear method made me happy. that's pretty much exactly how we did it.

[@cooperbee408]

52 sundays in a year you do this once a week that's 364$ a year depending on the price of copper. not counting what ever else you find on your copper hunt. It adds up, my neighbor does this in his spare time and does well for himself. Instead of that microwave going into a land fill and all that copper going to waste your actually doing something positive instead of being a wasteful human and chucking everything away. I wish there where more people like you eWaste Ben.

[@CedarLogman]

Cooper Becraft All that work for $7.60. maybe there's some other way of making a living.

[@alan30189]

He might just get more enjoyment out of keeping a valuable resource out of a landfill, than he does from the money value of three pounds of copper. I pick up aluminum cans that some douche-bag littered the roadside with, for the same reason. Keep them out of landfills.... Makes you feel good.

[@katedunno1230]

Mark Preece, Some like my Dad enjoy this kind of stuff. Gives him something to do and he can make a buck while staying out of trouble.

[@researchandbuild1751]

Cooper Becraft ok. But how much did the propane cost, you may end up actually going negative

[@taunteratwill1787]

Cooper Bee Good thing that you can find 52 old microwaves every year! rofl.

[@mosapedoterrorist7529]

A wee tip for you guys the capacitors remain fully charged even when not plugged in,thousands of volts you need to touch the points to get rid of electron charge,this is for microwaves mind you some other devices have high voltage capacitors just something to be aware of,people have been killed by screwing about with microwaves with zero knowledge!!

[@JohnJohn-cr4pz]

I thought what you meant was that you could heat up scrap copper using your microwave and melt it into an ingot.

[@crohkorthreetoes3821]

You can, you just need a microwave kiln set.

[@lincqimiq5265]

John John LOL

[@nerfinator6]

You can, just get 2, maybe 3 microwaves go sell the scrap you get from 1, and go buy some really thick gauge wire, pop out the small coil in the transformer, replace it with the thick wire, hook it up to the mains and BAM, metal melter

[@robertburrell7663]

John John exactly what I thought!

[@mollyhamilton8311]

Good to see thank you. A mass of all type of appliances end up as land fill. Collect metal over time and adds up. Reuse or scrap, good pocket money.

[@afreemanreigns]

Now I am kicking myself for throwing out a very old microwave mate. Just for fun I would have loved to known how much copper it had lol. One man's trash is another man's treasury. And for those that say this is a waste of time let me say this. I need at present 10 100-250amp fuses for my lithium battery banks and I would like to make custom bus bars to connect them, so if I were to purchase them from a Solar Co. it would run upward into the hundreds. This knowledge of seeing how to use what is readily available can be very valuable to the right man or woman. As we gain more age we get more knowledge and then we put that into action and it is wisdom. There are hundreds of uses you could do plating or set the copper into engraved molds for fine detail work on guitars laid into exotic woods, like they do with mother of pearl but yours would be copper. KZbinrs are the future of a changed society, we have created a new generation with the DIY'ers on here. great work mate, cheers, viva la copper. Oh a "Copper" is what the then metro police were called back in the 1860's.

[@truthersunite8658]

Pigs, The Fuzz, Boys in Blue, Johnny Law, poe-poe(my personal favorite), bobby and flat foot. My favorite phrase for seeing one of them pigs is - I smell bacon.

[@michaeljohnston777]

Five-Ohh! One-Time! Narcs! Feds! Jump-Out-Boyz! (Ghetto or Street Slang) Smokey or Bear(trucker talk on CB radio). Lol. just wanted to add a few to ur list! :)

[@cdreid99999]

ya its not worth your time. He's working way below minimum wage. Now if you want to make an EMP gun... thats a fun thing to make with a microwave

[@38911bytefree]

Hats of for the scraping work. No electric tools, all by hand.

[@chrismoss875]

Hey ewaste Ben , Chris here from the US, love your videos , my wife freaked when i got a crucible like yours , she thinks ima burn the garage down lol , i learned alot from your videos, for sure helped me out making a extra grand a month , keep up the good work

[@truthersunite8658]

@Chris Moss - What are you scraping that makes you that extra grand a month?

