Transformer teardown

[@shawnlesmerises554]

is anyone else drinking a few beers while tearing through motors and transformers while watching scrap videos? great vid, some helpful hints too. thanks

[@MoxkyBashwell]

never enough time, beer, for videos or scrap in the day. though yes, yes i am drinking, scraping, watching scrap.

[@scottsome2007]

Now that the wow factor right there nice to see so many transformers in one place thanks for sharing scrap farm. from Scotts Recycling.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Sorry - sooooo late again !!!! Hey - it started with a Transformer Bang - ha ! Yes - the new Lights are nice and bright ! Fantastic Explanation of the Different Transformers ! Potzing around - ha - we love it ! So stay warm and Safe and many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!

[@lynnanir]

Very informative video. I take those little motors apart while watching videos.

[@ScrapFarm]

Me too...lol

[@garyammerman2153]

Snowy here in the NW (Gig Harbor WA) too Bert. Thanks for the video to get my morning going! Great watching with a cup of coffee!

[@jimstevenson9033]

Nice little collection to keep you busy on these cold days buddy.

[@randystone6781]

Sitting here on a snowy, freezing morning watching Bert stack that beautiful copper... ☮️☃️❄️

[@pederlindstrom3132]

Hello Bert, Sweden here again. Guess what,,, I do just about the same with those things here 🤣 Language of scrapping is universal I guess. Sealed units I just drain the oil and get electric motor price for them, many of the newer ones are aluminium winding so that's why. I do get a lot of them. I also have a steady supply of AC/heater units so I am saving the macaronis for a full year and do something fun with the kids,, so far THIS year I got 3 lbs of macaronis. Stay safe and take care.

[@mickwedgbrow4542]

great vid bert, thanks for taking the time, more please.

[@jamesmichael3998]

Hey man thanks for sharing this with me.il start saving them. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida

[@ariesmariano4592]

Wow you have many stock.of the transformer.You are awesome

[@pavelsluka9180]

Brother, i have learned so much in this video. You have mastered the art of stripping transformers. 👍👍👍

[@silverlicious2086]

I liked the wall of transformers at the start of the video. Slow-Mo added all the drama. Haha. Some of those looked like a pain in the ass. Got to give you credit for the difficult work on those suckers. New lights look bright AF

[@elainewallace3381]

Fantastic video Bert loved it Lights look good Regards to Grandma

[@elizabethmason1296]

Money money money that great orange colored money nice work 😁😳👍oops and red 😏

[@baharuddinbesah3709]

Hi Bert another great video good copper and heavy metal stay safe regard how grandma 👵 doing 💪👍❤️💰🇸🇬

[@ScrapFarm]

She's getting there good days and bad days....more good than bad recently

[@saint5345]

Love these type of videos, keep making them, stay safe!

[@samanthab1923]

Lights look good. Plenty to work on inside. Nasty out there. Stay safe. ❄️

[@kennycybertron1]

I love the way Bert "transforms" COPPER TO CASH.....cha-ching baby $$$$$ P.s....those L.E.D. lights look great

[@handduggraverdronline]

I do the same thing to remove wire from spool. Only thing different I do is I made a attachment for drill to unwind spool a bit faster.

[@brendamiller8140]

I enjoyed seeing you do that, you do such a great job without making a hug mess, your always better organized . 👍👍👌💙❤️💚🤗

[@y.lelivelt2619]

Thanks for the explanation Bert.

[@judybeckner9047]

I enjoy the removal of copper, gives us who are covered in ice and snow something to watch besides lawn mowing and pimple popping!!!!! thanks Bert

[@ScrapFarm]

Lol...ya im ready to get back to trash picking and flea market

[@judybeckner5623]

Understood 😄

[@kinneticlandscaping117]

Great Video Bert !

[@alexbest2695]

another great video Bert I was hoping that you would buss open that big s.o.b. on the right side of your bench

[@travelingkaspersworld4096]

Thanks for taking the time to teach

[@Clambert91]

My OCD is kicking in looking at your work bench.

