Scrapping small copper bearing motors for cash. Which ones are worth taking apart for the #2 copper?

Hello scrappers and planet lovers. In this video I answer a viewers question about small copper bearing motors, and in my opinion, which ones are worth separating for the #2 copper and tin. I will also explain some methods how to separate the metals and also where to commonly find these types of motors.

[@gainingweightminingmetal3848]

First! thanks for the good vid once again.

[@nickgordon9445]

good work mate, well explained as always, keep up the great work :)

[@pattipurpura5525]

Thanks for sharing. This has been my winter project for the past weeks so I can relate totally.

[@lynnanir]

Thanks for a great instruction video! My favorites are ceiling fan motors.

[@TinManScrapper]

Yup, love them too, but wanted to stay with smaller motors for this video. Thanks for the comment, stay well.

[@teamSHTF]

Good to know about those little stepper motors!

[@jpi28602]

Anything that I think is too small to waste my time on now I throw in 5-gallon buckets and save. I think it is possible copper could be much higher in 10 years…then maybe worth my time…

[@CopperKing]

well done my friend, did a good job, 👍👏 video at the highest level as always 🤤

[@TinManScrapper]

Thank you. Stay well and happy scrapping

[@shaystern2453]

fine explanation. you get a great price for copper. it's 365 for bare bright in illinois

[@BushDogScrapper]

TGIF fellow scrappers 👍

[@phillipvmason1]

I'm working on some right now !🤣

[@silverjunkie6585]

Thanks Tin man! it's about time you get a reasonable price on motors, 5 cents a lb didn't make any sense!

[@TinManScrapper]

We were getting 10 cents but even that was too low

[@silverjunkie6585]

@@TinManScrapper okay ya I remember now same as steel pretty much well I'm glad to hear there paying you a good price now anyways

[@dufus7396]

Im building a lovely little collection of bright unvarnished fine wire clumps..I always twist the little sections so they stay together. The small flat tuntable motors from microwaves and osilater motors from some fans..nearly always bright unvarnished.A good indicator is softness ,weight and brightness..Im ignoring the gauge thickness stipulation as far as Im concerned its number one bright...I can wait I always put it in sight but out of reach on my truck to tease the scrap yard gypsies 😅🤣😂

[@dufus7396]

A good source is water cutoff off solinoids in dishwashers and washing machines

[@WilhelmFreidrich]

13:20 how do you differentiate between copper prongs and brass prongs. From the video, I would have thought those prongs were brass because the colour is yellow...?

[@TinManScrapper]

scratch them. it could have been the lighting that made it look brass, but there are copper ones too. so if you scratch it copper will reveal copper color and brass will reveal gold look

[@servansosolis2276]

What if you scratch the wire and it has a metallic look but also magnetic? Not aluminum I know but what would that wire be classified under? Also is it steel or?

[@TinManScrapper]

Tin coated, put in low grade usually about 90 cents a pound if has copper inside that. If just metallic and all magnetic, tin pile. Again only if no copper inside surrounded by the tin.

[@TinManScrapper]

At 5:10 motor came out of a power head from a vacuum cleaner, not a fan.

[@locknload9143]

Question. At 13:22 you said you were going to put the two copper ends into your #1. How thick do they have to be, to be considered #1. I have a few Lbs I'm still sorting...Please advise. Thank you. Oh one more question. Ok so on the circuit boards especially in stereo receivers, you have little black plastic 3/4"x1/2" soldered in connectors I guess you would call them, after hitting them with the hammer you end up with a nice piece of copper at least 1/16 thick and sometimes up to 3/16. Are they also #1 Copper?

[@TinManScrapper]

If they still have some other metal attached or soldering #2 for the copper ends. They could be thrown into #2 since very small, but I throw into the bucket with my copper pipes. As for the little black connections they would be #2 because of the coating, plastic and soldering.

[@locknload9143]

Right on, appreciate it the quick response once again! One more question then I'll stop bugging you lol 😁 .Ok so after resorting all my copper wire, I have about 2-3 lbs of motor wire approximately 1" long, and there all individual strands.(ALL CLEAN) Do I need to bundle all that up or just leave it in the bottom of my tote? Once again, Thanks, Your the man.! THE TIN MAN

[@madisonvahle873]

@@locknload9143 from the various videos I’ve watched on this, it is all about whether or not the copper is contaminated in any way. You can bundle all together if absolutely clean of everything and consider it #1.

hello, How do you take off the copper on the Radiator, Processor, Aluminum, Copper. How to recover copper. Thank you!

[@TinManScrapper]

Hello, I actually have a video on removing copper from radiators, called “scrapping radiators for the copper. How to easily remove the copper” hope it helps

@@TinManScrapper It's CPU Radiators for pc

[@TinManScrapper]

@ we call them aluminum heat sinks and I also have a video on opening them up as well. I think the video is called scrapping circuit boards for copper

[@TinManScrapper]

@ video is called scrapping small items for big profit

[@TinManScrapper]

Scrapping small copper items for big profit

[@silver_salvage_savage]

Out of 7 microwave transformers, 2 were half copper. The rest were aluminum on both sides. The 2 that had copper were copper aluminum. Every washing machine motor has been aluminum windings. I'm bout to stop looking......

[@geoffbrown8748]

Chum I think you wasted more time and cost in electricity