[@boogazincorporated]

@@truthersunite8658 looks like hes scrapping 37 microwaves a week, not to far fetched to be honest, thats just going off this guys video though

[@danielmeecham464]

Great Job! I'm in Toronto Canada and I pick up many different electronic and electromagnetic things and mostly just repurpose them into something fun. I will now start building a coppah collection myself. Thanks for making a fun, interesting, and professional video. Keep having fun and making more of these videos!

[@jesondag]

That's a lottah coppah

[@virginsmoker]

That's a lottah coppah coppah

[@leonardocabrera1327]

best comment :P

[@Sara-L]

coppah coppah transformah. microwaves in disguise.

[@spikeleestree8015]

jesondag but no alinumium..

[@christyhodges-johnson2520]

jesondag I

[@workinalday4351]

It is fun playing with molting metals! Nice job.

[@vickanis2234]

There are actually only 2 types of transformers, Autobots and Decepticons. Magnetron is probably the latter.

[@lazar2175]

Vic Kanis Comment of the 2017.

[@mixerD1]

😂😂😂 Class buddy😁👍

[@chikkenbonz]

Vic Kanis - Hahaha ...good one dude!

[@CasualUnboxing]

That was freaking hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. 😂🤣😂

[@truthersunite8658]

Coppa

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

Not bad. 2.866 pounds. I don't know what copper scrap is going for around here these days, but for artists who like to make art with copper, you just showed them where to get it. How to harvest it and how to melt it down into easy storage or something they can carve on. Pretty cool!!

[@bigal1568]

You really got me interested in doing this.

[@geneticrabbit]

there is more than a little bit of copper in the Magnetron and it is easy to separate it from the ceramic ends without disturbing them too much ive scrapped hundreds or microwaves and extract every bit of copper including the dish motor. great vids keep up the good work!

[@ashleyxoxo8595]

This looks sOo satisfying when you pour it in. Good video btw

[@johnhudson8197]

Hi - thanks for the tutorial on recycling copper wire from a microwave. VERY interesting! BTW, I've removed the quite strong magnets (there are two) from numerous microwaves without troubles of any kind. Yes, there's certainly more heavy copper wire in the 'magnitron' than than the tiny pieces you recovered. Thanks for posting. John

[@RimWulf]

Couldn't you flattened the coils with your vice to make it fit in crucible?

[@donnasaunders4220]

Awesome thanks. Its a great way to save overtime. Especially if a rainy day comes and you need an extra 300 bucks. Dig up your stash from 5 year of collecting for example. awesome vid thanks.

[@bitingchef4329]

Subscribed. In my city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, we have very little appliance recycle mandates. Most go into the bin. My building has 350 flats Many are transients that work in government computer jobs and can be sent back to their country if the contract ends. We see this monthly. Many appliances are abandoned... I thank you for this great idea.

[@yoyosese634]

thats ok many thousand years later people can dig it up and reuse them

[@luigiprovencher]

Awesome! I want to try making a home made foundry so that I can start making some copper, brass, and aluminum bars.

[@ekimoboy]

Imagine playing that drinking where you have a shot every time he says 'coppah'. Killer

[@jaxflfreebird]

I came home last night very tired. I drank a bit of vodka. I had watched a couple of other videos. By the time I got to this one I was only able to stay awake until somewhere in the 25 minute range. I remembered what I had watched last night when I saw a microwave on the side of the road. Copper is like a poor man's GOLD isn't it.

[@Onesize17]

I was hoping to see a warning about the capacitor. You can stop your heart with one the size that microwaves use, and it's too easy to short it out FIRST THING.

[@maxmccormick3376]

Frog Slough don't those have a bleed resistor though? As long as it hasn't been run in the last few hours it should be fine

[@eWasteBen]

I don't touch the capacitors at all

[@5roundsrapid263]

Frog Slough Discharge it with an insulated screwdriver to be safe.

