How To Hand Strip BX Cable, Romex, & Burnt Copper Wire

[@stevenmiller7964]

Been scrapping for a decade. Never to old to learn a new trick. That drill trick for straightening wire is the greatest new trick I have seen in years. Thank you Sir!

[@ProjectShopFl]

You’re welcome, I made these videos to hopefully help people become more efficient at Scrapping, efficiency is the key to making money on any scrap. Thanks for watching.

[@E-BikingAdventures]

Best wire stripping video I've seen. You are the King of wire stripping. 👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@chriswilliams9684]

I have watched countless scrapping videos over the years, this is easily one of the best I have seen. Impressive setup for sure.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you

[@ryandeboer9584]

The definition of efficiency effectively carried out.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Efficiency is key to making money scrapping. Thanks for watching.

[@pederlindstrom3132]

Hello again. This video was 25 minutes and that's fine, I like the longer videos. The thing is,, sat down to watch it and phone rings,, doorbell rings, neighbour comes over.. Phone rings again and you name it. It took me about 1 1/2 hours to watch it 🤣

[@ProjectShopFl]

Well Thanks for the dedication. lol

[@cuscrapping]

Was hoping to learn a new trick with the BX, but you do it the same as I do. Which is good...means I am.doing it right. But, the trick with the burnt/overheated wire...😳🤯 Mind Blown!!! 👍👍👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Do you know what they say, great minds think a like. I hope you like the video and thanks for watching. I see you make Scrap and videos, I started a Facebook page called Project Scrap feel free to post your videos there. I started it for how to scrap videos.

[@mattyal9347]

Dang! You got that industrial mentality!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I’m always looking for the fastest possible way to do something. I’m going to be modifying my wire stripper soon to be able to strip that aluminum casing off the BX automatically. Thank you for watching

[@rbugriyev]

It's very thorough it's perfect the way you explained love it good job

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

[@dommyboysmith]

First time I've ever seen someone with a solid bx stripping process. The steel ones can be a pain in the ass. Definitely stealing your process though. Binging your channel tonight. Can't get enough of your know-how. 😁👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Im glad you are getting something out of these videos. thanks for watching.

[@david.perrip4316]

That drill trick is a good idea!! Never saw that before!! Love your vids man!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you

[@jonnykrim]

Amazing set up all round,just shows what experience and nounce can do! Brilliant

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you I hope someone benefits from it.

[@MrBugman2525]

Very good preparation and information

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you

[@mnelson10000]

You got it going on, brother... nice work!! Some kind of in-feed table to hold the spaghetti would save a lot of wear and tear on your back

[@ProjectShopFl]

That’s a great idea, now that I move the wire stripper off my breakdown table I can use it for that purpose. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching

[@tylerschuetz6858]

This is the man I dream to become. I hope I can scale up this big

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you, Work hard, and be honest. Thanks for watching

[@jimmydickson8854]

Thanks for the tutorial mate very help full jimmy Australia

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for watching

[@steliansilivestru3714]

Amazing machinery,cogratulation!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@tommyulman6623]

how do you get your knife to cut like that ive tried several and they just dont work like that

[@ProjectShopFl]

Get a $15 stainless fillet knife from Walmart. You Gotta make sure it’s sharp but not too sharp to where it’s digging in the copper. It took a little practice but I’ve got it down to a science.

[@mikewilliams9966]

Thank you sir for sharing your time and knowledge 👊 Happy as hell to have found ya! My girl and I both subscribed 👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

I appreciate you both and I hope you learn something from these videos. Thanks for watching

[@mikewilliams9966]

@@ProjectShopFl 100% we did already.

[@johnmessersmith8488]

All I see is you making me cash friend thank you

[@ProjectShopFl]

Your welcome, Thanks for watching

[@seamusmcelroy8352]

Hi. Good. Vid enjoyed it. Very much good. Set up looking forward to next cheers

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you

[@SprouseyTheHandyMan]

Appreciate the effort you put into this video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you, I bought a new computer so that I can produce better quality videos. I hope you enjoy them, thanks for watching

[@arielkozak]

Ahh man that's an awesome setup you got there!👌and thanks for the tips, I get alot of romex from my job and your way is going to help me save time

[@ProjectShopFl]

thank you, I hope these videos help people become more efficient and make some more money. $$$ Good luck and thanks for watching

[@ThePurpleSquirrel]

This location seems like a house. Do you have a video of the move to your new shop? When did you move? I'd love to hear your career story along with the how and why you got into scrapping.

