Tips & Tricks to Micro Scrapping
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- In this video I do some micro scrapping for brass, copper, aluminum and steel.
Let me know in the comment section what you enjoy about micro scrapping.
Here is the video where I show a simple method to remove the copper from a magnetron without an angle grinder.
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Hi, my name is James and I'm a hobby scrapper who loves taking things apart to separate the various metal to make some extra money!
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God bless y’all!
I find it very stress relieving and something to do while listening to podcasts and videos to be productive
I agree, I watch a lot of videos or listen to music while scrapping. Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200 thank you for posting
You’re welcome!
I love it as well! I find it therapeutic, and never thought I'd find so much joy in something like this. And the other weird thing is the joy I get watching videos of other people scrapping while I'm at work and can't scrap! Lol
I totally relate to everything you just wrote.
Thank you for watching.
Unraveling copper certainly is satisfying.
Side cutters do practically everything for me😅
That’s a favorite scripture for me too.
So satisfying 😁
They are such a great multi tool for sure.
Amen, it’s one I keep on my heart often.
Solenoid from a washing machine was a surprise for me. First one I opened I was in awe. Micro scrapping is fun. God bless you!
I had the same reaction lol
God bless you too brother.
Micro scrapping is so great!!❤❤ it's a vastly underrated pass time 🥰
And there's an easier way to get that bottom plate off the magnetron. Grip the plate on the edge (just next to the folded tab) with pliers, grips, or even a small Cresent wrench, and pry/bend away from the fold; repeat on the other side if needed. Be careful, it tends to pop or release quickly😁
It sure is a lot of fun!
I’ve tried that and I find this way to work better for me.
Thank you for watching.
I like Mirco scrapping to I find it relaxing cheers Graham
Awesome buddy.
Thank you for watching
thanks for providing this video you're really great at presenting
Thank you so much!
Another nicely done explained how to micro - scrapping video Scrapitall
Thank you buddy!
I enjoy micro scrapping for the same reasons
Awesome.
I think it’s the best hobby I’ve ever had.
Thank you for watching buddy.
@@scrapitall200you are welcome
Have a great weekend
@@scrapitall200thank you. You too
Thank you buddy!
Did not know about the copper solenoids. Will remove from now on. Thank you! I have been cutting my sealed units the last 2 days. A little hot. A little oily. But oh do I love the sight of that shiny orangy copper!!!( except the one with aluminum windings from a pancake shape compressor. That's no good 😢)
Pretty much anytime you see electrical wires going into something, good chance they have copper inside.
Yeah, that dreaded aluminum disguising itself as copper is frustrating 😂
Thank you so much for watching.
God bless!
For the spool of copper you can cut through the middle with your cutters to do it much faster. You can also tie the end of the copper wire to a drill bit and use your drill to unspool it that way but use a long bit.
Absolutely but it’s far more satisfying doing it the way I did.
Came for the knowledge. Left blessed with wisdom. Thank you kind sir. May HIS light continue to shine through you. May his blessings continue to fall upon you. 🇺🇸🐅❤
Thank you so much!
May the peace of God be with you and bless you.
Love the video, I am getting into scrapping more, I have work on small appliances for scrapping and collecting the metals and building a good collection. Take care my friend and may God bless you also. I will see you on the next video.
Awesome brother!
God bless you and have a great week!
@@scrapitall200 my friend, I just got done scrapping 5 old CRT TVs and boy oh boy. I hit the mother load of copper, these TV's were from the late 70's to early 80's. The circuit boards were the old brown and thick. I am holding them as I believe they will have silver soldier and a lot of goodies on the boards as well. I found all of them in a pile beside the road. They ranged from 19" to 27" and some were Toshiba's , Apex, RCA and the others are Sanyo. But all of them are old. I am going to put all the components off the boards and see if I can extract the silver from them. I will get some pics and send them to you and get your thoughts on it. Stay safe my friend and I will see you on the next video.
That is so awesome brother, that’s a great score!
I’d absolutely love to see some pics!
Watched again. I just love your videos
@@user-vn7rl3kt2o thank you so much buddy
Another excellent video. Very nice to see how much copper you can get out of something so small
Thank you brother!
It really does add up micro scrapping.
@@scrapitall200 I agree for sure! Thank You too brother! I learn a lot from every video
@@EricScrapping4Dinidog you’re very welcome!
When I used to scrap that was one of my favorite things was to unravel those small spools of copper . I used to get them all the time. God Bless James I am a big fan watch all your videos.
That’s awesome. There’s something very satisfying about it for sure.
Thank you so much and I pray that God will bless you and your loved ones.