[@headbanger1428]

Agreed, but I'm not sure about the older microwaves, which is what this video references for copper. A mention about the capacitor would have been good since many third-world countries watch these videos and want to get on with eWaste as a second or primary income. Great video nevertheless, eWaste Ben. Thanks for sharing!

[@Willeexd1337]

you touched the cabels on the magnetron and they are connected to the capacitor same with the transformer

[@murlbailer3755]

I've done a bit of scraping in my younger days. Don't have the place anymore. Enjoyed your video,thanks. I've got a microwave sitting on my porch. As soon as the smell goes away I'll scrap it lmao.

[@joelcooper8741]

Beautiful ingot

[@taunteratwill1787]

Joel Cooper No it's not! It looks like shit! You haven't seen much of them i think!

[@RJCooper2]

True

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

I agree it's a nice cooper ingot

[@edwardbogumil8913]

here in the states copper is graded #1,2 or 3. since that has a varnish on some of it i2 would be #2. clean copper is #1. copper that has turned green is #3. so your bar copper would be #1 as long as its clean. to clean it just soak it in a bit of drain cleaner to get the best price.

[@marcshuter5187]

Awesome looking bar man. Gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for a microwave

[@MaximusPsychosis]

I was going to say, the magnetron has a nice chunk of almost a kilo of copper, the tip had the purple/pink ceramic beryllium oxide, that's what you have to avoid, just hacksaw though the copper past that, discard or whatever you need to do with it.. now just in case you saw though the beryllium, make a safe area, for only cutting that, eye and dust protection, rubber gloves. Also, it stores no charge, its the large cap that is directly attached to it that may have a charge, pop the wires off that 1st.

[@TiSapph]

The BeO insulator turns out to really just be a myth, if they are pink you can be sure it's alumina, not BeO. BeO is really just used for multiple kW magnetrons for continuous wave radars. The pink actually comes from additives and impurities such as titanium, which is to improve mechanical properties, indicate it's alumina and indicate the grade (pink is usually 88% Al2O3) Always thought it's BeO too, but apparently not...

[@MaximusPsychosis]

Thank you, good to know! because of that info, just done a little reading, hot caustic soda will eat alumna, but ignore Berrylia, so wash em in caustic soda, if the dielectric dissolves, you're good to go.

[@TiSapph]

Testing it chemically is a great idea! Not sure if NaOH solution will do it since it is sintered and apparently that stuff is hard to dissolve, but maybe the 12% additives will and it will fall apart? Don't know, I've never tried but it's a great idea!

[@nicolaschu9599]

Honestly, I doubt there's even a Kilo of copper in a Magnetron. Perhaps only 2 ounces at the most (54 grams). Its mostly steel with a couple magnets.

[@MaximusPsychosis]

the few I've played have been rather heavy, but yeah, less then a kilo, but a lot more then 50 odd grams, but hey, if you say there is steel in them, that probably the weight then.. the ones I've had hold of, the main chamber is all copper. after i've stripped the casing and magnets off them.

[@Kaaskop84]

What a beauty it is! Thanks for all the tips on the scrapping of magnetrons. I saw one 2 months ago but didnt take me with me. Next time I will! Thanks to you I started scrapping and collecting copper, aluminium, brass and heavy grade iron. The iron is going straight to the metal recycling center. The other metals will be casted one day. I👍👍👍

[@steved8610]

How's that huh, 1.3kg of copper from an old school microwave. That's pretty awesome!, I might look into melting copper when I get my own place (hopefully soon haha). Excellent work Ben! 😁

[@interesting2491]

Got your own place yet?

[@ag10876]

I have as much fun watching you scrap the microwave as you do. Thanks for the video. I have a 5 gallon bucket filled with copper, wish that you were my neighbor I would give it to you. Lots of fun. Great adventure!

[@bebereyes5514]

Microwave that copper bar in the next video. That would be interesting.

[@artemisrumbinger4012]

I've never noticed the deli scale before. That is a fantastic idea. I don't catch all of your videos but I love the ones I do. Thanks.

