scrapping a copy machine

[@jayjonathanmoore]

Awesome Mike, your taking scrapping to the next level and showing everyone step by step how to do it. Good job Bro!

[@josephdertinger9857]

i picked up an lanier last week still picking it apart, lotsa stuff, stay safe good picking

[@MiketheScrapper]

@Haywardshauling ....Thank you...

[@MiketheScrapper]

@ewastemanagement ...You are correct...I will sell the others as is..Just did this for a video.....Welcome Back...

[@BillKville]

Cool! New source of hard drives, motherboard and ram. Thanks for the info Mike.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@jayjonathanmoore ...Thank you... i hope to have better stuff soon...Peace

[@jimflam24]

hey man i scraped one of thows once and it took me 2 days to strip it and there is a lot of good stuff in there. love your vids

[@evillalta4477]

Your Awesome!! This is exactly what I needed. I'm scrapping 3 huge copiers...

[@MiketheScrapper]

@BillKville ...lol..I will try to find more...

[@MiketheScrapper]

@TheSabre84 ...Thank you found a few Honey holes...Looking for more...

[@kwxj61b]

@ 2.54 minutes...that's call a "Stepper Motor", it has more than copper. If you take it apart, that middle rotor has neodymium magnet. But it's better to sell the whole thing because it has different usage. For one thing, it's a DC motor that produce electricity. You can fit that into a bike with LCD attach to it. You got self generate running light.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@thefightdoctor67 ...No. I sell them as is...If you do they are considered lowgrade...

[@MiketheScrapper]

@Fatjohnny1 ...I will look into that its a canon color printer...

[@MiketheScrapper]

The place is working...They added new equipment and left the old stuff behind...

[@MiketheScrapper]

@totalcomments ...man its going to be awesome...HUGE furnaces...Stay tuned for that vid...Peace

[@msylvain59]

Gazillions of screws, lots of steel, some cool reusable electronic parts, motors, wires, mechanical stuff... and a pile of plastic crap. I love taking these copy machines apart.

[@MiketheScrapper]

How many mother boards do you have? Check with your scrap yard... if not try the link below this video...

[@TheSabre84]

must of hit a small jackpot with this one great vid.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@1martyjr ....Yes i did ..Thank you.Interested what he does...Peace

[@MiketheScrapper]

@jimflam24 ...awesome i hope to have fun doing it...

[@MiketheScrapper]

That was a cool copier

[@RobertPearson777]

some of these might be repairable too, and the older ones are valuable because small presses can use them without spending a lot of recent toner cartridges.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@msylvain59 ...The next ones i plan to sell...To much to take apart....LOL...Peace

[@MiketheScrapper]

I think I made over $20 for the copier... I did find out that copamies do pay for whole machines for parts...You can make money on the drum

[@MiketheScrapper]

@bozze86 ... i just might have too. Peace

[@KennysTrucks]

So do you put the plastic in your regular city or haulers recycling bin?

[@Deock76]

Holy CRAP! 300 apartment complex, that is HUGE. I will be curious about how much you pull from there. I take it the place was shut down? No power, no gas running?

[@MiketheScrapper]

@sebraecha ...A very heavy computer

[@MiketheScrapper]

Its a lot of work with a big payout

[@MiketheScrapper]

@mccunecp ...What do you use them for???

[@MiketheScrapper]

@74Dyenamo ...I recycle the plastc at another recycling center...I don't get $ for it...

[@KennysTrucks]

ah ok. That's cool!

[@dag247932]

what was inside the drum?

[@mccunecp]

for me a lot of userfriendly stuffc in there like the lcd and video card to run it would be great to have. transformer and other goodies

[@MiketheScrapper]

i open the drives and i scratch the platters so no no one gets the info...

[@Fatjohnny1]

I would sell the toner drums. It looks like the machine was a big brand. They're worth something as is.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@videodude123XYZ ...I might have $20 - $50...I can make more if i sold as is...

[@jayreaser]

With the way things are getting we need to get everything available from each item we scrap. I appreciate you doing these for our edification.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@556nc ....I HOPE SO! lol

[@sebraecha]

@lmvelazquez100 Yeah ! And does the building goes good ?

[@johnspradling9174]

I just scrapped a copy machine. It took like 2 1/2 hours. But it's heavy. look to get some cash for it tomorrow. If i remember i'll let you know how much i got.

[@videodude123XYZ]

Do you have an estimate on the $ value of scrap for the copy machine?

