Massive Copper SO Cable Stripped!!! Was It Worth It?

[@shqa574]

Amazing job done. You are Grandmaster of Wire Stripping.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks

[@stephensmith3708]

Cousins, I am truly impressed!!! Yall know your stuff! Don't worry, more stuff will be on your way. Please have that Abraham type faith! Oooh yah, nice set up of your shop!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks you!

[@Lower985]

This is one of the few channels that I watch the complete ads. Next I like your simple math. I always look forward to seeing what you make.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I really appreciate that. 👊

[@riviergoud5270]

Like the video, but what about the cost of dumping the waste?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have a dumpster that's included with my rent, but when I get a lot of waste I'll take it to the dump. Usually $20-$40 for a full trailer.

[@lylestavast7652]

good breakdown analysis. through time I'm sure you can dial in on your best profit options for time.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

I smell a video from you tonight!? Hope all is well. My truck is out of commision(brakes failed) or at least busted a line.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Hope you got the truck fixed

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl back up and running! First trip back 980$ my biggest run to date

[@ricardboswell7490]

Your suspicions are correct I have found that it's easier Not strip it Just sell it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@Saltyzero1295]

Great video and God bless

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👍

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Great video and job

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@kymberlihamil2323]

What kinda wire cutters are those? They seem to work quick and easy

[@ProjectShopFl]

Greenly cable cutters.

[@djdew78]

the lathe idea for the blades is realy good

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Everything all right with you bud I haven’t heard from ya going on almost 2 weeks now I guess hope that means you’re busy making videos keep us updated

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes, Thanks for the concern

[@williamdawson3353]

and you got a 24 min video for you tube thats worth something. Enjoy your vids.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@joshp6061]

7:36 That’s the ripcord, big ass cables like that sometimes have a kind of indentation in the jacket that if you cut into allows you to strip off the outer jacket easily by just pulling the ripcord. It’s usually made of heavy duty material like Kevlar reinforced plastic or rubber

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@loganrobertson4094]

More videos please

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok.

[@juhanilaasonen4212]

That looks really cable!!and the clutch works good!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@michouloulouqueen2341]

Hi goodday to you i m watching your videos from South Africa in Cape Town can you tell what happens to the installation do you dump it

[@ProjectShopFl]

I send it to the dump.

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@TECHNICUSChannel]

Yummy copper snake 👌

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@TB-Metals]

I’ve stripped a little over a 1000 pound in last 5 weeks. Mostly 10 awg from a 3 phase tear out. I generally strip everything. Of course I don’t have a machine like yours, I use a stripmiester. Lol. But I do get it done

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice!

[@seederdontra5227]

We us that exact 1/0 cable on mixer drive motors for concrete batch plants, curious if it came off of one of ours. Maybe about once every other month I get a work order to replace all the cords from a plant that has had them stolen and it aint cheap (very often in the Chicago area, shocker).

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats probably what it was from

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

Let me save you some time on the normal extension cord stuff, that all has a third in copper recovery, so between 30 and 35%. When it gets bigger, the recovery goes up. Great video 👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@samuelsnellman9745]

Greetings from finland! Good and educational videos. Me and my brother just started our scrap business as well and our main goal is to scrap electric motors. Currently building three machines to do the job. Cracker,splitter,puller and we are planning to do big motors aswell. Hope to ser you splitting soon.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Good luck I'd like to see your set up.

[@samuelsnellman9745]

@@ProjectShopFl i would like to share some pictures and thouhts

[@keithruss1925]

for solid wire if i was doing your volume then i would need to stop doing it by hand but say a barrel at a time 12/14 and romex a vise and a razorblade and a knife with grooves it will peel it all out like butter without digging into the wire if you put tension on it till it thins down the kinks then long lengths work better with the multi wire i would normally pick one to pull on to tear the insulation as it comes out if you go down to phone wire then you need to use a bolt (micro scrapping) but i stopped hording a copper collection cause everybody considers it stolen now

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for sharing

[@nicejunk666]

Just subscribed I’m so impressed with your wire stripper!!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you!

[@silverlicious2086]

Looks good man. In looking at your wrap-up paperwork showing the profit numbers, I noticed you do not have fuel costs listed. From a cost accounting point of view, there are actually two fuel costs to consider. First one is the round trip fuel cost of going to the job site and back to the shop. Maybe you picked up that wire from assorted jobs, not sure. Second fuel cost is the round trip to Miami and back. Since fuel costs have gone up over the couple of years, it prolly should be deducted from the bottom line for a more accurate ROI number. Since you know exactly the round trip mileage to Miami and back, figuring out that fuel cost should be fairly easy and just add it as a standard deduction when you do your wrap-up calculations. Whether you want to add the round trip fuel cost of going to the job site for picking up material is up to you. Just my opinion on these two fuel costs. Still, very nice ROI per hour when you strip it, fuel costs added or not.