[@Willeexd1337]

you know that when you scratch the coil the transformer doesnt work anymore so so cant resell it

[@Willeexd1337]

it can work sometimes but when you scratch it you short out the coil

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

I was going to say you are kind of dumb but i wont be mean. If you saw the whole video you would know that he is making huge bars of copper to sell to the bank. They buy it then make coins from it.

[@Willeexd1337]

did you watch the whole video because he said that if it was aluminium he would resell it and when he scratch to see if it is aluminuim or copper he destroys the coil. if its copper it doesnt matter because he melts it but if its aluminuim then the coil is ruined and then he tries to sell a broken transformer

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

Well this guy is in Australia and they dont do everything normal sometimes.

[@pauls5745]

a couple scratches on the windings don't ruin it. they are light not huge gouge

[@LordArchon0]

I don't know if anyone else had pointed it out but you're missing a huge hunk of the microwave's copper inside the Magnetron, inside its steel casing the entire body of it is copper. Just pop the magnets off (love those too) rip off it's ends (while wearing a mask or in a hood, the ceramic ends contain some pretty nasty stuff) tear out the guts (might as well save those too, it's thorium and tungsten after all) and there you go! One decent hunk of pure copper to add to the pile!

[@davidryder9661]

if only i had a gram of copper for every time he said copper...

[@Zanzubaa]

Ha ha

[@theEvoght]

Coppa*

[@airplanegeorge]

what is aloominium?

[@Unknownjenkins152]

aluminum. thats how they say it there in europe

[@mattmcnamee1113]

Thats American.

[@montydaniels1054]

Hi Ben, I was an operating engineer by trade. Out of my 36 active years, 30 of them, was in the demolition field. I could tell you some stories but at any rate, I'll stick to something related to your video. Now heres what I would run in to, even when I knew the people who either owned or worked at the scrapyard. I had taken in copper a lot. Anytime I took in any wire, if it had just a small piece of any wrapping, they'd call it #2 wire. I mean, I would argue the fact that 99.999% of the wire would be solid and clean, that small wrap of flaky lacquer would change it from #1 clean, to #2 light covered. That's how they would do it here in Michigan. Now the bars, I'd probably think about doing that because it will for sure go as #1 copper. But, yes but, I would have to make sure if I was gonna sell it in bricks, I'd use a wire brush to polish it up because of the following. I've seen the scrapyard scale man try to knock the price down when it's tarnished, if you can believe it. It happened to me a number of times with heavy copper pipe. Even when I removed all soldered joints, unless the pipe was shinny clean, they'd usually try to pay me/us for #2 clean. Now that I'm retired, I can spend the time and do it like you're doing, so I can get the #1 price. Another thing, have you ever noticed what some of the copper bars sell for on eBay? I have and I've messaged the seller to see how many bars that he/she's sold at the price advertised. If the seller has sold more than 1, and the buyer paid for shipping, I might even try it that way. I forget that some people don't or won't go to scrapyards to get copper, so why, I have no clue but even when copper was selling for $4.00 a pound, they were able to sell it for $6.00 per pound.. Strange. But again, great video. I've subscribed to your channel because not only have you've given me some good idea's but you've answered some questions or explained some things to me that I didn't know. So thanks for uploading another great video. Even with all the experience I have, I have learned something from each one of your video's I've watched so far. Dan

[@EndingTimes0]

"I want this fan motor" WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK! I guess he really wanted it NOW lol.

[@1953SM]

Having worked an an A/C, Refrigeration tech. I have seen a lot of copper just get thrown out. Everyone knows motors have copper coils in them and a/c fan motors and the heavy compressors especially have a ton of copper in them. Just make sure you vent the compressor tubes to make sure no pressure is still inside. There will be oil inside the compressor but the fan motors are easiest. Any type of fan motor has copper coils. For the compressors you might use a hand held grinder to chew through the sides to access the inside. I wouldn't recommend a torch because of all the oil inside.

[@wildliferescue8784]

I like your video. but I think that you should have had a warning at the beginning and end of video of the risk of taking apart of a microwave. Always discharge the capacitor . Before removing anything from the microwave.

[@RubenGonzalez-tf2xf]

Loved your video Homeboy!