Oh boy do i love micro scrapping! It's my way of therapy and getting away to do something i like. Another great video today James! cant wait for the next and upcoming videos. God bless
That’s awesome brother, I feel the exact same way.
Have a great week
God bless you and all of your loved ones!
@@scrapitall200 you as well! God bless
Thank you brother
I enjoy microscrapping. I love your prayers after your videos, very inspirational.
It sure is a lot of fun.
Oh good, thank you for saying that.
God bless you!
One video I'd love to see is what's copper and what's brass. You see even though I'm a scrapper myself I'm red green color blind. So if i don't immediately know from experience then it automatically goes into brass. So I've always wondered how much copper I've turned in for brass.
Oh wow, I never thought about that.
Hmm… I’ll have to give that idea some serious thought. Thank you.
I guess copper is reddish orange and brass is yellowish or if it's coated in zinc then will be silverish. At least that's how I sort my metals. Hope I'm not wrong
@@reddemmamudirini7332 if a person is red/green color blind then they cannot see the reddish hue of copper. Thus, copper and brass look exactly alike.
Absolutely awesome brother I agree with most people Beryllium Oxide if it's pink rap in tape before dismantling you do not want that in the workshop always outside with a respirator not a fancy dust mask. The stuff is toxic and should be avoided if possible. How ever if it's whitey grey then it's aluminium oxide carry on regardless. Great episode brother
Thank you brother for watching.
Yeah I mentioned all that in my magnetron video, didn’t feel like explaining all that in this video though lol.
@@scrapitall200some people would have not seen that video brother and after watching this one might think it's OK to smash apart in there kitchen you remember how it was when you first started. It's a learning curve and young impressionable viewers need reminding.
Not every scrap down is safe. Maybe the lord pushed you in this direction to educate the masses. Anyways comment is there for the people who have not seen it and I am sure you can provide a link for the flock. As always a pleasure to watch may god be with you brother always.
@@empirefinds I mentioned in this video I was linking that video. Hopefully people will see your comment and or watch my video.
It’s a hard thing to balance giving enough information but not boring folks with too much talking. Thanks again.
The pink stuff is probably alumina with added CrO2. I have some beryllia tubes that are plain white, and I've seen magnetrons in all different colors. You probably don't want to breathe any powdered ceramic dust, but you're right, beryllia is the bad one. Just breaking it into pieces isn't really hazardous but if you're going to grind on it, try to do it under water or mineral oil to prevent dust.
Great stuff
Thank you buddy!
You are welcome
Have a great weekend
Micro scraping is the only way to go I find it very relaxing and it all adds up to better returns thank you for sharing this wonderful video with us six stars brother
I agree completely with you brother!
Thank you so much and have a great weekend.
Hey SIA! This video was made for me i swear! I absolutely love microscrapping. And you, mate, you got some copper balls 🤣🤣🤣! Thank you for the video, have a great time, see you in the next one!
Awesome!
🤣🤣
Thank you my friend! Have a great week.
I got into micro scrapping to I love it and u get so much heck I made $43 yesterday
That’s awesome!
Every hobby I’ve had always cost me money, this one actually makes money.
Thank you for watching.
Amen brother. He has never broken a promise. Great video. I enjoy taking things apart.
Amen to that!
Thank you for watching
Awesome video man I enjoy micro scrapping 😎🔥
Thank you!
That’s awesome, it’s quite enjoyable for sure!
should let people know about not breaking the ceramic beryllium insulators. the dust off those can hurt you badly.
It’s not beryllium and that’s in the magnetron video I linked in the description
The Megatron my yard buys whole and pays me #2 copper I don’t have to cut nothing of them I love braking stuff down
Awesome!
All scrapping to me is therapeutic ❤ it's why I take care to calmly dissassemble everything. Also, there's an element of completeness "using every part of the [find]" to barrow and adapt a phrase from hunters. I recently baught a desoldering tool (let me know if you want the Amazon link) it makes depopulating boards a breeze and way less messy. I'm setting aside the clumps of solder to melt together and perhaps turn in at some point 😁🦝
It is so therapeutic to me as well.
I just use a chisel and hammer, seems to work quite well, but thank you, I appreciate it.
Great demonstration of the little bits to scrap. Thanx scrapital.
Thank you so much and you’re welcome!
Love micro scrapping! And it’s only clingy because your trying to make a video buddy there copper in just about everything we micro scrap another awesome video buddy I enjoy watching have a great weekend!
Ain’t that the truth 🤣 the camera does stuff like that all the time lol.
