Massive Copper Transformers Recovered From Commercial Lighting

In todays video I recover large 1000 watt copper transformers from light fixtures and a bunch of cast and sheet aluminum. #recycling #copper #scrapping #diy #aluminum #project #transformers #copperwire #wirestripper #hydraulicpress
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[@merriepope9387]

The guy that is working with you now is great. Very hard worker. 👍👍👏

[@ProjectShopFl]

I think so too! Steave is a great guy and working out well.

[@judybeckner9047]

Glad Steve is working out and you can get more processed, keep up your great work

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks Judy

[@nightrunner1456]

Steve keeps it rocking, TX.

[@tonyttswj8261]

Love you’re videos man I’m a scrap man here in the uk . I mainly collect from plumbers but I don’t drive past anything lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

Awesome! Thanks for watching

[@Agent_Starling]

Awesome!! I can't wait to see the shop decluttred and more space for working. Keep it up 👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I can't wait too. lol

[@dalecross4543]

Like the grinder hack 👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@Maccoye]

Nice video as always ! I love your new duo, great

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@MyHMMWVaddiction]

YOU WERE A SAW CUTTER!!!!! Hell ben doing that for 23 years in NJ. Anything from core drilling to wire sawing 🍻

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊 Nice and I am originally from New Jersey born in Atlantic City.l I worked for Concrete Cutting & Breaking for 10 years in south FL. I ran every piece of equipment made to cut concrete. I was a top operator and hold the record for most hours in a week, 93 hours at a nuclear power plant. lol I mostly ran a remote control wire saw, one of the biggest curb saws there is that I made custom attachments for, ran a super deep cut slab saw with a 90" blade, cored 60" holes and had the baddest cutting truck that I customized. I actually loved the job, Got to go all over the country and worked with some awesome equipment. I never quit or got fired I just slowly stoped working there over a year because I was making way more money recycling transformers. I would still do some curb saw jobs for them for years because no one could cut as fast as me. lol Stay safe I would hate to be cutting in the winter. lol

[@MrDawson1400]

How many times have you said you are going to clean up and get started on other projects😂. An yet another load of scrap needs to be sorted and making money.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Every week. lol

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

He needs the money when ur in the junk business u take it when it comes u can't pick and choose when cause u need that income

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@laisuresboringadventures7052 I need the space more than the money. lol

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

@@ProjectShopFl that 2

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Great job you are always busy great video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@silverlicious2086]

Great video man. Looks like you and Steve are working together as a team. Good to see it. Be sure to tell him he has some fans. Me included. (good for shop morale. haha) Also good to see you are cleaning house in the shop. Really enjoy watching your content.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I will the him thanks.

[@freedomfighter8958]

Good worker you got there, keep it up brother, from down under

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@eby6114]

You might be able to calculate how much copper is in a device like the starters. If it's 80 amps at 13 volts that's about 1000 watts. So I wonder if it has the same amount of copper as the transformers.... It might have less since it's not a long running motor. It won't heat up much in 6 seconds. Thanks for the videos. I really enjoy them.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks. There should be a bit of copper in the starter solenoid as well. I'm gonna break one down and get the %

[@scottm344]

I was thinking the same thing about having trustworthy help. Maybe set up several security cameras just like the checkout lines in store, put the Camaras up over the stripping station. It sucks that we have to even talk about having trustworthy help. I just believe if you could free up more of your time to do more pickups and bringing as much scrap back everyday that you can that it's at least worth a try. Go through family and friends man and cut them in to where they can make good money with ya. At least that way you can grow and bring along that person as well. Wish you the best with it all man. Def would be cool to see you grow into a massive direct to market scrapper, imaging what your current buyer makes, just being able to go direct would change your business for sure

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion. I had family help once, It did not work out. lol

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@vincelopez5705]

awesome video's bro

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@scottm344]

These hour long vids man I'd have at least 4 mid roll ads. I don't mind at all watching a 30 second ad in order to help a channel I like out. Iam sure most people feel the same

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I have to look in to that. I figured they would have at least 4 ads but I don't have the time to watch my own vids. lol

[@Alrik.]

Good luck getting everything organised, it'd probably make for an interesting video.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I already started making a video on it. lol

[@michaelpaton7127]

Even though you only have three of them it would still add to your other ally so I would still strip them mate.All the Best from Dundee Scotland.👍👍✌👊👊 P's I will send that drawing just as soon as I work out how to do it.👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok thanks

[@david.perrip4316]

Love it man!! U should make a copper pumpkin for Halloween!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

That's a great Idea

[@marshmallow220]

Just finished up west coast hurricane haul tallied up close to 20 tons of dirty 6063 extrusion.I know i have wasted thousands of dollars not cleaning it all up time was more important tough call though.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! Thats awesome.

