I recommend you not wear gloves doing that. If that catches the glove somehow it's likely going to pull your hand right into the blades. Never wear gloves around rotating machinery.
I tried this 20 years ago & the machine broke right away 🤣 I find about several a month so maybe time to try it again Seems best suited for small wire & not cords Nice well done video though I’d definitely say winning 🏆 They sell granulation machines but they are really expensive
It definitely will only work on small wire, but after doing this I want to get into melting. I think this stuff would be perfect for that. Yeah they are way too expensive for me.
I love how glock makes its own bb guns and how they make them look so real czcams.com/users/postUgkxnX9wE_Q8zvF75Y5iWzTU3Q4FlrtyGApQ , the only thing is that the slide doesn't move back. The sights and the body structure is so similar to a real handgun, fits in my hand perfectly but I actually ordered it with the 40 pack of Co2 tanks and they never arrived even though it said that they handed It to me. Was not able to test the accuracy since I didn't get everything I purchased which is frustrating and that's the whole reason why I got the bundle so it arrives together. So the Co2 tank happens to be a third party so it makes no sense to put it in the bundle if it doesn't get shipped at the same time, the BB gun arrived first then the Co2 tanks were supposed to arrive someday later but didn't, which doesn't make sense. I recommend just ordering the gun itself so you don't get the same issue I ran into plus there's no option for a refund. How stupid.
New subscriber here, I've been a scrapper since birthed into poverty. From food to paper, Watercolor paint tubes to coax I am always looking for ways to get money from anything I may have. Nice to meet you Sir 🙂. ~ S.W. Red Illinois
Very nice to meet you as well. Thank you for subscribing and I just went and hit your subscribe button. Looking forward to having a chance to check out your videos!
My great uncle had a story like that. I remember going to his house, and he would be tearing something apart that he got on the job site. I never understood how it could be worth it until I became an adult. My grandmother told me that they were all poor in the depression but most of them had grandparents that still had a farm, but Uncle Mike had nothing. He did anything he could to help his family and it was how he started scrapping. He never quit scrapping and became fairly well off by the time he was 50 by investing his scrap money in a lot and built a self storage business on it.
You know something? Make a series of paper shredder on on top of another, it may just work... Editting time. Almost forget to place guides into each level and maybe an air rater to separrate the copper and plastic, too! Re-edit, you are A MAD GENIOUS!!!! Forgot the water. Mad genious you are.
I can see the interest in paper shredders increasing now lol, that was sir pretty damn impressive....im wondering as the lifespan of a paper shredder wouldn't id imagine be too long doing this so im kinda thinking "garden shredder" ..... hmmm oh dear what have you started hahaha
Thank you buddy. The small motor won’t last long I imagine, but I’m trying to figure out some modifications and or find a shredder with a bigger motor. I’ve gone mad brother 😂
This was a good inspiration for me, I have a granulator, that I have been chopping wire in about 2in pieces, so it doesnt choke if fed to fast or to much. This would eliminate the need to hand chop (with cable cutters, and also wear on arm and shoulders). Just ordered a new paper shredder to give this a whirl. Even though it was just having fun for you, you never know what may come from it.
That sounds awesome, I hope it works really well for you. I have two paper shredders and I’m hoping to use both of them to make this even better. Yeah I’m just a hobby scrapper having fun, but I would love a real granulator lol. Thank you for watching.
Mad like a scientist LOL a great idea for this but what I would do is build a water sleuth like they do when they like a searching for gold through the dirt and stuff. That way the water would wash away the sheathing from the copper. Figured I would just share that with you. God bless
We go a little mad my scrapping friend, when I said ,I think i know what your experiment is ,I was on the ball ,I actually thought you used a granulator to separate the copper, pure genius, you ain't mad my friend, I'll be showing something in my next video and you will like it my friend, your a great guy and scrapper, you will soon hit the 1k sub, god bless my friend 👍
Thank you so very much! A wire granulator was my inspiration to try this little experiment and it turned out better than I thought. Exciting, I can’t wait to see what you got going on! God bless you my brother and God bless the UK.
@@scrapitall200 thank you brother 🙏, hopefully tomorrow, I got some rain 🌧 last night so my nice workshop got a little wet,be showing some cool stuff in my video my brother, god bless to you an your family 👍
I wonder if the shredding and water could work with memory sticks, small circuit boards, etc. NEW SUBSCRIBER and just thrilled with your channel. Thanks for the well wishes re; our fires here in Canada. So sorry it's heading south to our American brothers.