Thank you buddy and you too have a great weekend
🤙🤙👍 puts your mind in another place,good for the soul 🙏✌️
Absolutely, I completely agree.
I have never taken the magnetron apart like that. I will have to try it because it's probably easier on my shoulder than the way I do it. Very nice breakdowns and also the solenoid cutting is a nice tip.
It should be easier on your shoulder.
They cut easily, as you saw.
Thank you, Chris, I appreciate it.
Amen
God bless you.
You asked me about those microwave motors I had. Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. Just got around to checking them, all of them were aluminum ☹️. ✌️
Oh that’s a bummer.
I’ve had pretty good luck with microwaves myself. Sorry they were aluminum 😢
I love scraping because its relaxing and i make money extra and love watching your videos god bless you all the time danny from puerto rico
That’s great, Danny. I agree with you.
God bless you too and thank you for watching.
Great micro scrapping video brother. You know how much I love to micro scrap. Every little bit helps
Thank you!
You and me both brother, it’s such a great hobby!
It’s very satisfying and therefore worth my time.
Heck yeah, that’s awesome!
I think it’s a fantastic hobby.
Thank you for watching.
🎉🎉
I just love the berilium comments 😂😂 if people really believe China is gonna spend that kind of money on microwaves. I think they're truly crazy 😂
Only 23 hours late but I’m here
Great job , nice simple way to do magnetron’s
Yay, you made it.
Thank you buddy.
@@scrapitall200 I been bad I deserve the machete 🤣
@@nicejunk666 😂🤣
Great video my friend
Thank you!
Still got one of those with the magnets. Haven’t taken it apart. 👍
Ah the magnetron! Yeah as you saw, pretty darn easy to scrap.
Awesome video!
Thank you scrap rod!
Great info
@@Papascrap thank you!
Yes I love micro scrapping 🤗🤗🤗 It is very relaxing to me and enjoyable 👊👊 I usually take a flat head screw driver and pry the aluminum off of the magnetron😎😎😎 Enjoy your videos brother happy scrapping 😁😁
Very relaxing for sure!
Thank you so much, I appreciate it.
Very nice. Thanks
Charl from South Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you so much, Chari
Fun fun fun
Heck yeah!
Thank you for watching
I love doing it it's relaxing
I completely agree buddy.
Thank you for watching
Great video Brother! Just dont grind up the pink stuff and snort it !! 😂
Thank you!
No worries there lol
@@scrapitall200 🤣🤣🤣
I appreciate you watching!
@@scrapitall200 always!
Have a good weekend buddy.
Microscrapping tasks are so much fun!
I completely agree.
Thank you for watching.
Good video I do alot of the break down the same way thank you
Thank you buddy!
big happy tears brethern
Amen!
God bless you brother.
I no longer pull motors apart. I sell them whole at AUD $1.15 kg. Saves a lot of work and you don't get much less.
I scrap it all lol
Thank you for watching
Hi James, I'm also from Australia. Do you mind telling me where your yard is located? The one giving you $1.15/kg ? Mine is giving me 80 cents per kg for motors and they're telling me that's the best rate and I don't believe it at all.
@@reddemmamudirini7332 Sims metal on the Central Coast NSW.
Great video
Thank you buddy.
Step aside fidget spinners 😂 love it Brother!
Idk where that came from 🤣
Thanks brother.
@@scrapitall200 funny cause I found a fidget spinner in a bunch of junk the other day lol
I’ve actually never played with one before!
@@scrapitall200 just keep scrapping 😂
Yeah I don’t need anything to fidget with besides my scrap 😂
like that there is a good chance the plastic will boil off in the smelt ( when I say boil off I mean come to the top of the crucible as slag during the smelt)
I’m not sure what you’re talking about
Nice one👍💯
@@SCRAPASSASSIN thank you!
@@scrapitall200 you are welcome 👍
@@SCRAPASSASSIN I subbed to you btw. Hoping you reach a 1,000 subs soon.
@@scrapitall200 thank you so much💯👍 I've sub to you
You’re welcome!
Thank you, I appreciate that.
👍👍
Thank you buddy!
"Therapeutic" is probably the main reason I enjoy microscrapping. The time/$ ratio is not great, but it speaks to my fastidious nature. That said, I also don't know how to find enough to keep me busy, either. Some scrappers I enjoy watching go dumpster-diving, but my legs won't handle that. Would love some ideas where to find higher quantities of scrappables.
That’s awesome!
Try looking on facebook marketplace for free stuff. Even online auctions are a great source to buy bulk stuff for super cheap.
Place some ads in a local paper saying you will collect certain items for free. Get some business cards made and place them around your town, they are fairly inexpensive to buy.
