Another Day Another Donut! Hurricane Scrap Marathon!

Scrapping out some more 500 MCM copper and making a nice little donut.
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[@tommytom5650]

I think your buddy is right. It saves time and work on both ends. You feel your doing less cause the machine is doing more for you.

[@ProjectShopFl]

That wire was working him. lol I still prefer 10' or less.

[@NPCVenture]

@@ProjectShopFl Should do the wire in a single shot. Rig up your donut maker on some sort of an axle so it spins freely. Send a bit of your wire through (8' or so), stop the stripper, start spooling the wire on your donut maker. Once the spool has been started, turn the stripper back on and spool up the entire wire in one shot. Saves time cutting, saves walking back and forth to get sections, and most importantly saves your back from bending over a millions times.

[@kyronwagner9015]

I feel like your the kind of person that can figure out the most efficient way of doing something.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats because I'm lazy. 😂😂😂

[@cijil169]

Rotating donut maker is the way to go!! Lite that snap up!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@DeanG55]

Stay safe, Dude. I am now a West Coaster in Napa Valley, CA. I was forced to leave Biloxi after Katrina wiped me out! I enjoy your videos, keep them coming!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@Alrik.]

Stay safe, looking forward to the balast video!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@shellyriggleman7891]

great video I learn alot from you I am copper striper not as big as you I go out and find copper wire that's how I am buying my truck looking for the next video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, good luck

[@michaelpaton7127]

Try using lock seal on the nuts that keep loosening off on the wire stripper it should stop it from moving from side to side or try using plumbers tape if that does'nt work.All the Best from Dundee Scotland.👍👍✌👊👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@bryandraughn9830]

I'm sure you're already thinking what I'm thinking about the really long pieces. Great video man and take care!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👍

[@PondSideCreations]

Cool video. I suggest you build a portable wheel to put at the end where your buddy is and he can get it started after you run through, then he can manually turn it as it feeds through on the long runs. the break will come in handy for that also.. cheers.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the tip

[@davidbofin2658]

Steve is a good addition to your shop 😎🤠🚲✍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@beaverc2884]

MMMMMMM Donuts 🍩 😋 Homer Simpson Good job guys.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@joeydobbs341]

Your right..it never stays tight and always moves over..those pins do go back up in there tho

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@redneckpyromania6965]

The maliscious compliance was kinda funny

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Another awsome video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks again!

[@silverlicious2086]

When you said "rotating donut maker" I thought about one of those tire machines. You lay the tire flat on the machine and with a foot pedal it rotates the tire so you can pry off the rubber with a crow bar. I wonder if you find and buy a used tire machine and weld on your donut cage. It would rotate using the foot pedal to wind up the copper. Tire machine is almost built just like you would need and save you building one. Just a thought. Good to hear you were mostly out of the way of the hurricane. My brother and sister-n-law just moved into a new house they built in Port Charlotte 10-15 miles from landfall. They had to evacuate. They still don't know what happened to their house yet. Unbelievable.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I actually have a tire machine. lol Hope your family is ok.

[@silverlicious2086]

Family is ok. Thanks. Their roof got all messed up. Not sure of all the details yet but might have to put a new roof on. They're still looking into how much rain water damage might have got into the attic. They got very lucky and didn't get flooded out. This is a second house for them. They have a house in Oshkosh, WI. They've been up there for a long time and just finished building this house for the last year and a half. Moved in like 1 month ago and then the hurricane. Crazy timing. I'm in Cincinnati. No chance of hurricanes here.

[@clairleasure434]

I have been thinking while watching your process that it may be more efficient to put your doughnut maker on a bearing and make a hanger on the input side to feed full lengths. The guy on the backside would then only need to guide the wire onto the spool.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@clairleasure434]

@@ProjectShopFl yeah made that comment before I saw your spooler at the end. Should have known you were on top of it. Keep up the great videos looking forward to the scrap machines you guys have coming.