I like your thinking. I’m always trying to come up with new ways of doing things. Thank you so much for subscribing, I really appreciate that. Hopefully now that the season has changed there will be rain where it’s needed. Thank you for watching.
That's cool. I tried that last year but only once because I figured it wasn't worthwhile. At the time, I didn't know that my scrapyard would buy insulated wire so I was trying to figure out how to get the copper out. It also made my cheap Staples shredder very angry. Good experiment and smart just dropping them in one at a time to start. I got a little overzealous when I did it. Good luck on the 1000! Soon, buddy!
If I get into melting copper to do some sand casting, I think I’ll use this to granulate the tiny copper wires. I’m definitely curious if a better shredder will work more efficiently. Thank you for taking the time to give it a watch, it was a fun experiment!
@scrapitall200 Yeah, that makes sense if you don't have better stuff to melt. I sell all my insulated wire except the oven and dryer cords and any solid core. I save that for melting. I have a lot of that though. Maybe a few hundred pounds. Plus all of the copper line. Because I save that, I sell the cheaper stuff so I can have a little cash flow.
I like to save all of my good copper in the hopes the prices get real good. I always find it interesting how everyone seems to do things a little differently when it comes to saving copper or what the sell. Thanks for your perspective, I do appreciate it.
@scrapitall200 yeah, that's understandable. Where I am, the prices never get really good, compared to the rest of the country, so I will make way more money, melting it down and making "art" with it. At least, I hope to.
Crazy/great minds think alike, a paper shredder is nothing but a small version of a hammer mill. Just need an electrostatic charge to separate the plastic/PVC sheathing.
Awesome! I’m still hoping to finish doing some additions and modifications to make it more efficient. Interesting, I’ll have to look into that, thanks for the idea.
I can see the advantage if the desire is to melt it down to ingots etc. Just watch your fingers in those gloves. I was holding my breath while you fed the wires! lol Love the Hawks shirt. I have the same one!
I’m definitely going to get into making sand casting art with copper. That was a rookie mistake by me, fortunately I didn’t get hurt, thank you for watching and pointing that out. Go Hawks!!
I’m hoping to find a stronger shredder, do some modifications and then I’ll share the results of that. Just need to find the better shredder first. Thanks for stopping by
A drop of jet dry will let the floating copper to not float. You could a gold pan to quickly separated the copper from the insulation. Enjoyed the video
After screen separating to the finer material he is more ready to smelt it though without doing any more work. He won't pollute as much his environment outside with the resulting smoke to the eventual melted copper metal plus its molten scoop away drought. It's just not worth it as much as silver and gold dealing with higher dollars on the ounces projects.
@@scrapitall200 ... That's an expensive process also (unless people turn in jewelry of gold and silver Karats). If you can strip the copper, the better because you removed the contaminants more for extracting the 99% copper purity for whatever you want (to sell or copper pure projects). All utility blade CZcamsrs showing ease of extracting the copper that way wasn't as time consuming as thought but now they also have the landfill mess of insulation plastic waste problems also. 😖😬
@@lawrencejelsma8118 yeah I want to do sand casting with copper to make some art I can sell at my local farmers market and I think this really small gauge wire is perfect for my hobby. Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment.
After the first pass through the shredder, just add four cups of grass, and half a bottle of olive oil and then eat it. The next day instead of making useless brownies, you will have a copper nugget.
@scrapitall200 yes sir your welcome. Just a suggestion if someone wants to do that to upgrade from #3 insulated copper around$.50 cents a lb to number #2 stripped copper around $2.75 a lb the lit bit of the insulation shouldn't affect that
@@moondog4313 I fully agree with that, now of course some yards might be really picky about that but my yard thinks it’s clean enough for #2 copper. Thank you I appreciate it.
Ill be honest i didnt think this would work bro lol .... after u shred it maybe run it a few more times threw till its super small then dump in a drum of water and all the copper will sink to bottom
I wonder if you "panned it", if you could get almost all the junk out? Or built a tiny sluice as an alternative? Use surfactant like dishwasher jet-dry or dish soap to get the copper to all sink.
@@scrapitall200 YW! Thanks for posting! I wonder how a food processor would work for really small gauge wire?! BTW the really large shredders are made the same way as your paper shredder. They are high-torque, low rpm shear shredders, used for scrap of many kinds, from pallets to tires to wire and more! If you could find a used hammer-mill herb grinder, you might like that as well :) Keep up the good experimenting! :)
neat idea but not practical to money dollar time variable . The problem is when you touch the material several times it equates to massive time / money loss, so stripping it with a knife is way faster, and you touch it only 1 or 2 times ,First time scoring it and 2nd time peeling it.