[@mariechrisman3957]

Lights look great,..I found my self oddly mesmerized by the taking apart transformers, usually I'm about constructing things but deconstruction looks fun too 😁❤good thing to do on cold days

[@huntinandscrappin306]

what a beautiful sight!

[@michaelrockinger]

you remind me the doctor who pulled out my wisdom teeth! very useful video.

[@simplescrapping]

Wow buddy... You've got some serious collection of transformers there👍... I've just subscribed to your channel😁

[@ScrapFarm]

Thanks check out the old vids its preety slow right now buried in ice and snow

[@sharonironman4547]

Welcome 😊

[@simadonnow2243]

Good break down, I use the angle grinder and cut ride down the middle of the copper, flip it over and cut down the other side and then pull them out , seems to work good

[@mabeldelrey7741]

Great vid sf Bert! ☺️

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Great video really enjoyed that I always take my cut off wheel to the most of them before I break them with a hammer it's a lot easier than hitting them or cut the weld a bit put a line through the weld and it seems to break them open but I learned some new tricks today thank you. 👍👍😀🇨🇦

[@ryanstruble5381]

I have found that the ones like you were trying to cut the wire on are really easy if you just break the plastic tabs off one end and then all the copper just falls off that end.

[@waltwood4113]

Loaded truck 2 times yesterday (sunday) best day since October...gotta ton of transformers myself to do along with copper motors. #happyscrapping

[@JohnnySemor]

You must have read my mind Bert; being new to scrapping I have just started collecting my transformers a few months ago and was wondering how to process them. Thanks.

[@xanderzurasky7837]

The best way, is as is and take that money and buy a puzzle.

[@JohnnySemor]

@@xanderzurasky7837 At least I still get to hit the puzzle with a hammer. :)

[@maciasek467]

Nice colection of transformers

[@jackb.nimble4146]

Man I like to watch other people work! Good times! 😁

[@joshschneider9766]

0:13 I'm not sure but I think it just might be raining copper in here hahahaha

[@tomfedarick7042]

Nice Collection !!!

[@tomfedarick7042]

I use a chisel !!!

[@cristinathiessen4080]

Way to go!!!! Thank you for showing us how!!!!

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job and video

[@kevinritchie9227]

Now the old Transformers toy commercial song is running around my head. Man, what a load!

[@ericd47]

Hey Bert! Based on your area, can you give us an idea how much value you're creating by breaking these up into steel and copper, versus just selling them as transformers?

[@ScrapFarm]

Little over triple

[@ericd47]

@@ScrapFarm awesome thanks!

[@Vintage_USA_Tech]

Not all but there were a few transformers that were worth far more then the scrap value he got out of this not to mention that the Iron Cores are worth more then the scrap value. lamination steel, silicon steel, transformer steel, and silicon electrical steel have unique magnetic properties. You could leave the steel in tact and sell it as transformer cores de-bond the varnish and sell them as cores. I would love to buy the Iron cores.

[@ScrapFarm]

I hear you..... But guess who buys them all.... the scrap yard

[@Vintage_USA_Tech]

@@ScrapFarm I wish the scarp yard would sale it to me... it kills me that I cant get them..... the copper is worthless to me since Im going to rewind it any how...

[@mrMacGoover]

Dude the lights are so bright that my eyes hurt just watching the video!... Lol! : D

[@Snowfall337]

I enjoyed the video, it’s snowing here in Indiana nothing else to do

[@Marcel123-l8h]

Same in illinois we are in a big storm now

[@Clarkson350]

good tip on the lights! my shop needs to get new brighter lights

[@charleshopp3881]

ive been using my lineman cutters on the windings. works pretty well as you have all that leverage. also can take bites if necessary. trying to save a litter wear on the hands.

[@ikessul1429]

Good video buddy killing time mining copper can't go wrong there

[@nickmad887]

lights look great.

[@Tom-xr1nl]

Lots of transformers..... How long did it take to save them?

[@ScrapFarm]

Most of the year....theres really not alot of copper ones anymore most are aluminum

[@lindasprowls1504]

Went dumpster diving a few days ago and found about 150pounds of number 1 wire. I said merry christmas to myself

[@CruiserMac]

Lots of copper in most of them ! I just started putting the smaller ones in a bucket though, going to sell them as is.