[@louisarmstrong8863]

you are exactly right its the fun and enjoyment out of getting the copper and melting it into copper bar fantastic .

[@pauls5745]

love the old, crusty vise!

[@eWasteBen]

yeah it's over 60 years old, got it from a closed down motorcycle workshop in the late 80's

[@fritzgolden6237]

These vises from China suck. The old school vises made in USA get passed down through the generations. Put themselves out of business by making quality products. Maybe the Ozzies used to make good ones or still do..

[@ianmoone2359]

Yep Dawn vises here downunder. I managed to find one of the rare early ones that has the spring loaded quick release/ fast adjust lever like their dawn wood work vices have, where you push the lever the the vice jaw slides in and out by hand and when you let go the spring loaded lever, you then wind the handle to tighten it!. They stopped making them on their cast iron steel work vices, and you have to wind the jaws all the way in and out to suit whatever your clamping now by hand which is a PIA. The spring loaded release lever saves a heap of time and winding handle effort. Dawn made a spherical graphite cast iron model they called the unbreakable model - they will last 100's of years of abuse and still keep kicking - they still make them in fact but they are over $1K to buy new now for a 4 inch and approaching $2K for a 6 inch.. www.dawntools.com.au/vices/Engineers-Offset-Vices-Cast/Engineer-Offset-Vices-Cast They been making them since 1917 so 100 year anniversary this year!. I used to buy them cheap second hand and strip & clean / repaint and restore them with new jaws inserts and straighten the handles if they were bent & wire wheel them etc. They would look as good or better than new... then re-sell them for near new prices for a while. That way I got to hunt down a pair of the early lever release quick adjust models for myself and a couple of the spherical graphite cast iron offsets etc for my own steel work bench. Machinists always trying to buy the quick release vises off me but i won't part with them - they are rare as hens teeth these days, and you'd always miss the convenience of the quick release/adjust feature once you have owned one. Spinning the handle with one finger to wind the jaws in and out fast gets old quick specially as you get older and get arthritis on your fingers - it can get painful in the cold weather!. Dawn engineers and wood work vises are an institution downunder among tradesmen. Everyone needs half dozen or so - one on your work ute & one for your fire-wooding trailer to hold the chainsaw while you sharpen the chain, couple of straight and offsets for the steel work bench and a couple of wood working ones on your timber bench. They are the sort of vice that are multi-generational if you look after them.

[@Redlotus425]

I never new you could do that I ground those apart thank you for teaching me something new i like your videos because I've been learning some new technics and thank you again

[@viscache1]

Very informative, thanks much!

[@kimratcliff3279]

You should make a stamp to identity your bars. Like "EWB" then stamp in little chicken feet. Just a thought on your video from 4 years ago. I'm still binging. Love it all!!!

[@soberhippie]

I won't be able to say "copper" for a while again.

[@619patrickmickey]

soberhippie copper😂

[@ramairgto72]

I took a shot every time he said "Copp-ah". Woke up a day later.

[@fritzgolden6237]

I heard,"cuppa". Kept thinking of coffee.

[@theillustrator7437]

nah man ALUMINIUM is the new cool

[@BillSmith-pp9sc]

I'm still struggling with al-loo-minny-yum

[@brianlewis9405]

I would hire this man any day of the week. He is kind that just works like a dog and loves it , my opinion only.

[@abodeobogde5227]

He loves his "microwife"

[@metatechnocrat]

on a side note you can either make small molded items or forge small copper daggers out of those bars and add value to them as well as expand your hobby into a craft.

[@homayounshirazi9550]

You're missing another valuable item: The magnets!

[@cindyraefox6117]

Where are the magnets I've probably overlooked them everytime

[@Stephen-xw3ww]

Theres 2 on the magnetron.

[@waiqiao6875]

He skipped because risk of beryllium

[@fritzgolden6237]

I live in the middle of California on a lot bigger than one acre. A creek runs through it and there is gold in the creek. I should get one of those oven like yours. Sometimes I'll find a nice rock. I'll show it to my wife. We go,"Wow! Lotta gold in this one", We leave it on the porch for a month or so then toss it back in the creek.