It’s way too difficult to strip that small gauge of stranded wire and 99% of scrappers will just sell it as is. So I was just curious if a paper shredder will actually work and to my surprise it does. But unless I can do some modifications and possibly add another shredder or two, it’s not practical, but it sure was fun and sometimes having fun is more important than money, to me at least. Plus, if I melt that 5 ounces of copper and make something cool from it, I can sell my art at my local farmers market and depending on how artistic I get, I might be able to sell the thing for $25-$50, which in that case changes everything. But, this was all about an experiment. Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200trick to stripping 16 gauge etc use a multi folded old tshirt shirt and semi sharp thick bladed knife on your knee pulling it though ( with gloves) as you press down, , works great long or short pieces , i usually only strip half of it and have bare copper pile and sell the other half as #2 insulated , other small stuff you can try and if it works good depending on the hardness type of copper wire ~inside maximize your profits .
@@kingdommusic5456 very interesting technique I must admit. Thanks for sharing that with me. I always find it interesting the many different ways people come up with stripping wire! Thanks for your comments, I do appreciate them.
@@fleshbag7754 yeah definitely sarcasm. I do have some videos where I cut motors apart with a machete and I also cut transformers apart with a machete, just to give you some context.
Shaker table would probably work really well. I’m actually working on adding 3 shredders together which I’m hoping will make things even faster and easier to separate everything. Thank you for watching.
As a woodworker I have some advise. Please do not wear gloves doing this, could be the difference between a stitch and an amputation. I'd wear thin nitrile gloves near moving parts as they would tear before pulling my finger tip into the machine.
This is a pretty good idea for adding to a personal copper breakage pile for melting down later. Im trying to find a way to test the purity of my metals after theyve been melted because i guess yards can test it with infared systems in some of their sorters?
It was fun and turned out better than I thought it would. I’m working on improving this with some modifications. My yard won’t but melted metals, so I’m hoping to get into sand casting to make trinkets to sell or do giveaways. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
@@scrapitall200 Thanks for the reply! I recently found out my yard is very picky with melted metals because they worry about what alloys may be mixed in and the overall purity of the final product. You could mint your own #Scrapitall coins 🪙 😏 👌 😄 copper or brass? Maybe the size of a silver Troy ounce or so. I look forward to whatever you come up with, whatever you make and all the commentary. I'm going to congratulate you a little early on 1K subscribers too. I subbed around 750-800. Again, thank you for your time!
Yeah I think most yards are worried about that exact thing. I was thinking of doing that exact thing with making scrapitall coins out of copper and brass to give away to subscribers or to sell any to anyone who might want to purchase them. My channel has grown way faster than I ever expected and it amazes me and makes me extremely thankful to every single person who has subscribed. I thank you so much for being here and leaving comments. Thank you for your support and early congratulations.
@@scrapitall200 thank you, and you're welcome. It just popped into my thought train. I'll see if i can build some kind of conveyor vortex.. i have plenty of shredders, And unprocessed stuff. Should be fun. Not as fun as the smelting part, though! Thanks for creating normal, no fluff content!
I’m familiar with a granulator and would love one but they are very expensive. I’ve personally never seen or heard of anyone trying a paper shredder though. Thank you for watching.
@Scrapitall I just recently started scrapping about 7 months ago now, I'm always watching videos such as tour channel to find more helpful tips because I don't ever have a whole lot of luck when I'm out there.
Welcome to the scraplife. I hope my videos will provide you with some useful information that’ll help you with your scrapping. Feel free to ask me questions and if you have something in mind you’d like to see me scrap, let me know and I’ll see what I can do about making a video.
@Scrapitall thank you so much. It would help I heavy amounts to have someone to discuss with! Would it be too much to maybe ask for an email, if you have one?
There’s an email address in the “about” section on the channel. Let me know if you find it ok? You can email me anytime and I’ll do my best to reply in a timely fashion.
For a small scrapyard, I would be looking at a nightmare if a customer came to me with a bag of wet granulated copper. I recommend talking to your scrapyard before bringing in a fruit of such labor
@@scrapitall200 I would expect sense from someone as knowledgeable as you seem to be. I work at a place that does not have the tool to analyze the material, so there is a lot of stuff we have to send away. Not much in weight since there aren't the waste sources, but a lot of kinds of material.
@@Isis-wm4po I try to mention often in my videos the importance for people to get to know their scrap yards. Fortunately for me I have a good relationship with mine and I know what they’ll accept and what they won’t.
maybe using one of those dusting wands that operate on static electricity could be waved over the top of the shreded product to hopefully pull away some of the plastic and leave the copper
I recommend you not wear gloves doing that. If that catches the glove somehow it's likely going to pull your hand right into the blades. Never wear gloves around rotating machinery.