[@ScrapFarm]

I usually do that but im bored...lol

[@CruiserMac]

@@ScrapFarm 😂😂

[@russell154]

Dig the new lights Bert. Cutting up the transformers while the weather won’t allow other work is a great idea. But boy the struggle is real with some of them.

[@xanderzurasky7837]

I still would rather be in the house putting together a puzzle. I don't give a damn if they are $2.70 a pound.Hello puzzle.

[@paddy8391]

0:07 BOOOOOM Got a large collection of transformer 50-80 out of microwaves, gotta get to work.

[@goldenretriever1508]

You have this down to a science

[@RustyNail5856]

I enjoyed the video very much, there's is a lot of copper there, if you just take the time to get it. and sense there's not a lot to do right now. why not get all that copper ready for a pay out. keep warm and stay busy Bert.

[@xanderzurasky7837]

There's puzzle's in the house.

[@harryverboom4032]

the other day i saw a video where u scrapped a copper moter you did it with a self made spike chizel thing can u show it in more detail i tried making one but ill have to fine tune it i think thanks a friend from holland

[@thekwoods7234]

Hatchet works great for welded ones!

[@frereskk]

Is it because it's #2 that it doesn't matter if there is still tape or pieces of plastic in the bin?

[@ScrapFarm]

Ya at my yard

[@joshuaaguirre905]

Were. Can. You usually find. These pieces to scrap

[@ScrapFarm]

A lot of these things come out of Appliance in normal household things

[@arcturusbbqsausagemaking2435]

Great job !! Well done Yeah I know exactly what you mean some of them come apart easily and some make you want to pull your hair out ,I made a little clamp vice which I attached to my 14" Ironton steel saw and If they give me trouble I just cut the welds or just two spots through side of the the E Works pretty good, I bought the saw 5 years ago still have the original blade in it ,I Cut 4" Cold rolled many times with it ,Oh a pneumatic air chisel works Fantastic if you have a Hefty Air compressor ,Just subscribed

[@y_x2]

What do you do with the lamination? No value?

[@ScrapFarm]

I'm not sure what you mean by lamination the copper goes as number to the steel goes is number one or light iron

[@y_x2]

@@ScrapFarm The steel. You put the garbage with the steel?

[@ScrapFarm]

@@y_x2 I mean pretty much usually the small stuff I'll dump into appliances like washers and dryers

[@jzeerod]

makes me want to go clean some scrap! i always see the guys throwing out their pumkins from fridges and ACs and freezers. 5 bucks each or 20c/lb if your smart enough to put them with the specials.

[@hillpickers3550]

Is the red colored copper considered #2 vs. bare brite?

[@ScrapFarm]

Yes because its coated in resins

[@sheilagrimm1068]

Thanks for sharing

[@mikeabresch3827]

Where do you get those transformers from do you buy them cheap orat the junk yard thank you sir

[@ScrapFarm]

I collect them by taking appliances apart

[@MrFransie85]

i cut the copper on the arbor press and also push it saves me a lot of time with only the 3 ton press and a welded cutting tool in it

[@Trophy9869]

Thanks again for the video. I don’t want to see you get hurt but I could see that screw driver taking a wrong path.

[@sharonironman4547]

Hi bert my be a silly question how come some copper is alot redder in Colorado?

[@ScrapFarm]

Lol...wut...

[@sharonironman4547]

@@ScrapFarm bloody auto spell 😂 it was meant to say why is some copper redder in color than other copper😂

[@aarongrabowski3775]

Some copper has a coating on it. My yard don’t give me the same price for that stuff

[@sharonironman4547]

@@aarongrabowski3775 Thank you😊

[@DavidGS66]

Cutting welds is good use of angle grinder. I don't agree with using blunt hammers on welds because you saw how he bent sharp pieces of metal at beginning. That can make removing Cu, which may be very tight, harder to slide off.

[@samuellourenco1050]

The Es and Is can be reused. They are standard size.