[@74Dyenamo]

Out of curiousity, do you recycle the plastic at the same recycling centers as the metal? If so how much do they pay? I remember you saying in another video that the plastic gets recycled too. I think where I live they will accept your plastic but not pay you anything for it.

[@mccunecp]

@lmvelazquez100 I"m a nerd lol and after watching your videos and other scraper videos mostly yours when I walk my dog I have tools with me like to day saw a tv took it a part on the spot pulled out the goodies and left the rest in the trash for the trash truck to pike up took me like 10 minutes lots of copper. as for the coppier the motors would be cool for a cnc system build. transformer it all depends and the lcd would be for a computer monitor or some thing for connectivity.

[@tutu148368]

Can you sell hard drives as is ?

[@1martyjr]

did you find prospector rick on youtube

[@556nc]

Omg lol Mike is about to become a millionair

[@Goldnugget47]

Awsome that really sounds exciting man , keep up the good work, later David O The Urban Prospector.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@theartzyboy ...I think this video might help...kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXycl2uJZ8R9iq8

[@josephdertinger9857]

just picked up a panasonic comm phone bank call resale company probably flip it to them

[@MiketheScrapper]

I add it to my plastic recycling

[@junior73931]

Silver under keypad...

[@master4839]

hey mike does the scrap yards pay you for the mother boards and i dont think where i live they take them cause i am in vermont so i dont know please help out mike in need of some good fast cash thanks.

[@MiketheScrapper]

@tiredtrucker4life .....LITTLE PEOPLE?...I am taking all my subscribers with me...

[@Op1zilla]

I know where 2 rooms full of those copy machines are, an broke

[@MiketheScrapper]

I keep mine for later, using chemicals to extract the platnium

[@buddynorville1276]

Way to Mike! Now you can someone to help you haul things to the yard.

[@suedang1643]

Very interesting articles you offered. May I ask which companies to contact to sell my two big copiers/printers (one of them dead but Ricoh still works).

[@lisabridgeman3554]

I'm so happy for your new project!! Sounds lik you hit the jackpot! Good luck

[@brittnytrujillo1186]

Hello Mike, I'm not sure if you're interested but I have about thirty copy machines I need to get rid of and just wanted to see if your interrested?

[@MiketheScrapper]

Depends were you are located.

[@brittnytrujillo1186]

Platteville

[@MiketheScrapper]

Probably More metal... That was such a pain in the butt , I left the drum with out opening it...

[@WavyGravyTrain1]

I watched a documentary about sensitive medicail info to peoples ss numbers on the hard drives from copiers you should trash that hard drive or

[@sebraecha]

it's a computer !

[@ingleserongbicolano6990]

Im just curious how much did you earn from this copier mike? Just saw one copier picked up here by a truck beside our office, if I only new earlier I could've bargained and offered a bid..... hehe

[@MiketheScrapper]

Try craigslist... I found my buyer there...

[@mikeb8610]

excellent and do the pest control also that's osssume

[@tiredtrucker4life]

When you become a wealthy tycoon will you still talk to the little people?.......LOL!

[@LHUPA]

It was a Canon (It looks like!)?

[@Jessicab5851]

Hey mike, quick question. I was taking apart a large copier actually bigger than this and my boss at the tome told me to be careful because there was a spring in it. Did you come across this? Trying to figure out if its in every large copier. Thanks in advance.

[@MiketheScrapper]

Rudegirl585 Not sure. I never came across a big spring b4. Small ones yes.

[@Jessicab5851]

Ok, thank you. Maybe is was just the brand i had.

[@DanThatisAll]

Mike, great video! I am doing this myself currently, 1 large machine and another smaller one. QUESTION: Do I have to worry about those "Lasers/Invisible Radiation" lasers inside? Or am I okay as long as it's not turned on or plugged in (obviously it's not.) Thank You.

[@MiketheScrapper]

don't turn it on...

[@MiketheScrapper]

lol

[@bozze86]

i think u soon need to quit your day job and get some heavy equipment like shredders to take down the plastic.

[@mikeb8610]

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA area

[@rickcharles5064]

Mike, you may want to avoid the toner drum. Did a small one about a year ago.and am still getting that nasty stuff everywhere. The wife may kill ya too. Had to buy mine an expensive necklace and she's still bitching about the mess.

[@nareshmishra4638]

I WANT 5755 XEROX MACHINE

[@austinprange7355]

Gotchu

[@joekirk6372]

You don't no how recycle