Oh wow, that is really great advice, thank you so much!
I never thought of anything like that. I have bags of small wire I’m going to try that. Thank you for sharing. Amen to your prayers to
That’s awesome! Let me know how it works for you!
Thank you so much and God bless you!
I tried this 20 years ago & the machine broke right away 🤣
I find about several a month so maybe time to try it again
Seems best suited for small wire & not cords
Nice well done video though I’d definitely say winning 🏆
They sell granulation machines but they are really expensive
It definitely will only work on small wire, but after doing this I want to get into melting. I think this stuff would be perfect for that.
Yeah they are way too expensive for me.
Good day Marty Boy o boy this is a job for a retired fellow. Not much in it. Thanks
@@donvoll2580 Hobby scrappin
I was thinking the same thing. Won’t that break it. Idk
@@ScrappingwithGrandpa still not broken
I love how glock makes its own bb guns and how they make them look so real czcams.com/users/postUgkxnX9wE_Q8zvF75Y5iWzTU3Q4FlrtyGApQ , the only thing is that the slide doesn't move back. The sights and the body structure is so similar to a real handgun, fits in my hand perfectly but I actually ordered it with the 40 pack of Co2 tanks and they never arrived even though it said that they handed It to me. Was not able to test the accuracy since I didn't get everything I purchased which is frustrating and that's the whole reason why I got the bundle so it arrives together. So the Co2 tank happens to be a third party so it makes no sense to put it in the bundle if it doesn't get shipped at the same time, the BB gun arrived first then the Co2 tanks were supposed to arrive someday later but didn't, which doesn't make sense. I recommend just ordering the gun itself so you don't get the same issue I ran into plus there's no option for a refund. How stupid.
Absolutely!
Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.
I learn so much from your channel & thx so much for praying at the end of each content!
Awesome!
So happy you enjoy the prayer.
God bless you and thank you for watching.
Got me THINK,n,,, Am a Scrapper,,, Go,na Try That,, ,,,,,,, Great Vid,,,,,,,,,👍
Thank you so much!
@@scrapitall200 👍👍👍
Interesting
Sure is. Thanks for watching.
New subscriber here, I've been a scrapper since birthed into poverty. From food to paper, Watercolor paint tubes to coax I am always looking for ways to get money from anything I may have. Nice to meet you Sir 🙂. ~ S.W. Red Illinois
Very nice to meet you as well. Thank you for subscribing and I just went and hit your subscribe button. Looking forward to having a chance to check out your videos!
@@scrapitall200 thank you so much Brother 😇!
It’s my pleasure! So nice to have you here and God bless you!
@@scrapitall200 ditto ☺️!
My great uncle had a story like that. I remember going to his house, and he would be tearing something apart that he got on the job site. I never understood how it could be worth it until I became an adult. My grandmother told me that they were all poor in the depression but most of them had grandparents that still had a farm, but Uncle Mike had nothing. He did anything he could to help his family and it was how he started scrapping. He never quit scrapping and became fairly well off by the time he was 50 by investing his scrap money in a lot and built a self storage business on it.
You know something? Make a series of paper shredder on on top of another, it may just work...
Editting time. Almost forget to place guides into each level and maybe an air rater to separrate the copper and plastic, too!
Re-edit, you are A MAD GENIOUS!!!!
Forgot the water. Mad genious you are.
That’s a great idea and I’m actually working on that very thing. I have two shredders, just looking for a third.
Thank you for yiur comment.
Scrapscience awesome!
Thank you buddy.
I can see the interest in paper shredders increasing now lol, that was sir pretty damn impressive....im wondering as the lifespan of a paper shredder wouldn't id imagine be too long doing this so im kinda thinking "garden shredder" ..... hmmm oh dear what have you started hahaha
Thank you buddy.
The small motor won’t last long I imagine, but I’m trying to figure out some modifications and or find a shredder with a bigger motor.
I’ve gone mad brother 😂
This was a good inspiration for me, I have a granulator, that I have been chopping wire in about 2in pieces, so it doesnt choke if fed to fast or to much. This would eliminate the need to hand chop (with cable cutters, and also wear on arm and shoulders). Just ordered a new paper shredder to give this a whirl. Even though it was just having fun for you, you never know what may come from it.
That sounds awesome, I hope it works really well for you.
I have two paper shredders and I’m hoping to use both of them to make this even better.