[@ProjectShopFl]

That was my old house. I will do a live stream and answer question

[@shadowzedge5793]

Great deal! For me I'll probably make a machine to chop up the striped solid core wire into smaller pieces like 20mm long or something so I can really pack the bin full. Granted that bin will be very heavy but I would be able to store more in a smaller space. Keep up the videos. I hope the Wrecker is having a video soon 😈

[@ProjectShopFl]

I would like to see any machines you make to chop copper. You can post pictures to my Facebook page Project Scrap

[@HeavyDKC1]

This guys a walking osha violation. Had me cracking up with that one man. Fuck em 😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 👍

[@ramoshurgaia7651]

Good job

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@robertlivingstone3947]

great job thanks for the info

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you! 👊

[@billychinowith3305]

Pretty cool

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you

[@donnierobertson3088]

Great job and video like always

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@carlwood8836]

For the MC wire just tie one end off and put the other end in your cordless drill and use reverse it will unwind in seconds . then you can do long pieces.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I think I show that in the video. Thanks for watching.

[@charleshopp3881]

i struggle with old steel cased armored cable. the wire is covered in cloth and rubbery and does not slide. here is northeast i also get a lot of knob & tub type wire with cloth almost melted to to wire. how do u strip cloth stuff. i find im turning it in unprocessed because i dont have a good way to strip.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I’d have to see the wire to determine how I would strip it, tough wire I used to send through my granulator which worked great for everything. I would probably cut that steel cased wire in 3 foot sections with a pair of bolt cutters and then work it from there. I’m not sure what knob and tub wire is but if it’s burnt I would try putting it in a drill and twisting it before stripping.

[@eldiablo8019]

@@ProjectShopFl It's actually called " knob and tube " named for the ceramic tubes and knobs that were used to run it through the studs and joists before Romex.and it's going to be very old wire. The insulation is a combination of a sort of rubber compound covered with braided threads. VERY difficult to strip clean, and probably not worth the effort.

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@eldiablo8019 The only thing I can suggest is get an automatic wire stripper. I’ve run across some old wire from time to time, definitely not fun to strip thank God I hardly ever come across it. I do remember it wanting to clog up my granulator so what I would do is throw one piece of old wire, and then a piece of new wire so it didn’t Build up and the new wire would clean it out. Good luck and thanks for watching

[@jameswade5879]

this guy is amazing

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you that made my day. Thanks for watching

[@ulfhenarpolymathmilitant6258]

@ Project do you buy coated wire from the scrap yards to strip and sell back ? because you have a shit ton of wire you process .... just wandering how you come up with the supply ?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy it from electrical contractors

[@iffy9776]

Hi. Love the channel I like scrapping wire too. I live in the UK. I really hate, stripping armored cable. What wire do you not strip?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I try to strip it all. Lol when I had my granulator set up I would strip 100% of any wire I got. As of right now the only wire I don’t strip is the small wire I clip off the transformers I get, and double insulated communication cable. I just sell it as number two. Stay tuned I’ll Building a new upgraded water sluice for my granulator and I’ll be back to stripping 100% of the copper wire I get. Thanks for watching

[@edwinsmith1774]

Where do get all the copper in big amounts like you have

[@ProjectShopFl]

From electrical contractors

[@edwinsmith1774]

@@ProjectShopFl that's crazy and they don't bother to scrap themselves wish I had that connect

[@arkansasscrapper]

Can you explain how you price the cables you buy from electrician. also do you have a form letter that you use to contact contractors.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I travel all over the state of Florida so I called the local scrapyards and pay A competitive price compared to theirs. Where I live the prices are a lot higher than some other parts of the state so sometimes I wind up paying a lot less than I would have to locally. I don’t know what you mean by a form letter but how I started I went to the Kelley blue book of contractors and called every single electrician in my area code and expanded from there. Good luck and thanks for thanks for watching

[@parkermitchell6701]

Where do u buy/ find so much wire I been trying to get a lot like what u got.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors

[@Кальмар_Гумбольдта]

Спасибо! Я много узнал. Было интересно.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I’m not sure what that says but thanks for watching.

