Melting 40 Pounds of Scrap Aluminum for Resale

Melting 40 Pounds of Scrap Aluminum for Resale
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[@mikekisch5563]

have you considered casing rounds for resale for lathe use?

[@Okiescrapper]

no I may have to check into that

[@eby6114]

How did I miss this episode

[@Okiescrapper]

hard to say. they come and go

[@jimnickerson9102]

I just went through the questions and your replies here. I appreciate your answers and you sound like a true gentleman. I appreciate your efforts and best of luck.

[@Okiescrapper]

I appreciate that! thank you.

[@billymoad]

Was just setting here watching you smelt it be cool if you could get a double sided casting mold that will stamp both sides of the ingot with your channel logo bud then sell them

[@Okiescrapper]

I will have to check into getting a mold made I like the idea of a double sided mold.

[@rightwinggunslinger1]

Neat stuff! Id like to try that out with my kids. Is there any value to my old motor oil? Ive saved about 80 gallons of it now. Does your waste oil burner run motor oil? I might have to watch more of your vids when i got time. Thank you.

[@Okiescrapper]

yes I use old motor oil and mix it with the oil from the ac compressors that I cut down. I mix about 8 oz. of kerosene with it to help it burn good. I have an oil burner play list. there is a video I did about 6-8 weeks ago where I rebuilt the burner, and I had all the pieces laid out on the table so you could see how it was put together, and I have the siphon nozzle on my amazon page

[@gearshifterg9756]

Melting a $100.00 aluminum intake manifold for the scrap price of $1.50 is money ahead.....

[@tweek857]

Don't mind me asking how much are you getting the ingots sold for ?

[@Okiescrapper]

not at all I sell them for $39.95 for a 10 lb. lot, after shipping and eBay fees I get about $26.00 there should be a link to my eBay store in the video description.

[@josephcormier5974]

Thanks for another awesome video your getting a lot better at this six stars brother

[@Okiescrapper]

Much appreciated. thank Joseph.

[@Gday_Its_Will]

Hi love ya channel. I have a couple of tips for ya take or leave em. The sound for the subscribe animation you have at the start of the video pops headphone users ears out could you lover the volume by half on that sound please, and second I think you need to ask someone for a decent lapel mic cause I can hardly hear you when you walk away from the camera and I end up missing some things you say. Thanks for the entertainment

[@Okiescrapper]

I used to use the chest and head mount for the go pro but people complained about my breathing so I quit using the mounts. I may go with a lapel mic if they figure out why I breath hard. they checked out my lungs and all looks good the listened to them x-rayed them. and I even took the breathing test at the hospital. all came back good, I have an appointment the 17 of this month they want to do some tests on my heart. and see it that could be the cause, I will see what I can do about the sound on the sub/like video

[@JG-hi6by]

Have you ever tried to put a bucket of water under it? So you could sell the aluminum in pellet form? you could weigh out however much you’re selling easier and it would be faster to re-melt that way as well

[@Okiescrapper]

yes I have it setup for that, and I can add water as I go, to keep the water from getting hot. but I need to raise the area, so that I can make a path for the water to drain away without making a muddy mess of the area

[@JG-hi6by]

@@Okiescrapper nice

[@ralphkleyer9324]

How big is the hole in the bottom?

[@Okiescrapper]

it's a 3/4 inch pipe thread hole, threads are rusted away, it plugs at times so I have a propane torch to heat it up. in the hot summer I never had any problems with it cooling off and plugging the hole

[@marski-vv4qb]

Need to redesign the system

[@Okiescrapper]

it works for what I do

[@VetvsWorld]

Nice assembly line type process. I had the same crucible pouring clamp, but didn’t like how close it felt-personal preference. I don’t sell mine-I cast. You ever sell copper? Also, another dumb question, what size is that crucible? Thing looks huge! I roll with a 12 kg. ✊🏻🖤

[@Okiescrapper]

yeah, I don't like how close I have to hold the thing to clamp down good, can get a bit hot on the hand sometimes, the crucible looks to be a #6 8 kg. www.amazon.com/dp/B00FBG3ROO?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzallenhar-20&creativeASIN=B00FBG3ROO&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.35A7I3E8G3UT3&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_d_asin

[@sypher2049]

You are talking about your blue furnace. You have a dryer video i watched and went and got a dryer a few weeks back to scrap. While scrapping it the dryer body is covered with white insulation stuff. Is that the same insulation used for a furnace? Like if I got that red stuff to spray onto it can I use that stuff from a dryer to be used in a furnace? Thank you

[@Okiescrapper]

it may work with a coat of rigidiser over it. not sure if it would last or not, Kao wool it what most use. the blue furnace I used perlite and Portland cement. but it is starting to break off on the inside, I am about to make a new one using dry refectory I hope I have enough of it I may need to buy another bucket of it to make sure

[@nicksedgwick4797]

your cat looks cool without its tail

[@SilverScorpion]

Sweet

[@Okiescrapper]

thanks for dropping in

[@52579PeteJr]

My favorite videos are when you melt the big stuff!

[@Okiescrapper]

I am working the small stuff out of the stock tank but I do have a few big pieces in it, I have a pile of mower motors to melt some are off of riders. and I have a few car motors that have a lot of aluminum on them

[@jimnickerson9102]

Excellent Video, thanks for sharing

[@Okiescrapper]

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to get some time soon to get back to melting aluminum

[@waltwood4113]

Wild weather be safe...#happyscrapping

[@Okiescrapper]

very nice outside today 68 sunny and 6 mph wind

[@empirefinds]

Any chance of a rig build explanation looks awesome

[@Okiescrapper]

I have a video of the build and a rebuild video in the playlist kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3LPm5SHlJKHmNE

[@empirefinds]

@Okiescrapper awesome I check it out right now brother thank you

[@michealcarney]

What becomes of your ingots? Are they recast?