Yeah I’m just a hobby scrapper having fun, but I would love a real granulator lol.
Thank you for watching.
Mad like a scientist LOL a great idea for this but what I would do is build a water sleuth like they do when they like a searching for gold through the dirt and stuff. That way the water would wash away the sheathing from the copper. Figured I would just share that with you. God bless
Thank you so much my brother in Christ!
That is a really good idea, thank you!
The is a cool idea bro! Great shairing
Thank you, I had fun with it. Hoping to make modifications and share those in future videos.
We go a little mad my scrapping friend, when I said ,I think i know what your experiment is ,I was on the ball ,I actually thought you used a granulator to separate the copper, pure genius, you ain't mad my friend, I'll be showing something in my next video and you will like it my friend, your a great guy and scrapper, you will soon hit the 1k sub, god bless my friend 👍
Thank you so very much!
A wire granulator was my inspiration to try this little experiment and it turned out better than I thought.
Exciting, I can’t wait to see what you got going on! God bless you my brother and God bless the UK.
@@scrapitall200 thank you so much my scrapping brother, God bless america 🇺🇸 🙏
You are so very welcome and thank you!
When will you be uploading your next video?
@@scrapitall200 thank you brother 🙏, hopefully tomorrow, I got some rain 🌧 last night so my nice workshop got a little wet,be showing some cool stuff in my video my brother, god bless to you an your family 👍
Oh no, hopefully it didn’t get too wet from the rain.
I will be definitely tuning in for your next video! Thank you so much for the blessing.
Wow thats cool
Thank you, I had fun with it!
@@scrapitall200I bet
Lol wow. Never in my life thought about that !! That was pretty cool
Thanks bud!
Congrats on 1K - you got there in no time! Keep up the fun posts.
Thank you so much! I don’t even know what to say.
It's official, you are crazy bro 😂
It’s true 😂
I wonder if the shredding and water could work with memory sticks, small circuit boards, etc.
NEW SUBSCRIBER and just thrilled with your channel.
Thanks for the well wishes re; our fires here in Canada. So sorry it's heading south to our American brothers.
I like your thinking. I’m always trying to come up with new ways of doing things.
Thank you so much for subscribing, I really appreciate that.
Hopefully now that the season has changed there will be rain where it’s needed.
Thank you for watching.
Nice video
Thank you so much, I appreciate that.
Thanks for the sound warning!!!! Also, great idea on the shredder.
Thank you!
Way to think outside of the box ❤ Mad Genesis and Fun Times
Thank you! I’m working on some things to make it even better. Thank you for watching.
That's cool. I tried that last year but only once because I figured it wasn't worthwhile. At the time, I didn't know that my scrapyard would buy insulated wire so I was trying to figure out how to get the copper out. It also made my cheap Staples shredder very angry.
Good experiment and smart just dropping them in one at a time to start. I got a little overzealous when I did it.
Good luck on the 1000! Soon, buddy!
If I get into melting copper to do some sand casting, I think I’ll use this to granulate the tiny copper wires. I’m definitely curious if a better shredder will work more efficiently.
Thank you for taking the time to give it a watch, it was a fun experiment!
Thank you, I appreciate it!
@scrapitall200 Yeah, that makes sense if you don't have better stuff to melt. I sell all my insulated wire except the oven and dryer cords and any solid core. I save that for melting. I have a lot of that though. Maybe a few hundred pounds. Plus all of the copper line. Because I save that, I sell the cheaper stuff so I can have a little cash flow.
I like to save all of my good copper in the hopes the prices get real good.
I always find it interesting how everyone seems to do things a little differently when it comes to saving copper or what the sell. Thanks for your perspective, I do appreciate it.
@scrapitall200 yeah, that's understandable. Where I am, the prices never get really good, compared to the rest of the country, so I will make way more money, melting it down and making "art" with it.
At least, I hope to.
Don’t wear gloves while feeding the shredder. Better to loose the tip of a finger than get sucked in.
I definitely was not thinking about that at the time. Thank you for your advice.
Thanks for the video, I had the same idea and decided to YT it first. I just replaced a failing shredder and looking for new uses for it.
That’s awesome, I’m glad you found my video. Thank you for watching.
I think if you put two or three shredder rolls together you could get a very good result.
I’m actually working on that very thing. I have 2 shredders now and looking for a 3rd. Great idea. Thank you for watching.
😂😅😂😅 I'll Stick With My Stokkermill k750 Granulator 🙈🙈
But You Had Fun 👍
Yeah I wouldn’t mind having an actual granulating machine, but I most certainly had fun 😂
Thank you for watching.