What about going around the day before garbage pick up and do some street scrapping?
@@scrapitall200 I'm not on Facebook, but I'm definitely looking into auctions. Are newspapers still a thing? I know business cards on bulletin boards in coffee shops are definitely a thing, so that might be a reasonable compromise. I live in Texas, so I'm nervous about going neighborhood hunting on garbage day and getting shot at.
@@SethiusAlpha Mike the scavenger is in Texas and he has no problems picking up stuff folks put out on the curb. He’s in the Houston area.
Yeah I suppose newspapers aren’t as popular as they use to be. I know in the county I live in, there’s a local paper.
I’ve hacksawed those apart. Easier with my new vice. 👍
Oh nice! New vise sounds great.
That pink bit from the microwave actually causes cancer if you break it so please be careful when handling them
Not always. The stuff that used to be in them would cause problems but it is too expensive to use for newer models.
Beryllium Oxide was used until they realised aluminum oxide will do. so from around 1998 Beryllium Oxide was widely discarded by manufacturers. Only cancer you will get is if you smash it to pieces and inhale the dust. Great comment brother. Just rap electrical tape and through in the shred not worth messing with
Great idea with the screw driver in the spool. That little spool had a serious length of copper wound onto it.
You certainly are rough on towels there buddy.
Nothing micro about that much of a copper haul
Yeah it kept going and going lol.
Good thing I have a source for unlimited used towels. 😂
Thank you as always for watching buddy.
you need to make a little stand to hold the screwdriver so you can use both hands to unspool the copper
Sometimes I’ll stick the screwdriver in my vise and that seems to work really well.
Thank you for watching.
Wow, great scripture. Need to trust God during a scary medical problem with my husband. The preschool scrapper would like to know if we can cut the plastic (da uder tuff ots) off of the dirty brass. I think from the conversation, in 4 year old, that speaks a mile a minute would like to know what’s inside. Is that easy to cut off?
@@jwall6006 oh no!! I will be praying for sure!
I hope everything is going to be ok with your husband?
There is basically just more plastic/rubber like material. I’ve never taken one completely apart, I tried once but it was just way too much work. It’s definitely not worth the trouble.
God bless!
you will find the soleniod jst inside the machine where your water pipe joins to the back
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Thank you for watching.
When you put it in the vise I thought you were going to do it how i do it but then you grabbed a hacksaw and cut it open. I hold them upright and just put the end in the jaw and just squeeze it shut until the end pops off and the copper springs out if you are lucky
I’ll have to give that a try, thanks for the idea.
@@scrapitall200 Actually the vise i use for this is missing the jaws. They were removed for some reason many years ago and the jaws grew legs apparently. so i set that 1/2 inch or so edge under where the jaws go just above what i think is the edge width of that plastic and just squeeze it shut, most times that end plug pops off. if i get too low it just seems to smoosh together or if i get too high the bottom doesn't pop off. stop as soon as the bottom pops off then you can pull the copper out as a whole. i even do them on the one like you smashed with the hammer. even the ones you put the screwdriver through and just unspin it. I just cut the plastic end off with a side cutter and pull it off as a unit seems faster to me but i do occasionally unstring them like that.
Thanks again, I’ll give it try.
On microwave thing there I just hit a screwdriver in side with hammer super fast
Lot of time they are really tight and I find this way much easier.
Can scrapyards identify micro brass? I have a big bucket of random micro brass, im scrapping for fun and only when i have time, never took micro stuff there just the big stuff to make room.
If your scrap yard knows you they’ll just take your word for it if it’s brass. If they don’t know you, they’ll just look through the bucket real quick to make sure it’s brass. So yes, they’ll buy micro brass and copper
Thank you for watching.
Great video.
That scripture is a great reminder for all of us who follow Jesus.
God bless you Scrapitall!
Thank you so much brother!
It’s amazing how easy it is to worry about things and forget we are supposed to trust God with our entire life.
Thank you and God bless you too.
@@scrapitall200so very true!
Have a great weekend
so how long do u collect b4 u cash in ? do u have a video covering that ?
I’ve been saving my copper and brass for two years now, hoping to cash in before the summer is over.
Thank you for watching.
This weekend I’m planning on packing up my e waste to mail in be my first time ever idk what I’m doing but I’ll get it done everything has pictures on them for most part I do have few things I need to know one is I ripped around about 20 dish box’s out for e waste out what r them on board sort and the card that’s in them do u cut the little gold chip out of them and is that clean fingers? Thank you
I don’t know what the board inside would be classified nor the little gold on the card unfortunately. Sorry.