[@michaelpaton7127]

You should move the stripping machine over against the wall at the door side still facing the same way as it is then you would be able to run it like that and if you put the frame with the scaffolding poles on it and the electric donut machine on its side at the otherside of the stripping machine you would be able to do it a lot quicker.👍👍✌👊👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks for the suggestion.

[@michaelpaton7127]

If you build a frame to put scaffolding poles on you can role up the wire then run the start of the wire through the stripper and put the clean stuff on to the donut roller ay the otherside that way you would only have to set it up everytime you had a big role of wire the only other thing you would need is a piece of bar that can seperate the plastic cover from the wire.👍👍✌👊👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for all the Ideas.

[@keithruss1925]

you should look into finding a 4yd dumpster weld some rectangle tubing on the bottom two for the pallet jack and two for support then it wont matter the length of the wire and it will still dump out at the yard you can always keep it in the back of the trailer to keep it out of the way @ 5:39 you will find your screwdriver

[@ProjectShopFl]

Great Idea and thanks. lol

[@shogormachine6658]

The Milwaukee M18 cable cutter will zip right through that 500mcm but its about $1800 The 12V works but its kinda slow on the big cables.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@jimmydickson8854]

You could try fitting locking tabs on these bolts that keep coming loose ,jimmy Aust

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@famousamoso7]

If you were able to create some machine with like 2 rubber wheels that you could feed the insulation into as it comes out of the stripper it would allow you to run longer pieces with a 2 man crew. Just as you demonstrated at 42:50. The 2 rubber wheels would provide tension on the insulation peeling it off as the helper collected the copper easily. Make it a variable speed motor so you could use it with either stripping machine.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Great idea thanks

[@BManTyler]

Do you ever run high voltage cable. Would like to see how your set up handles it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Whats the difference?

[@dougwilson7530]

Just a thought why don't you chase that bolt on the striper with the next size metric die . Then use a metric thread bolt .

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@famousamoso7]

If the donut maker was on a bearing and could easily rotate it would be far easier to spool the longer cables on on to it. The short lengths are great when you're dealing with 500lb of the smaller gauge wire. But this big stuff is manageable (if you have a partner) with a rotating donut maker

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@gammerr82]

Yes it does same some time I thinking made a hole the clippings also put a turn wheel to make ez on him n you

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@joeydobbs341]

I took all the wing nuts off mine.:I'm in the process of taking the black coating off the handles to get more of meat on the threads

[@ProjectShopFl]

Good idea. lol

[@djdew78]

@project shop fl stay safe brother with this nast storm

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@judybeckner9047]

Stay safe my friend. Your helper might be useful to get all your machines running. Where did you find him?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, He is a friend of my landlord I've known him for a while.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Hope your safe from Ian! Amazing that you are uploading 3rd time this week . Great work always a pleasure! Do you live in ft lauderdale?

[@ProjectShopFl]

West Palm Beach

[@cappaman2058]

Copper King, strikes again, making the donuts like Dunkin’

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂👊

[@whiz31]

I'm up here now in Central Florida waiting out the storm and watching your video now. Seems to me for your coil maker all you need is a welder's table. They can be rotated right or left with a foot pedal. All you would have to do is Mount Your coil jig on top of it. You could probably pick one up for next to nothing from one of your scrap suppliers.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion hope you made it through the storm ok.

[@whiz31]

@@ProjectShopFl yeah actually I never even lost power unlike a lot of people. It blink like three times for a total of 15 seconds and then came right back on. I feel sorry for the people in Lee Charlotte and Sarasota County though.

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@whiz31 👍

[@chriswest8788]

Stay safe my dude

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@iffy9776]

Hi stay safe mate...

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@davidbudy6256]

The end game is not to bury your help like the machine is so spectacular it's to be most efficient

[@ProjectShopFl]

To me the end game is to strip it as fast as possible then help the help. lol

[@thomasroberts9752]

I see why your helper wanted them longer it will pretty much wrap on the wheel easier but in around 12 to 14 ft sections...20 to 30 is to much. But you would have to slow down a bit on your feed maybe 1 wire through every 30 to 46 seconds mark. Once the helper gets the end of the wire running at time started on the wheel he just turns it like you saw him doing and it is alot less work for him but might be a tad bit slower on actual time especially since its a pain in the ass to try to get all the lenghths cut at around that size

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm not looking to slow down the stripper, I'm actually gonna make it faster. lol anything over 10 is too much with the heavy 500 MCM and the small wire just gets tangled.