Crazy/great minds think alike, a paper shredder is nothing but a small version of a hammer mill. Just need an electrostatic charge to separate the plastic/PVC sheathing.
Awesome! I’m still hoping to finish doing some additions and modifications to make it more efficient.
Interesting, I’ll have to look into that, thanks for the idea.
Nice experiment. You're not crazy. (ok maybe a little) but aren't we all. ♻️✌
I’m definitely a little crazy 😂
Thanks for stopping by and giving this a watch.
Had wondered for awhile if this would work, so it was cool to see.
Thank you for watching and I’m glad you liked it.
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Great video. Never thought about a paper shredder. Your just like a mad scientist lol
Thank you brother! I am a bit mad 😂
🤙🤙👍 always wondered if that would work,a commercial one would probly work good ✌️
Yeah I think it would work better as well. Thank you for being here and supporting my channel.
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You could try blowing air across the dry copper /insulation . It will take some trial and error to find out what distance and speed
That’s a really good idea, thank you.
You are a mad genius, all right! This was a fantastic video, man! This has given me an idea, thanks!
Thank you! I’m glad I inspired you to come up with a new idea. Hope you’ll share it in a future video with us all.
@scrapitall200 It's nothing special. I was going to get a shredder and reduce my copper hoard to granules for easier storage, that's all.
@@MicroScraprMike that’s a pretty good idea though, that’ll save a ton of space.
@@scrapitall200 Thanks. I do try my best, haha.
That’s all we can do, is try!
That was awesome.
Thank you so much, Mike!
I can see the advantage if the desire is to melt it down to ingots etc. Just watch your fingers in those gloves. I was holding my breath while you fed the wires! lol Love the Hawks shirt. I have the same one!
I’m definitely going to get into making sand casting art with copper. That was a rookie mistake by me, fortunately I didn’t get hurt, thank you for watching and pointing that out. Go Hawks!!
Yes I can see great rewards for little time it's not taxing and if you can find a bigger shredder even better. Nice job.
Thank you so much!
I’m working on a few ideas to make it even better.
ScrapItAll aka The Mad Scrapper 😂
😂😂 “mad scrapper” I love it. Hope you’re doing well buddy!
@@scrapitall200 it could definitely fly as a great channel name haha CheeRs Brother I always love watching your videos🤘🏻♻️🛠️🙏🏻
It would make for a great channel name. Thank you brother, I really enjoy your videos as well.
@@scrapitall200 CheeRs
Enjoyed your video buddy will make plans to watch more this weekend
Thank you, I appreciate it.
@@scrapitall200 your welcome
That was a fun video... Keep them coming :-)
Thank you so much!
This was a fun video lol !!!!
Thank you.
I’m working on using two paper shredders, I’ve just been too busy to put it together. I think it’ll be really cool. Stay tuned lol
@@scrapitall200 Definately will. I am binge watching tonight, so you may see me comment on more older videos my friend!
@@maritimescrapper you are a rock star buddy. Thank you so much!
So was it worth doing that buddy? And great video and congratulations on almost 1000 subscribers that’s awesome buddy happy for you!
Yeah I think it was totally worth it, especially since I want to melt copper to make coins. Thank you so much!
@@scrapitall200 heck yeah buddy that will be fun to make! And your welcome keep making them awesome videos my friend!
Thank you for your support. I’m going to be mentioning you in my next video. I hope it will help your channel grow. Keep scrappin y’all!
There is a method to this maddness i would like to see a video of this methon a much larger pile of wire and whigh out the clean copper recovered
I’m hoping to find a stronger shredder, do some modifications and then I’ll share the results of that. Just need to find the better shredder first. Thanks for stopping by
A drop of jet dry will let the floating copper to not float. You could a gold pan to quickly separated the copper from the insulation. Enjoyed the video
Hey thank you so much for the tips, I appreciate it.
Oh good, I’m happy you enjoyed my video and thank you for watching.
After screen separating to the finer material he is more ready to smelt it though without doing any more work. He won't pollute as much his environment outside with the resulting smoke to the eventual melted copper metal plus its molten scoop away drought. It's just not worth it as much as silver and gold dealing with higher dollars on the ounces projects.
@@lawrencejelsma8118 that’s very true. I’d love to find gold and silver but there is none to be found where I live. Thanks for your comment.
@@scrapitall200 ... That's an expensive process also (unless people turn in jewelry of gold and silver Karats). If you can strip the copper, the better because you removed the contaminants more for extracting the 99% copper purity for whatever you want (to sell or copper pure projects). All utility blade CZcamsrs showing ease of extracting the copper that way wasn't as time consuming as thought but now they also have the landfill mess of insulation plastic waste problems also. 😖😬
@@lawrencejelsma8118 yeah I want to do sand casting with copper to make some art I can sell at my local farmers market and I think this really small gauge wire is perfect for my hobby. Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment.
