Stripping Copper Wire For Profit

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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2022
  • In this video I show how I strip some large copper wire to sell for scrap.
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  • @CopperEyeJoe
    @CopperEyeJoe Месяц назад +1

    Nice engineering you did there. Enjoyed the video.

  • @sierraspecialtyauto7049
    @sierraspecialtyauto7049 Год назад +1

    Always a pleasure to watch Gary work!!

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Appreciate it Joe, Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas.

  • @richardklein6720
    @richardklein6720 Год назад +2

    Gary, thanks for the video, I don’t know I why it was so much fun watching the blade slice through the insulation, maybe because that insulation is so tough. I also liked seeing that beautiful cast iron storage shelf in the background, the one made by Whitney. I have a similar one but mine says Wadkin on it. Happy holidays, Rich

  • @jimpritz4169
    @jimpritz4169 Год назад +1

    Nice video and always interesting to see your problem solving skills and fabricating tricks. Thanks for the video.

  • @AlmostMachining
    @AlmostMachining Год назад +2

    Awesome way to strip those wires! Great job Gary!

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Appreciate it. Looks like your grinder is taking shape very well. Hope you have a great weekend. Gary

  • @patrickcolahan7499
    @patrickcolahan7499 Год назад +2

    Great project and doesn't hurt to put some jingle in the pocket either. Thanks for sharing Gary and Very Merry Christmas to you and the family.

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Thank you Patrick. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas as well. Gary

  • @RalfyCustoms
    @RalfyCustoms Год назад +1

    Wonderful stuff Gary, nice to see you buddy, I'm a huge fan of recycling and re-purposing

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Always great hearing from you Ralfy. Haven’t had a lot of time to keep up with videos. I definitely have some catching up to do. I always appreciate your kind words. Hope you have a great weekend. Gary

  • @TheAyrCaveShop
    @TheAyrCaveShop Год назад

    Gary, Nice to see a fresh video! Stripping tool worked great ! Well worth the effort considering scrap prices these days. I hauled a mixed load to the scrapper about a week ago and was quite surprised at the $$ total ... at least double what I was expecting.
    ATB....Dean

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Dean, there are definitely certain items that are worth taking the time to scrap out.
      I watched your latest video this morning on my TV but I haven’t made it to the phone or computer to leave a comment yet. I think your plans for your new base for your new Lathe is going to work very nice. I totally understand trying to maximize storage space. Always good hearing from you Dean, have a great weekend and stay dry. Gary

  • @ProjectShopFl
    @ProjectShopFl Год назад

    Great video, I love making things out of random stuff giving new life to things that would usually be scraped.

  • @kentuckytrapper780
    @kentuckytrapper780 Год назад

    Good to see you Gary, alsome build on the wire stripper, great video, keep'um coming..

  • @willemvantsant5105
    @willemvantsant5105 Год назад +1

    Good idea Gary, copper price $3.86/lb today, nice pocket money.
    I sold a billet of Bronze, 90 lbs, the dealer classed it as Brass, ripped me off.

  • @jdmccorful
    @jdmccorful Год назад +1

    Good snag! Nice quick tool also. I would bet there are some electrical contractors that would love to have them with adjustable jaw. Thanks for the look!

  • @RRINTHESHOP
    @RRINTHESHOP Год назад +2

    Good deal worked great, Gary.😊😊😊😊😊

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      I appreciate it Randy. Watched your video earlier this morning on my TV, still need to comment on it . picked up a 1200 Oven from Stan this year at the bash. Still have not plugged it in yet, and now I’m thinking I need to upgrade the controller already. Always great hearing from you Randy, hope you have a great weekend. Gary

    • @RRINTHESHOP
      @RRINTHESHOP Год назад

      @@OldIronMachineWorks Upgrade is worth it.

  • @tunafish3216
    @tunafish3216 Год назад

    Great video again.

  • @CruiserMac
    @CruiserMac Год назад

    Very cool, purpose built tool !

  • @Rustinox
    @Rustinox Год назад

    Interesting to see the evolution from idea to prototype to working tool.