[@justineyet7604]

Where does one go about acquiring wire of that girth?

[@ProjectShopFl]

contact electrical contractors.

[@kamnapavon4638]

Tack Weld Time.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂👊

[@JohnDisque]

When are you going to put that little stripper-gizmo on the market? I'm interested in running with the big dogs.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm trying to get the mill and lathe running so I can make the parts.

[@Reggiekranz]

Would the scrap yard not accept you filling a dump trailer with copper and then going over the scale and just dump it in the yard? Seems like chucking it in a dump trailer would be very fast

[@ProjectShopFl]

That would be awesome but they don't have a drive on scale.

[@steveciarico9824]

How come there are no set screws on that machine?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Its from china. lol

[@steveciarico9824]

@@ProjectShopFl that explains everything. Lol

[@thescrapmeister]

I think you should register ( secure ) the Copper King name and start making wire strippers :-) Another Great video... Be safe!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks that's a great Idea.

[@bradenyoung1239]

What's the name of the wire stripper you got?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I don't know it has no label but I sure its made in china.

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Putting a couple of long pieces would help make the donut. Something to tie too.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Great Idea.

[@ricardboswell7490]

Stay safe

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@JohnDisque]

Is there no way to wheel the stripper up to the back of a trailer, drop the copper straight in while diverting the plastic to the sides of the trailer? Surely - if you can built this you can build an auto-diverter..... If you laid thinner copper ties on the trailer before you began. Tying it off and craning it away would create a massive 5-ton pipe of copper and now..... you truly are the King of Copper. Call me a loopy dreamer but I can clearly see it and I believe you can do it.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Anything is possible but I would not want my stripper or copper staying out side.

[@1948tedebear]

Put new treads in the hole taps are available to cure prob.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@janhrdlicka2703]

Rotator Donutor :D

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@patrickwatson5276]

Please be safe

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 🙏

[@barrypotter8942]

I do enjoy watching your channel. It is interesting. However your “helper” does have a name I am sure. A good “helper” will at times offer suggestions and you as the boss can accept them or reject them, that is your right to do so. Having worked many people in my 67 years I have found it helpful for both parties evolved that the suggestions be considered with an open mind and not laughed at before it is even given a chance. I realized that you feel the stripper should be running at all times but I do know that no copper can be sold until it is not only stripped but also bundled.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm always open for suggestions. The thing is I've done this for over 10 years and have done it both ways. When dealing with heavy copper it's easier to handle shorter pieces and to strip it as fast as possible. Even if I over run the guy on the back side, when I'm dome running the wire I go help clean it up. Even with a large box long runs are a hand full with the big wire and on the small wire it winds up getting tangled up.

[@steveciarico9824]

How's the weather?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Windy lol

[@eby6114]

While I love donuts, mmmmm donuts, a large box for the short pieces would be simpler, four sides and a floor. No motor, no rotation, somewhat straight placement. Spinning donut maker will pull harder as it gets bigger, be a pinch hazard and all that stuff.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Definitely a hazard. lol

[@gordonleahy1364]

You ever think to use Loctite on your screws and it will never come out

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@christopherzweerink176]

Try lock tight 9n the ceper bolts.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@dennishoward941]

That should work

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@steveciarico9824]

I'm an hour west of Gainesville

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice!

[@gaildeckant267]

I'm 30 min w of Ocala

[@steveciarico9824]

@@gaildeckant267 I'm now in Minong Wisconsin.

[@damianstasek8946]

2.78??? What a rip

[@ProjectShopFl]

I know. lol

[@rifatrianna2615]

How much this machine ?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I paid $250

[@riskaddictionrc]

Is that Stephen Tyler?

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 yes!