Wow that is very impressive....No more Scrapping Shedders in the tin pile for me!!!!!
Thank you! I’m working on making some improvements to make it even more efficient and effective. Thank you for watching.
After the first pass through the shredder, just add four cups of grass, and half a bottle of olive oil and then eat it. The next day instead of making useless brownies, you will have a copper nugget.
This your secret recipe? 😂
@@scrapitall200 Capacitors are not just for breakfast anymore.
I don’t think I have the capacity for that lol.
may be crazy - as in crazy fun
It was so much fun. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
Thats pretty cool 😎,
Thank you so much!
@scrapitall200 yes sir your welcome. Just a suggestion if someone wants to do that to upgrade from #3 insulated copper around$.50 cents a lb to number #2 stripped copper around $2.75 a lb the lit bit of the insulation shouldn't affect that
@@moondog4313 I fully agree with that, now of course some yards might be really picky about that but my yard thinks it’s clean enough for #2 copper. Thank you I appreciate it.
Ill be honest i didnt think this would work bro lol .... after u shred it maybe run it a few more times threw till its super small then dump in a drum of water and all the copper will sink to bottom
I wasn’t sure myself but it definitely worked.
I wonder if you "panned it", if you could get almost all the junk out? Or built a tiny sluice as an alternative? Use surfactant like dishwasher jet-dry or dish soap to get the copper to all sink.
Yeah I’m definitely going to use dish soap next time. I’m working on putting 2-3 shredders together and see how it goes.
Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200 YW! Thanks for posting! I wonder how a food processor would work for really small gauge wire?! BTW the really large shredders are made the same way as your paper shredder. They are high-torque, low rpm shear shredders, used for scrap of many kinds, from pallets to tires to wire and more! If you could find a used hammer-mill herb grinder, you might like that as well :) Keep up the good experimenting! :)
@@CuriousEarthMan never tried a food processor but I think it would be worth trying.
Great idea, thank you for that.
@@scrapitall200 YW! Good luck!
I strip Christmas lights for copper and do pretty good as a hobby.
That’s awesome! It’s a fun hobby and a great way to make some extra cash! Thanks for watching.
Interesting for sure. I wouldn't have even thought about this. Very cool experiment.
Thank you! I’m working on some improvements to make this even better and cooler. Thank you for watching.
@scrapitall200 awesome! You're welcome brother
I seen a guy do this with aluminum cans. He was melting them afterwards.
That’s interesting, makes sense, can fit more in a crucible.
Thank you for watching!
👍👍
Thanks buddy
You're welcome
Keep us updated. Figure out how to do a large amount
I’m working on a few ideas to modify the shredder and incorporate one or two more. I will most certainly keep y’all updated. Thank you for watching!
Very interesting video thanks
Thank you! I’m working on some upgrades to it. Thanks for always watching my videos.
@@scrapitall200 your videos are awesome and informative and your welcome keep them coming 😀 👍
@@deanmackley4520 thank you so much, I really appreciate that.
neat idea but not practical to money dollar time variable . The problem is when you touch the material several times it equates to massive time / money loss, so stripping it with a knife is way faster, and you touch it only 1 or 2 times ,First time scoring it and 2nd time peeling it.
It’s way too difficult to strip that small gauge of stranded wire and 99% of scrappers will just sell it as is. So I was just curious if a paper shredder will actually work and to my surprise it does. But unless I can do some modifications and possibly add another shredder or two, it’s not practical, but it sure was fun and sometimes having fun is more important than money, to me at least. Plus, if I melt that 5 ounces of copper and make something cool from it, I can sell my art at my local farmers market and depending on how artistic I get, I might be able to sell the thing for $25-$50, which in that case changes everything. But, this was all about an experiment. Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200trick to stripping 16 gauge etc use a multi folded old tshirt shirt and semi sharp thick bladed knife on your knee pulling it though ( with gloves) as you press down, , works great long or short pieces , i usually only strip half of it and have bare copper pile and sell the other half as #2 insulated , other small stuff you can try and if it works good depending on the hardness type of copper wire ~inside maximize your profits .
@@kingdommusic5456 very interesting technique I must admit. Thanks for sharing that with me. I always find it interesting the many different ways people come up with stripping wire! Thanks for your comments, I do appreciate them.
Interesting indeed 🤔
Thank you for watching.