[@arronacton5647]

Love to know where it’s all come from

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors

[@ashtrayripleytn]

That in the metal cover is called greenfield

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@cditzler6313]

2 and 3 at a time now yer just showing off haha

[@ProjectShopFl]

Just showing how good that Fillet knife works. Lol I hope you enjoy the video thanks for watching

[@loveisalliam]

What do you do with the plastic waste?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I pay to get rid of it at the dump along with tons of other debris that I accumulate. I usually go once a week and along with everything that’s a lot heavier I usually pay 20 bucks for an entire trailer load of debris and trash.

[@jadenhouck4840]

Has anyone else ever scrapped heat exchangers with brass outer casing and copper tube inside?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes, just clean off any metal and they pay a good price for them. I've never separated the brass and copper though.

[@shockingguy]

You should make up some sort of hydraulic clamping device with a footpedal That way you would speed up the clamping process

[@ProjectShopFl]

I would but I plan on setting my granulator back up and I don’t really hand strip at all anymore, I was just showing people what I learned to be the fastest way when I did not have a automatic wire stripper.Thanks for the suggestion I still might incorporate something like that because I like the idea. LOL thanks for watching

[@lorddomain9308]

Hi dear can you make video about 1kg wire can min how much coper ?I mean all kinds of wire. Thanks.

[@ProjectShopFl]

ok, I will try. lol

[@lorddomain9308]

Thanks

[@znation3585]

do you ever strip extension cords? Is it worth it.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I stripped them all the time, it depends on the size of the wire if it’s worth it. I run that extension cord wire through my wire stripper. Are used to run it through my granulator. I think it’s considered number two copper, but I don’t do that much of it and I just throw it in my bright and shiny

[@MarkStoneLimited]

awesome

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👊

[@kupabrown5326]

Where do you get the wire from?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors

[@skitzochik]

potato peelers work good too

[@ProjectShopFl]

That’s interesting I have to try it. Lol

[@skitzochik]

@@ProjectShopFl step on one end with ur foot work your way up pulling it tight with ur left hand peel it with ur right. i live in vegas so the wire casing is always flexible & easy to peel due to the heat.

[@raymondcote6669]

Show all of it. Separate wire and insulation and show the rest of your work please

[@ProjectShopFl]

OK thanks for the feedback. I try to keep the videos below 20 minutes, so I didn’t think peeling the insulation was as Important as how I stripped it. But in the future I will try and film the whole process from beginning to end. Thanks for watching

[@hollowayhouseshollowayhous139]

Whr do you get your scrap from

[@ProjectShopFl]

Mostly electrical contractors.

[@chosen1one930]

Just bend the bx cable in half, where the aluminum or steel was bent just cut it, than pull the aluminum or steel off twisting at times if needed. Always better to leave longer pieces of copper, takes less time stripping 100 feet in on piece compared to 5 or 10 pieces. Why arent you running that type of wire through your wire crusher?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Normally I would run this through my machine but I was showing how you can do it by hand if you do not have a machine.

[@chosen1one930]

@@ProjectShopFl you should make a video on a homemade wire crusher since most people dont know you can strip wire by crushing the pastic inbetween two rollers as long as its not thin wire like battery charger wire

[@hinduactivist5527]

When you weighs, its a 2 kg wires/ hour..

[@ProjectShopFl]

When I weigh what? I’m not sure what You’re trying to say.

[@hinduactivist5527]

Too much work to strip the wire, you cant strip more than 2 kgs wire in an hour

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@hinduactivist5527 you can’t or I can’t. It all depends on the size of the wire and the method you use. I am extremely efficient

[@artherrightus7399]

That is not BX Cable. It’s called MC Cable

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats what we call it around here.

[@jessekruip7751]

As an electrician I cringe seeing that mc cable over 10ft being scrapped ugh.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Can't keep it all, and a lot of times it's damaged

[@punisher8426]

That's a lot of work just burn it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Well first off that’s illegal, second where I live I’ll have a fire department there in minute. Lol

[@giovannimiller1659]

Sir my name is Giovanni Miller of a pacific coast salvage if you are interested we pay same prices without stripping wire if you’re interested contact me

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info