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Michel, It is nice when things work out that way. I hate when it goes from idea to prototype to not working worth crap and having to go back to the drawing board . LOL Appreciate you stopping buy the channel. Have a Merry Christmas. Gary

  • @riverboat28
    @riverboat28 11 месяцев назад

    Great thinking, always thought about the pipe cutter wheel as the perfect stripper but don't have the equipment to rig one up. I'll think of something. Thanks for the video

  • @buderickson5843
    @buderickson5843 Год назад

    Cool video I think you gonna see a lot more people salvaging in the future

  • @HaxbyShed
    @HaxbyShed Год назад

    Awesome device. Works like a dream.

  • @JourneymanRandy
    @JourneymanRandy Год назад

    What a great day. Both Gary and RR in the Shop videos out this morning. I have stripped a lot of wire in my day. That is a much better way than my half assed way. I hope you made a bundle on that. Have a great weekend Gary. 🔧⚒🔩

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Randy, always great hearing from you. The older I get the more I look for easier ways to do things. Hope you also have a great weekend. Gary

  • @metalworksmachineshop
    @metalworksmachineshop Год назад

    nice wire striper. I made one with a broken C clamp. I used a pipe cutter wheel. welded the clamp to a stand , ran the different size wire between a guide. made it adjustable for different gage wire.
    Id bet you like working from home fulltime now.. Im looking forward to that day

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      Thank you Doug. I do still enjoy my job, but yes I do look forward to retiring where I could just play around in my own shop. Always nice to have you stop by the channel. I watched your videos on your slip roller on my TV. But forgot to go leave a comment. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas. Gary

  • @CuriousEarthMan
    @CuriousEarthMan 2 месяца назад

    Great video, thank you! Are you in the Duluth area? I could be wrong, but I think I've watched a lot of ore carriers pass under that bridge :)

  • @hilltopmachineworks2131
    @hilltopmachineworks2131 Год назад +1

    Well worth the effort seeing they would have paid you half for the shielding on it. Nice that you are working from home now. You can run your lathe wearing your bunny slippers and the boss won't know. LOL!

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      Tom, still working full-time. We just have too much work to keep up with. I made the proposition that I would rebuild all the compressor valves at my home shop under old iron machine works and they were good with that. So far it’s been a win-win for both of us, but I don’t seem to have much free time anymore. Wishing you and the family a merry Christmas.

  • @joe74ta1
    @joe74ta1 Год назад

    Merry Christmas Gary look forward to the next video

  • @Derbyhobbiescrapper
    @Derbyhobbiescrapper Год назад

    Nice load of copper scrap mate

  • @AmateurRedneckWorkshop
    @AmateurRedneckWorkshop Год назад

    Gary I never knew you was a stripper. Great tool now all I need is a lot of wire.

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Harold, seems like I’ll do anything for a buck LOL
      Hope you have a very merry Christmas

  • @MrValhem265
    @MrValhem265 Год назад

    Always interesting Content thanks Bud yep im a scrapper on the side found a brass light system at work the other week about 30 kg's or 66lb worth . its amazing what people throw out in their Greenwaste.😲😄

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Robbie, brass is also definitely worth grabbing. Doesn’t pay as well as copper but still pays well. Appreciate you stopping by the channel

    • @MrValhem265
      @MrValhem265 Год назад

      @@OldIronMachineWorks cheers Gary

  • @ottostasi197
    @ottostasi197 Год назад +1

    Pretty slick Gary , wondering what you sharpened the cutting wheel with , would have like to see how you did that .

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Otto, I hand sharpened it on my carbide grinder with a diamond wheel. Nothing too exciting. I always appreciate you stopping by the channel. Wishing you a merry Christmas. Gary

  • @oxtoolco
    @oxtoolco Год назад

    I was wondering why our 50kA power supply wasn't working.....
    All the best,
    Tom

  • @davidleduc9149
    @davidleduc9149 Год назад

    Holy cow ! Where do you get all those cables

  • @johnjaco5544
    @johnjaco5544 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @junkmannoparts9696
    @junkmannoparts9696 Год назад

    Hey Gary neet video the weight add up so how much per pound ? man your neighbors must love you . when i lived in the San Fernando valley i built 4x4s in my folks driveway and parked a 1970 dodge PU with 2 1/2 ton military axle with a 23ft travel trailer in the street for a couple years then came the 2HR parking signs M-F 6am -4pm but no problem working in the driveway i move 20+ years ago . Keep up the good work. JM

  • @bcbloc02
    @bcbloc02 Год назад

    Those would have made a killer set of jumper cables!