[@Okiescrapper]

I sell them on eBay, some guys may stack them, others use them to cast items

[@michealcarney]

@@Okiescrapper interesting to see

[@Converterguy]

What is the value of doing this? Just curious

[@Okiescrapper]

well I make money from the views that I get on KZbin, and I sell the ingots on Ebay 10 lb. lot for $39.95, after fees and shipping I make just over $26.00. not a lot but I am retired. so it supplements the social security.

[@Converterguy]

@@Okiescrapper ok, thanks for the reply. Really enjoy your videos. I do scrap for a living and my neighbor melts 100lb ingots. Was just curious about that market. Good for you getting 2.60lb for aluminum

[@redhead3110]

Why in the world would you go thru all the trouble of melting it down when u can just take it to scrap yard as is no melting required who else could you possibly sell it to besides scrap yard that would want it or could do anything with it

[@Okiescrapper]

I could get 10 to 15 cents a lb. as aluminum breakage, or melt it into ingots and sell 10 lb. lots for $39.95 on eBay to guys that need aluminum to melt for casting, you can check out my eBay page if you like and see that I am selling at that price. My eBay Page www.ebay.com/usr/allen-p Thanks for watching

[@TEXAS-SMITH]

I'm in the middle of the video watching it drip and wondering where is your slag going? If it is going into the loaf as I suspect, does it not affect castings on the end user? I never cast with slag not removed so I am asking so I don't do anything the hard way. Enid

[@Okiescrapper]

I use the melting pot so I don't have to cut the stuff up to fit into a crucible. I remelt the cupcake ingots. and remove the slag. the way the melting pot it setup with gravity drip some trash may fall into the ingots too. that is why i remelt in a crucible. I don't de-gas but if the end user want's they can do that when they melt the ingots. I make small ingots so they will fit most any crucible out there

[@allencheck501]

Good morning okie scrapper enjoyed the melt, hope you survived all the wierd weather and tornados have a nice day! (The other allen ) new mexico scrapper!

[@Okiescrapper]

Hello Allen, good to see you back, getting some rain as I type this. another storm moving past us, the worst part of it is east of us so it should be ok, we went to the storm cellar the other night. but only got a little wind and rain, the power didn't even go off. made out well on that one

[@billymoad]

I'm sorry bud I have missed a bunch of your video's bud just getting over covid

[@Okiescrapper]

oh no, some of the guys I worked with got covid and I am not sure if they are over the aftereffects yet, one guy was having a shortness of breath for a few months after. looks like you have some catching up to do, just go to a play list and click play all turn off the sound and go about your day. Hope you have a full recovery very soon

[@PhilipRomeo69]

Good amount of aluminum there 👍 👌 🙆‍♀️ 👍 👌

[@Okiescrapper]

yes there is. this is the most that I have ever had on hand at one time. and I want to get more stockpiled. if I get the time. when the weather warms up the sand casters may get out and want to cast something so sales may go up

[@nicejunk666]

Love the melting videos, I’m to chicken shit to try melting myself

[@Okiescrapper]

yeah, I wanted to do it and started to get the stuff together. and when I had all the stuff it took me a while to really get going with it, just really have to pay attention to safety

[@duanekennard3298]

Definitely need to have your logo for the coins. Enjoyed the video and once again and as always...I enjoyed stopping by. Stay safe and healthy my friend.

[@Okiescrapper]

yeah I need to check with ArtbyAdrock and see what he charges for a custom coin mold, stay safe Duane

[@duanekennard3298]

@@Okiescrapper You too my friend.

[@leonidkantanovich6725]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🆗🆗🆗🆗🆗👍👍👍👍👍

[@leonidkantanovich6725]

Почему молч ИГ какда залеваеш лайк🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕

[@Okiescrapper]

I knew I was going to do a lot of trimming of the videos to shorten the length of the video

[@doitmanrv1084]

😁

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for stopping by

[@donlandenberg8126]

Nice. Thanks for taking us along.

[@Okiescrapper]

Our pleasure!

[@scrappingonthefly77]

I melt lead but never anything like this! What is the melting point of aluminum.?

[@Okiescrapper]

I think it is about 1221 F. if I remember right lead melts at around 600 F.

[@scrappingonthefly77]

@@Okiescrapper yeah 621-625 for lead ! I usually pour at 700 -720 !

[@barrylangstaff5727]

Great job on the editing 🙏👍🏻

[@Okiescrapper]

thank you, a lot of pouring action had to cut some of the video out to keep it from being 2 hours long

[@chloeconniecarlton328]

XXXCELLENT SHOP!!😉😉👍👍

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks 👍

[@newageautotechnology]

Like your setup.

[@Okiescrapper]

thank you try to keep it simple

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Nice

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks

[@ScrapMan69]

Awesome video buddy!

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for the visit, just checked out your channel and hit the sub button. took me a year to get monitized, hopefully you can do it faster

[@ScrapMan69]

@@Okiescrapper i appreciate that buddy! Thanks for subscribing to the channel!! And I’m trying I’m excited for how many I got now it’s exciting because I was never expecting to have people would even wanna watch my videos it surprise me!