[@donlangenfield4862]

i think if you spray the beryllium with spray glue then don't grind on them you will live to 70 or 80 years if you have grate mightiness, i learned a bunch watching your video,as to why we do this some need no explanation, others you can talk all day and they will still not get it.,me wife thinks i am nuts so welcome to the bunch.

[@DoubleBassX2]

27:26 Watching the liquid surface settle is so satisfying.

[@Aslyuriel]

I've been scrapping microwaves for years now, I have a dozen MOTs under my bed! I always scrap the magnetron, they never have 'Residual Power' and I always treat them like they are beryllium. There are two insulators on the magnetron, One on the gun and ine inside the big metal box at the back. They're usually white or pink. They are the berylium ceramic insulators. Don't break them and you're fine, use microwave magnets for my fridge ;) The thing you really need to look out for are the capacitor and the plate motor, Don't remember the proper name for them. The capacitor can kill you, instantaneously. I myself have recieved a nasty shock before. The plate motor will give you a real nasty shock if you accidentally turn it while your hands are on the contacts. Around 94V of pure pain. Not fun, Trust me. I've been zapped atleast 5 times by the buggers. Edit: Spelt Microwaves "Microwavea" ahah

[@fritzgolden6237]

Well use them in a home windmill then.

[@randomvideosfilmcollection3161]

apard7 5 times... Wow. So your the type that doesnt learñ from your mistakes huh. No wonder your scraping so much lol loser

[@Aslyuriel]

DrJones Hey, I have enough money to buy large neodymium magnets, I don't need to scrap, I do it because its a fun hobby. 5 times in about 200 odd microwaves sounds pretty good to me. Also, Its Scrapping, not Scraping. Surprisingly enough, I don't remember doing it, or even seeing your channel before, But I'm one of your subscribers..?

[@Aslyuriel]

tallwill38 Probably should remember! I do it accidentally, A couple microwaves I've scrapped have the turn table attached to the frame with something durable, Always forget that rotating it to break the stuff while my hands is on the contacts is a bad idea lmao

[@jamesharrell4360]

apard7 it takes less than 3 seconds to short the capacitor with a jumper wire. Have you been hit by a live MOT? I will never forget that moment.

[@happyscrapper8655]

In the US, ceiling fan motors produce a nice little chunk of copper. Happy Scrapping brother !!

[@housebat8797]

my scrapyard only takes copper by 25 pounds... is a bit annoying

[@silentferret1049]

I strip the wire out of the transformer and keep the steel framing and use it as weight blocks. Sometimes I would consider placing steel or even lead in the hole where the wire was. As far as the magnetron I have taken them apart but stopped at the copper container and most of what was directly connected too outside the copper wires connected to it. If you are careful and have tools setup to hold it in place and then it is safe enough to not damage it. I am mostly always cautious around any type of ceramics in general unless I know what they are made of.

[@stephanieyates6950]

Ahhh brave lil toaster.

[@nakoawarrior3186]

I love your metal melter,... and I could see a guy filling his safe with copper and brass and Aluminum bars.

[@jaminoes_]

Free coppah!

[@jamesmichael3998]

Every time I see a microwave I'll see that nice copper brick thank you cheers from Jacksonville Florida U. S. A.

[@jayh8490]

awesome video, can you do a video about all the copper bars, aluminum bars, brass bars, ect. that you've made and still have piled around, kind of like "your hoard" if you want to call it that. that would be cool to see, thanks for sharing

[@HeWhoHath]

Yeeeesssss. Show us your horde. And give us your address. And show us the locking mechanisms on your doors.

[@truthersunite8658]

@Toby Wilson - Just tell him to hide a key under the mat or fake rock instead.