[@Jack_of_1_Trade]

Aluminum is not worth scrapping here in NJ it’s .50c lbs

[@ProjectShopFl]

I get that and there would be more costs involved as well. It came in with a hole bunch of other scrap and was sold with other scrap. I was just showing what the recovery is and what you could make an hour processing. People would not have the same cost as me so its more of a what's it worth video.

[@silverlicious2086]

I didn't know you meant "recovery" as in a vacuum without all other costs. Makes sense as in how you described it in your reply to me. I'm a pretty detailed kind of guy, so sometimes stuff goes right over my head. I almost said "don't forget to include the cost of those delicious steaks on the grill" 🤣🤣

[@austinryan2612]

When you gonna sell that banshee

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂😂

[@daaam2160]

Buddy. You need some sort of infeed table. It's no wonder your back is screwed up

[@ProjectShopFl]

I know thanks for the suggestion

[@djdew78]

@project shop fl you all good man been a little since your last vid

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Yeah I said the same thing any idea if Steve has a channel that we can reach out and see what’s going on I’m getting worried

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes! Thanks for asking

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks man

[@djdew78]

@@ProjectShopFl yw man what you do has danger involved even tho you do most safe

[@williampeterson4416]

Why is the wire considered #2 even after stripping it. I would think it is just bare bright #1 after stripping it.

[@ProjectShopFl]

They say the strains are too thin. Any extension cord, welding cable, or SO cable like what I stripped is considered #2 copper or #2 insulated if sold as is.

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

My yard considers it #2 if it has a silver colored coating also. I think it's tin. Or sometimes there is a reddish coating on it they classify as #2 that are put on motors.

[@scottm344]

Hope your just taking a break man. Not like you to not post a vid at least every few days. I really everything is good with ya buddy

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Yeah I said the same thing man something doesn’t feel right I don’t know any other way to get in contact with him does anybody know how to get in contact with Steve. Or does Steve have a KZbin channel

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the concern

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl good to hear buddy!

[@MrWhizardsLizard]

That is an expensive shifter. They probably come out of an 80s model Hurst Oldsmobile. That car was only made a couple of years I think and it was kind of rare to begin with.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I looked it up on line and used they sell between $900-$1200. I have all the parts so I will be putting it back together.

[@eby6114]

I finally bought some real battery jumper cables from Napa 44 bucks but they're a hundred times better than the copper clad steel ones everybody sells. If I made some probably some nice wire attached to some cheap vice grips (4). The sides plastic dipped red / black according to polarity, avoiding the threads and grind the teeth smooth. 10.00 jumper cables

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats a great Idea

[@djbillye4943]

is that nickel plated copper?

[@ProjectShopFl]

It might be, some times its silver sometimes its some type of tin.

[@djbillye4943]

@Project Shop FL thank you for your reply.i had similar cables but they were filled with a white powder inside also rubber exterior.i did the wrong thing and tried to burn the rubber off.oops.

[@JAPerson34]

I don't have the machine you have, but I still would have fought striping it by hand.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

What city or state are you in. Shop around at different yards . I’ve never been questioned about copper before. But they know where I get it too

[@ProjectShopFl]

It's worth it for sure.

[@JAPerson34]

@@ScrapFatherScrapSon I haven't scrapped since my father passed 25 years ago. I'd bring the scraps home and he sit in the carport cleaning it all up all day long. It gave him purpose and made him feel like he was contributing which of course he was. I still find the scrapping business interesting and am still amazed at how much money there is to make in doing it. It paid more than my day job did.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@JAPerson34 that is awesome that y’all got to share that together ❤️

[@andrewcooper8980]

I don’t know why you keep showing your videos in slow motion? Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy the videos

[@ProjectShopFl]

Its just to show how the machine works

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Its cool? 😂

[@DaydreamerFishing]

I’m sure you know but with any factory when it’s not running you’re not making money. Keep that stripper running.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes! Thanks for the info

[@williamdawson3353]

Be careful doing hand sharpening that carbide handheld looks sketchy.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the concern

[@HeavyDKC1]

Hey your a business man as am I, that being said please help me pick good wire to buy and strip. I'm not asking for free cause we all know its fuck you pay me in business but I have no clue how to judge wire and what's a good deal for stripping and whats not. Id pay you to help me but the good profitable wire. I'm all ears man dude.

[@ProjectShopFl]

You can make money on all wire you just need to buy it right.

[@audriussedbaras8584]

Poop recycle poop recycle poop!!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

What the F**k are you talking about?

[@brian7189]

Seek Jesus! Repent for the Kingdom is at hand! Jesus is the way! The truth! And the life! He’s the ONLY way! Open the Bible, read and understand that we are in the last days! Put your full trust in him! Believe 1 Corinthians 15 1-4!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Hay man if you are gonna spam my channel with the same thing every time I will have no choice but to block you. I'm all for bible verses so out something different or next time I will be blocking you

[@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523]

work smarter

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊👍💪

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Hey buddy have you heard anything from project shopper know if Steve has a KZbin channel I can try to reach out it’s not like him to be gone for two weeks without saying anything