Good morning I have a question about a Dell tablet. If I sent pictures, could you help me identify what is on it. I am an amateur scrapper and do mostly metal scrapping. You video on circuit boards got me interested in scrapping boards and such. If you can't or don't have time, can you direct me to somewhere I can do research. Thanks for your time.
You can email me a picture of the board and I’ll do my best to help identify it for you.
Scrapitall878@gmail.com
@@scrapitall200 Thanks I will
You’re welcome!
Didn't know those cylenoid things had copper spools in em. 👍
I don't know why I love micro scrapping. Maybe I feel like I'm recycling something that would otherwise get overlooked.
Imagine trying to explain internal combustion to the smartest dog on earth. It will never understand it. That's what I Imagine gods plan is like. Even if God himself told me, I'll never comprehend it, cant......no matter how much it gets dumbed down
Heck yeah buddy, micro scrapping isn’t for everyone, but folks like us just love it, even if we can’t fully explain why.
Amen to that. And that’s why it’s so important to trust which is also the hardest thing to do.
Thank you for watching.
if you're going to make a video that has magnetrons in it you should probably mention not to crack or break that pink part. it can be bad times if you do
I talk all about it in the video I mentioned that is linked in the description.
@@scrapitall200 thats good to hear, i plan on watching that one too as i cant remember if i have or not. around a year ago or so i learned that machete trick from you. i had never thought of trying that. what a time saver over trying to bash the weld in
That’s awesome, I sure do love using the machete!
Well I had a few stators needing stripping so I bought myself a machete. It beat the hell out of my hand that was holding the machete handle and left some serious damage to the blade. The problem was the staters had 4 steel alignment pins to hold the plates together. I cul through the pins and it went easy but you may want to warn your viewere to not use the machete on these pins.
That’s awful, sorry that was your experience.
I actually have a few times mentioned that very thing in some of my videos cause I learned the hard way myself.
@@scrapitall200 well I cleaned up the blade and its ready for action. I have 5 more stators and a crate full of rotors. I am always looking for a better way to drive the shaft from these rotors.
@@mattyal9347 I’m glad you got it cleaned up.
I don’t remember if you saw my video where I show 3 ways to scrap armatures (rotors)
I know a hydraulic press is the best to remove the shaft, but idk if you have one.
@@scrapitall200 i did see them! Before that I was throwing the whole rotor in a crucible and melting the copper off. This method is costly and time consuming.
@@mattyal9347 ok cool. Sorry I forgot. I try to remember as much as I can.
I’m really not a big fan of rotors, seems to be a lot of work for their return, but it’s hard to pass up on copper lol.
What number copper is that considered?
That’s all going to be #2 copper.
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for the scripture. I will keep trying to lean on God's understanding... even when I fail I will keep asking for his forgiveness...
Amen to that. That’s all we can do sometimes. God knows our heart!
i kinda understand i think. 🤷♀
You’re learning 😂
Thanks for stopping by, bud!
I wish you live close by because I could give old microwave, all cords and old transformers you old Ethernet and catv wire wires I can’t be bothered I scraping
I do the bigger stuff
I can be bothering with the small stuff. I do hold on to a lot of stuff.
I do collect the old liquid mercury thermostat throw in a plastic bottle bubble wrap every tub have probably 6 gallons now and liquid Mercury is worth a lot of money. Will sell it in future. Every raw metal has some form of value.
@@davepetro5676 I would love to take all your small scrap off your hands, but I’m sure there’s someone in your area who would be glad to take it off your hands.
Oh interesting, I’ve never heard of anyone collecting mercury. Thats cool.
Thank you for watching another video.
@@scrapitall200 look up how much 1 - gallon of pure mercury sell for $$$$
@@davepetro5676 wow, that’s awesome!
I got a bone to pick with you man. You dont make nearly enough videos. Im going to need you to work on that
😂 well I’m happy you enjoy what I do make!
Thank you for watching.
I love and enjoy micro scapping until I slam one of fingers against something and bruise em or cut them. Other than that i love micro scrapping😂
yeah I get that for sure 😂
Thank you for watching
I broke a machete doing that
Really? I’ve cut probably 50 motors and 75 transformers with my machete and it’s still in amazing condition.
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@@scrapitall200 a new video will come out on my channel
@@smitchlegook cool
@@scrapitall200 its coming out in like 30 mins
@@smitchlego just watched
Zero $$ in micro scraaping ... period!
That’s not true at all! Plus, it’s a hobby that is so much fun.
If you don’t like micro scrapping, why watch this video just to leave a negative comment?
Don’t you think there’s enough negativity in the world already? Why add to it?