[@anthonyturton8091]

thanks for the tip about the dangers of pulling the magnatron

[@AlumiTube]

Did not know that, great video and great channel!!!! I do alot of casting on my channel, fun stuff... :)

[@AwakeningEnthusiast]

I'm gonna go sub and check out your channel. I've been really itching to getting into melting metals

[@SeriesFightClass]

hey ik you I’ve been a subscriber for a while

[@benny5190]

Nice bar ben copper is so beautiful when melted my yards wont grade steel its 11p kg no matter if its heavy, cast, high grade or light steel I rarely find transformers with 2 copper coils always 1 alu and 1 copper I took in 95kg/200lbs of transformers to the yard last week nearly all were alu great video by the way thumbs up

[@tglory3313]

I hate when people hate on people that do positive things The government got things fuck up

[@realBokidwell]

Its both major parties

[@taunteratwill1787]

LOVE MY WIFE Boy Typ it again this time without the blindfold please.

[@roberts.3055]

Great video. There is another video on KZbin that deals with getting the magnets out safely. It shows how to short out any energy left in the capacitor so you can safely work on it. In the other video I mentioned the host also explains what safety percautions you need to take to protect yourself from the toxic dust that is in the magnetron.. Thanks.. :)

[@maxwebster7572]

Most used microwaves are dirty/ greasy. I would be sure to scrap outside the house. Picked one up once was full of roaches. It was in the trunk of my car which is practically the same as in the house if they crawl into something. Don't need that.

[@ramairgto72]

I had to toss my microwave and forgot to get the copper from it. Week later I seen 2 by a dumpster, and passed on it, they looked bad, it was the middle of summer and every little creature had to have made it's way in.

[@fritzgolden6237]

Yeah, I brought one home once when I lived in a condominium in Hawaii. Made an easy repair, heated a cuppa water and bugs started abandoning ship. Put it back outside.

[@maxwebster7572]

That sounds like the skanks on Dog the Bounty Hunter!

[@bitingchef4329]

Roaches enjoy the environment inside of microwaves.

[@alan30189]

The roaches will burn right off. No worries. LOL!

[@quantum-entanglementinmagn6728]

Thank You For have the kindness to recycle Copper, the mineral that is very precious and used everywhere, Your the champ! Lazaro

[@williamiannucci2740]

You can make more at McDonald's twice as much sorry just had to say because that's a lot of work for a little bit of copper

[@jxavier3876]

William Iannucci but it’s fun

[@jackfntwist]

I think that's so cool. Thanks! I could use a bunch of that thicker gauge wire for projects. I have to buy it.

[@JerryDodge]

Watching at 20:00 was painful. You could have just kept it flipped over, loosen the vice, and pounded the metal block downward (with gravity's help) while keeping the copper in place, and you wouldn't have to keep going back and forth on each side either. Just a few blows right down the center. Could have taken out the metal plates and other coil too. All in one good blow.

[@JerryDodge]

RayRay 444 Sorry I hurt your eardrums with my comment.

[@gaarasama1719]

That's what I do myself, you're on the right track brother

[@Gameboygenius]

Came here to see if you would rip open the magnetron like some fool. Glad to see you're aware of the dangers of beryllium. Stay safe and healthy.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

Can you sell the beryllium just like the copper? I never herd of it so its probubly something that costs alot.

[@TiSapph]

The BeO insulator turns out to really just be a myth, if they are pink you can be sure it's alumina, not BeO. BeO is really just used for multiple kW magnetrons for continuous wave radars. The pink actually comes from additives and impurities such as titanium, which is to improve mechanical properties, indicate it's alumina and indicate the grade (pink is usually 88% Al2O3) Always thought it's BeO too, but apparently it isn't...

[@leefer1955]

IT'S NOT A LIVING ! IT'S FUN!!

[@beingabetterman7080]

I love your scrapping videos mate - such enthusiasm! You said not only are you recycling and getting scrap and a little bit of money... but, it's fun doing it - I get it, I get you. Thanks for an informative and entertaining video - ken up the good work!!!!

[@ScammerSlammerTV]

Great video m8 . I liked subscribed and shared

[@Redlegarty]

Coppah is fun.. I get coppah from wire, coppah from motahs , coppah from transfomahs.. love this channel

[@drTERRRORRR]

"Get to da coppah!"