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад

      Brian, funny that you would mention that. Jack and I used a couple of them to jumpstart my Kabota.
      I did save one section for my service truck where I will be putting a 4000 pound crane in the back.

  • @jd3497
    @jd3497 Год назад +2

    Nice quick build. Electrician probably would have skinned that pile of salvage wire with a hook knife during his lunchtime.
    Fine wire/welding wire pays less, cause it "burns up" during the melt is a scrapyard scam.
    #1 copper is bright, clean red wire, that's it. Were the lugs brass?

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      I'm sure the lugs were copper. I just did not want the chance for them to plays games because they were left on the cable and were plated. I had Jack take it in and wanted to make it as simple as possible. Thanks for checking out the video.

    • @BillyTpower
      @BillyTpower Год назад

      How long are lunch breaks where you live JD?

  • @Dudleymiddleton
    @Dudleymiddleton Год назад

    There may be many ways to skin a cat, but only one good way to skin a cable! Thank you for sharing.

  • @dougpersell8776
    @dougpersell8776 Год назад

    I did some cable like that last year i split the out side then pulled it off with a tractor. I do alot of scraping i need to build a wire stripper to do alot of smaller wire.

    • @zackzhao9007
      @zackzhao9007 Год назад

      0.3-20mm wire stripping machine
      I have this machine.

  • @gwharton68
    @gwharton68 Год назад

    Nice snag on a lot of welding cable. Should buy a couple of hamburgers at least . Really liked your powered wire stripper.

  • @TomChame
    @TomChame Год назад

    Neat, thanks!

  • @copperkingrecycling634
    @copperkingrecycling634 Год назад

    Awesome video. Was it cost effective using the Kubota? I mean, that was a boatload of copper.

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      Since the Kabota is hydrostatic it worked out really nice for Pulling the cable. Plus the Kabota doesn’t burn hardly any fuel. Appreciate you watching the video and leaving a comment. Gary

  • @dizzolve
    @dizzolve Год назад +1

    what was the weight? 565? Not sure how those scales work exactly but I saw you add the 500 counter ...... then the rail displayed 65

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      665 I had a 500 and 100 weight then ad the 65 that was showed on the scale. Then subtract 15 pounds for barrel. Thanks for watching Bobby

    • @dizzolve
      @dizzolve Год назад +1

      @@OldIronMachineWorks at least it was one pound more. What did that earn you 1500-2000? Those were beefy ass cables.

  • @gordbaker896
    @gordbaker896 Год назад

    Nicely done. The fixture on a hinge would make quicker loading.of cable. Sometimes those ends are copper with silver coating to prevent corrosion. Grind one a bit to seel

    • @OldIronMachineWorks
      @OldIronMachineWorks  Год назад +1

      My original plan was to put it on a hinge, but knowing I would probably never use it again I wanted to make it as easy and fast as I could. And yes the ends were plated copper. Since JACK was taking it in to the scrap yard I decided it was easier to just remove them just in case they wanted to drop the price because of the plating.
      Appreciate you watching the video and leaving a comment. Gary

    • @gordbaker896
      @gordbaker896 Год назад +1

      @@OldIronMachineWorks Thanks for the Reply. Upper Michigan view?

    • @jimurrata6785
      @jimurrata6785 Год назад

      ​@@OldIronMachineWorks A dunk in acid will strip that zinc right off of there, and it will be pink as a new penny. 💡

  • @PIOWOL1
    @PIOWOL1 Год назад

    👍👍👍💪

  • @TECHNICUSChannel
    @TECHNICUSChannel Год назад

    I live stripping huge copper wires 👌💵💶

  • @caseydangar4414
    @caseydangar4414 Год назад

    What was the weight?

  • @evankibbe590
    @evankibbe590 Год назад

    👍😊🌎🌞

  • @seantbr2019
    @seantbr2019 Год назад

    i did the math i might be wrong but you made out with about 250?? that's awesome if you did

  • @kens.8834
    @kens.8834 Год назад

    "Junkies" playing games with scrap prices ? ...... whoda thunk ! 😁

  • @danascott1980
    @danascott1980 11 месяцев назад

    That wire was worth a whole lot more before you scraped it , just saying.