[@nathanharrison9607]

Dang and I was contemplating if stripping 12 wire with a stripmister is worth it

[@WolfgangS]

An an ham radio operator and technician, I'm crying watching this video :(

[@ScrapFarm]

😞

[@djdavidv1]

Just curious what type is that copper considered, and what is the going price roughly?

[@ScrapFarm]

#2. Depends on the yard. $2.70. To $3.20

[@storminnormanz]

Its hard to know when to sell all your copper, ive been saving it all for the last 8 years what do you think? Sell now or wait?

[@ScrapFarm]

While you waited this long I would say so. If you need it or wait till I gets to 5. But by that time everything's going to be five times as expensive so it's kind of a catch-22

[@storminnormanz]

@@ScrapFarm yea i agree with you i know everything will at least triple if not be 5 times as expensive soon so i really dont know what the heck to do lol

[@PIOWOL1]

dobra robota👍pozdrawiam z Polski 👍

[@paddy8391]

Hey guys, seen the price of Copper right now... 2nd June 2021 ..... $9.00 a kilo in Melbourne Australia ...... how much is it in your location?

[@ScrapFarm]

Almost $4 for number 2 and over $4 for Bare bright

[@jacobhunter1449]

Nice copper

[@geofft3214]

One-hit-wonder welds. lol. How much weight of steel to copper in those transformers?

[@ScrapFarm]

Idk alot

[@SteveDiamond19]

Thumbs up first clip was sweet lol

[@ScrapFarm]

✌👍

[@tolishaws]

A saw zaw works great ...even a press with a blade

[@newguy1612]

Have you tried a forge?

[@ScrapFarm]

No

[@jasontaylor9871]

You should make an unwinder out of a wooden dowel and a drill for the ones that you can unwind

[@billychinowith3305]

Very cool 😎

[@phil_k777]

So, where do you get them?

[@ScrapFarm]

Out of all kinds of electronics..... Pretty much everything has a transformer in it

[@phil_k777]

@@ScrapFarm Thanks for the reply. I do some scrapping, and I find the smaller ones. Been collecting copper and plan to start melting into ingots very soon. But what types of items are you getting those big ones from? Are you paying for some scrap items? Where do you go to find it?

[@ScrapFarm]

I pick residential trash mostly...check out some vids I have...large ones are usually in home stereo system and large exterior lights

[@nateoneill9348]

Nice intro man!

[@Oldfaithful61]

The weird one didn't want to give in without a fight. But the outcome was inevitable and Bert won ! :))

[@richardroyles1423]

I think it’s worth it. Something to do. Kansas

[@nancyjeanharvey7647]

Is this a snow day project?

[@ScrapFarm]

Yes along with other projects like the lights

[@joecoelho7030]

Yep there are some real easy and some are a real bitch that's for sure! But they do add up as u know! Sucks the weather blows! 65 in AZ today going to he 80 next week! Stay warm brother! Scrap on!!

[@GHOSTHUNTER30]

All I got from this is I need a heated workspace :D

[@scottbragg8485]

Loved the intro

[@reggreenslade5769]

hey, when are the scrap farm tee shirts an hoodies coming up for sale ?

[@ScrapFarm]

Idk... I've got no clue on how to do it

[@reggreenslade5769]

come up with a logo put it on a ball cap do a small run prolly 50 caps , see how much interest there is,couple of other sites i subscribe too got tees hoodies coffe mugs an caps

[@ScrapFarm]

Yeah like I said I don't know how to do that... I'm actually computer illiterate

[@robertbrothers9274]

I live in the country no close neighbors real hot fire in the shop wood stove works great!

[@robertbrothers9274]

Put them on a piece of wire

[@sharoneaston9215]

Just wondering, are you self taught? With experience you figured out what to scrap or did you watch someone and go from there?

[@ScrapFarm]

Self taught over time

[@lularam6191]

Demolition man! 😁

[@waynegouin939]

Hi Bert. We got another 12" U.P. here. Copper Culture! The Copper King! You got those transformers down to a science. Who taught you? Or did you learn on your own?

[@ScrapFarm]

Learning by trial and error

[@imonaboatmfg72]

I use a hammer and chisel on the welded tramsformers...