[@Greg6074]

Great thanks & now I'm going to look for old microwaves etc

[@NathanaelNewton]

Lmao i made one of these videos 2 days ago, however I also very carefully took apart the magnetron and harvested the magnets

[@roysmith3198]

i want the magnets too.

[@InfiniteDice]

Awesome, you have a great attitude. I used to wind coils for my father when I was a teenager during the summer. Might sound silly but I just love coils of copper wire! :)

[@AndrewMerts]

I'm only 4 minutes in and already you've given plenty of bad advice. The very first thing to do after opening the case is to short that capacitor out, that capacitor can store enough energy to stop your heart. The magnetron on the other hand poses no shock hazard as it can't store any electric charge. The reason why magnetrons shouldn't be played with is because it's not 1/1000 that contain beryllium, it's very common that they contain beryllium. The insulator might just be harmless aluminium oxide but there's no good way to tell. Either way you're giving dangerous advice here.

[@sparkfishes]

Andrew Merts there is always a resistor to short out residual voltage ...but just to be safe short across the terminals with a HV screwdriver

[@AndrewMerts]

It might just be old wives tales but I've heard stories of people opening up microwaves and getting an arc off the capacitor even after it was unused for an hour. In any case that resistor is often a discrete component inside the can so better safe than sorry with any high voltage capacitor.

[@alan30189]

I'm pretty sure he said he doesn't mess with magnetrons for that reason, silly. Comprehension problems?

[@robertevras6577]

Nice job mate!

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

Then try messing with an old CRT TV without shorting it out, and see how far you can fly across the room! I can charge up an ignition condensor (capacitor) that will give out a good jolt, days after charging, so I believe you are wrong.

[@MrCytree]

Great video dude. I know this is an older video but I just wanted to mention something in case you check this. The mushrooming on the end of your chisel can be a bit dangerous. Those metal chips will eventually break or fly off. They can go anywhere including your eyes. It is usually a good idea to file or grind that mushrooming off before it gets to that point so that your chisel isn't an additional danger. Sorry to preach to you. Best of luck and keep up the good work my friend.

[@jamesharrell4360]

I will buy all your untouched capacitors and 12kv diodes. 😁

[@Saxutin]

12kv diodes... What a fuck?

[@jamesharrell4360]

Saxutin ! Their the standard in microwaves. Although I have some 28kv, 35kv and 44kv ones from ebay...

[@Saxutin]

Oh yeah ur right... i think i did read "resistors" accidently and wondered how u measure resistance in volts... my bad.

[@bg8224]

A cloth wheel with jewellers rouge would polish the ingot more nicely and wouldn't abrade nearly as much material off the bar.

[@KJ-qg1cg]

I didnt kmow microwaves were free. I guess i got scammed when i payed arnd 200 for mine. But nice vid

[@deandrover2565]

Copper donut in hdd spindle. Hi Ben, wrote you about a year ago about the spindle section of a HDD having an inner bearing. It took me some time to finally get one out. Was hoping there would be ball bearings to make a fidget spinner. But just a copper donut. I guess that makes it a bushing? You probably already know this. Pretty easy to get it out. Just bash the bottom of the hdd center of spindle with a metal rod, then bash out the top of the other end with a smaller diameter pin/rod and voila, you've got a nice piece of copper. Thought to let you know, though I couldn't find the previous post to you in your other videos. Happy hunting.

[@metatechnocrat]

This is the guy you want to have around when the SHTF and need a good scaver to find resources in the post apocalyptic world that's coming. lol

[@sothisisamerica2]

So much fun to see you manage metal so cool. Hope I can try to do some in future.

[@hangfire5005]

you would need a lot of microwaves to make a living at that lol

[@xora7490]

true, but its not to make a living...

[@fritzgolden6237]

He stipulated it is a hobby.

[@Nochift138]

Or a drug habit

[@smithjohnny654]

makes no sense to me..can make up to $30 from the transformer in its original state!!

[@smithjohnny654]

Well hey..What ever tickles your fancy mate!! let him make his bares and be happy!!