[@joshp6061]

Why use a motor powered donut spinner when you can use gravity? Just suspend it high and you can spin it as the wire comes through and wrap it around

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@richardmcguayjr2872]

How can someone with little money get started like you are doing?

[@ProjectShopFl]

That's tough. I had no money when I started and was using my rent money to buy transformers. lol It took a lot too much to list here but when I hit 30K subs I will do a live stream and answer anything anyone wants to know.

[@JS-.-]

New guy is going to last about 1 more copper wire run before he keeps telling you how to do your job lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, He is just giving suggestions and I get the same ones in the comments so I figured I try them

[@JS-.-]

@@ProjectShopFl holy cow you answered! Way cool!

[@michaelpaton7127]

How can I send you a drawing to give you an idea of what I'm saying about a design for your wire stripping.👍👍✌👊👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

You can email me the address is in the about section

[@michaelpaton7127]

@@ProjectShopFl Cheers mate I'm not a good drawer but I think you will get what I mean from that and the messsges I have left on a couple of your video's.All the Best from Dundee Scotland.x👍👍✌👊👊

[@peterkohl1863]

why not have the barrel on a spinning platform then he can re-roll the skinned copper into the barrel ???

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@terryjohnson4475]

Tried to put some top loctite on it see that won't help some

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@terryjohnson4475]

That's not what I meant to say I meant to say put some lock tight on those boats and see what it does

[@83nicebass]

You and I do the samething I just have more toys. Having a guy that atleast cares enough to suggest something is great and should be commended. Ive found some helpers cant do things the way I do them but are faster doing things differently. Also food for thought why not put it into a gaylord box or icb tote with top cutoff so hes not fighting the donut ring? We strip right into gaylords then smash them down.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats my goal but at the moment I don't have a way of picking up a big box of copper. I'm working on that and my buyer will supply the gaylord boxes.

[@scottm344]

I know your trying to maximize space but really what us the point in rolling the copper up. Why not put it in a barrel or rolling bin and be done with it. Wouldn't that save time

[@ProjectShopFl]

A big bin would be ideal but I don't have a way of loading it if its to heavy and putting in a drum is hard with the big wire and where I sell it does not like the drums because they have to dump it and the large wire is hard to get out. Its a work in progress.

[@scottm344]

Hey thanks for replying to my comment. I only asked cause I didn't know and your reply makes sense.

[@davidbudy6256]

Wouldn't be a handful with 2 people

[@ProjectShopFl]

So true. lol

[@ikessul1429]

It me dead on destroyed everything

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes

[@doug4465]

some people need to learn the hard way i guess

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂

[@steveciarico9824]

I'd love to work for you

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@itsmefool8056]

2.70 for bright is a rip off it's 4.90 a kg on a bad day where I'm at I think it's 2.40 with plastics

[@83nicebass]

All depends where the coppers going. Im 1hr away from a copper smelter so its comex -.18 but an hour or 2 south of me its -.35-.45 That -.18 is for 5,000lb minimum

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm selling in lbs you are selling in KG. lol I'd be getting 5.90 in kg

[@kamnapavon4638]

Get a bigger Bolt

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@krcarpentry2610]

Longer lengths is less work for you and less work for the other guy but it’s easier work for you but more fussing around where as it’s less work for the back end guy but it’s harder work it seems like

[@ProjectShopFl]

It seems like a good Idea until you have to handle a 20' pice of 500 MCM. lol

[@krcarpentry2610]

@@ProjectShopFl yeah theoretically it is a good idea but in practicality no but mate you and your creations you inspire me in my workshop to come up with efficient solutions great job with your business

[@davidbudy6256]

Run it full length then both of you strip don't have to keep up with anyone

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks for the suggestion

[@gemmalawrence2576]

Get an old tyre machine

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have one.lol

[@stanleyking3108]

U need to stop an fix stuff

[@ProjectShopFl]

I know. lol

[@MilesProwerTailsFox]

this is ilegal

[@ProjectShopFl]

How so?

[@Jayday707]

Can you not slow down the feed on the machine and run the whole length have him rolling while your feeding

[@ProjectShopFl]

Possible but I plan on making it faster. lol