[@SkullerMetals]

Bare bright at $2.82/lb. Damn man, I'm waiting for it to go up. That blows. I miss the $4.36/lb days. Killer amount of transformers. #2 for the win!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Hopefully it goes back up soon.

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

Skillet metals thats when people were stealing it from people's houses and everything and when scrap goes that high people start hauling in everything

[@sean7193]

what do they call/class the steel from the transformers as? how much is it worth per lb?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Well it is actually called silica steel and worth more than prepared steel but you have to have 20 tons to get a good price. I sell it as #1 prepared steel.

[@mikedennis8]

Where im at i have a core buyer that buys starters for like $3 each. Wonder if its worth tearing them apart instead?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm gonna make a video to see if its worth it.

[@mikedennis8]

@@ProjectShopFl awesome!! Ill be watching!

[@2x489]

6:07 shoulda put it on the dremel after the 4.5

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha that's a great idea thanks.

[@mllarson]

You might have mentioned this before, but why do both presses share the same hydraulics?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have a 2nd pump for the 2nd press but it stoped working and I have not had a chance to look at it. In the beginning I was running a 20 ton air/hydraulic jack in the first press and could only get 3 per minute as fast as I could feed it. The 2nd press had a air/hydraulic foot pedal and could do 5 per minute. Worked great but had issues with the 20 jack blowing air motors from the explosive decompression. Also having to run an air compressor non stop. I traded some LED lights for the 10,000 psi 2 speed pump and the 25 ton cylinder and was a total game changer. Now the first press can run 5 per minute and the 2nd one 7 and when one is unloading and loading a new TX the other can run. It works pretty good because the 2nd is way faster. Hope this helped.

[@mllarson]

@@ProjectShopFl Thanks for the reply. You seem to have things dialed in there. Looking forward to see the machines and stuff you build now that you have a shop 👍

[@DeanG55]

Dang son!! Did you get some days off or have you just got behind cuz business is good?? Looks like Steve is some really good help. I still think if you had a floor pedal instead of having to press a button, you would have both hands free to speed up the compress? Happy Halloweenie!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have a foot pedal for both machines.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Can you tell me your transformer cracker set up. I can’t find the video that you talk about each component.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I've talked about it in a few videos but this one might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l32cm553o52or9E

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl thank you sir!

[@ThePurpleSquirrel]

ScanDemic indeed. PlanDemic too.

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@nickimpala8886]

If u selling stuff eBay is gonna get the highest price but marketplace is good too

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@thegarage5919]

Steve looks like he has caught on pretty quickly on how you like to do stuff. It's gotta be nice to have someone helping that you can pretty much tell what you want to get done and just let them go with minimal supervision. Him being able to fix and work out problems has gotta be a plus as well. Also I'm not sure if you've got much access to them but old battery backup devices, especially the rack mount ones have pretty decent transformers in them as well and all the ones I've seen use copper transformers. It might be worth your time to touch base with local IT guys in the area to see about having them save them when they are replaced and letting you get them. i know around here we dont have a eWaste disposal company so when you get the hammer mill/shredder setup going with the water sluice they could be a really good source of electronics boards as well.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Steave is working out great. Thanks for the suggestion I will look in to it.

[@albertpaulo6079]

Do they have a app for go pro they need to make a app where you can see what your recording and settings A GoPro app remote

[@ProjectShopFl]

They do have an app and I use it all the time.

[@thedarkside8090]

dry bright £6 a kilo in uk

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@MrShekoexile]

New Mexico First

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@williamdawson3353]

Good luck sorting through. Not sure you'll ever catch up.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, I've been throwing tons of stuff I haven't used in years or never used in the scrap bin. lol

[@audriussedbaras8584]

Bad recycle bad!!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok why?

[@wowyummyyy]

S u p e r 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 😻😻 😻 😻😻😻😻 💯💯💯 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@tashkiira7838]

5:32 no. No, no, no!! Dude, don't use a worn-down blade on a smaller grinder! Those wheels are designed for a specific speed maximum. a 7-inch grinder spins half the speed of a 4.5-inch grinder, every time you use a worn-down 7-inch wheel in a 4.5-inch grinder you're taking the chance of the blade literally shredding itself. If you're buying good blades, you might get away with it, but the guys who tend to do that also tend to buy cheap zipwheels. I've seen the results and 'not pretty' doesn't start to cover the damage done to the poor benighted fool. He spent a week in hospital and another week at home healing, and he still walks funny.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow, Thanks for the information

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

My buyers won’t buy my transformers whole because I’ve brought hundreds of them that are all aluminum lol they said their buyer got mad when they received them and none of them had copper(oops😅)

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, I use to get away with selling them as electric motors but not for the past few years. lol

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

@@ProjectShopFl which is like nothing .10lb here

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@laisuresboringadventures7052 .25 in Miami

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

@@ProjectShopFl well it's not much more but it's something

[@lynnmorris3449]

Sell it on ebay

[@ProjectShopFl]

Most are burned up.