You crazy! I think from a time stand point you should just use 2 machetes and just dice everything up. Cool idea though.
Hmmm two machetes 🤔 I like your thinking.
Uhhmm...
@@fleshbag7754 ??
@@scrapitall200 i just don't get the 2 machetes idea.. is it sarcasm?
@@fleshbag7754 yeah definitely sarcasm. I do have some videos where I cut motors apart with a machete and I also cut transformers apart with a machete, just to give you some context.
Gold pan the plastic out??
Vibration tray?
Shaker table would probably work really well.
I’m actually working on adding 3 shredders together which I’m hoping will make things even faster and easier to separate everything.
Thank you for watching.
Nice job brother
Thank you so much!
As a woodworker I have some advise. Please do not wear gloves doing this, could be the difference between a stitch and an amputation. I'd wear thin nitrile gloves near moving parts as they would tear before pulling my finger tip into the machine.
It was a boneheaded move by me. Thank you for taking the time to give me really good advice!
This is a pretty good idea for adding to a personal copper breakage pile for melting down later. Im trying to find a way to test the purity of my metals after theyve been melted because i guess yards can test it with infared systems in some of their sorters?
It was fun and turned out better than I thought it would. I’m working on improving this with some modifications.
My yard won’t but melted metals, so I’m hoping to get into sand casting to make trinkets to sell or do giveaways. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
@@scrapitall200 Thanks for the reply! I recently found out my yard is very picky with melted metals because they worry about what alloys may be mixed in and the overall purity of the final product. You could mint your own #Scrapitall coins 🪙 😏 👌 😄 copper or brass? Maybe the size of a silver Troy ounce or so. I look forward to whatever you come up with, whatever you make and all the commentary. I'm going to congratulate you a little early on 1K subscribers too. I subbed around 750-800. Again, thank you for your time!
Yeah I think most yards are worried about that exact thing.
I was thinking of doing that exact thing with making scrapitall coins out of copper and brass to give away to subscribers or to sell any to anyone who might want to purchase them.
My channel has grown way faster than I ever expected and it amazes me and makes me extremely thankful to every single person who has subscribed. I thank you so much for being here and leaving comments.
Thank you for your support and early congratulations.
Conveyor belt, auto-return functionality. Is where my mind goes.
Brilliant! I’m working on some ideas, but that idea never crossed my mind. Thanks for watching.
@@scrapitall200 thank you, and you're welcome. It just popped into my thought train. I'll see if i can build some kind of conveyor vortex.. i have plenty of shredders, And unprocessed stuff. Should be fun. Not as fun as the smelting part, though!
Thanks for creating normal, no fluff content!
@@fleshbag7754 I’d love to see what you come up with! Thank you, I appreciate it.
@@scrapitall200 i will try to do it within the next decade... lmao
Finding time is tricky!
@@fleshbag7754 yeah I understand that, time is always the problem.
Hey just a curious question, what's that product in the blue tin can that says ''product contains nicotine.'' @6:30
It’s an empty tobacco can where I put small dirty brass pieces into.
This has already been invented using a granulator & shaker table.
I’m familiar with a granulator and would love one but they are very expensive. I’ve personally never seen or heard of anyone trying a paper shredder though. Thank you for watching.
I've watched a few of your vids now, after this one I pushed subscribe! You've made a fan out of me after this one haha!
You mad scientist.
Thank you so much.
I love scrapping and have lots of fun doing it.
I’m very happy I earned your subscription.
@Scrapitall I just recently started scrapping about 7 months ago now, I'm always watching videos such as tour channel to find more helpful tips because I don't ever have a whole lot of luck when I'm out there.
Welcome to the scraplife. I hope my videos will provide you with some useful information that’ll help you with your scrapping. Feel free to ask me questions and if you have something in mind you’d like to see me scrap, let me know and I’ll see what I can do about making a video.
@Scrapitall thank you so much. It would help I heavy amounts to have someone to discuss with! Would it be too much to maybe ask for an email, if you have one?
There’s an email address in the “about” section on the channel. Let me know if you find it ok? You can email me anytime and I’ll do my best to reply in a timely fashion.
I need a shredder
I think it works great for small wire that I don’t get good prices on. I want to take that copper from it and do sand casting. Thanks for watching.
For a small scrapyard, I would be looking at a nightmare if a customer came to me with a bag of wet granulated copper. I recommend talking to your scrapyard before bringing in a fruit of such labor
It was dry by the time I weighed it. I wouldn’t ever bring in wet copper to my scrap yard.
@@scrapitall200 I would expect sense from someone as knowledgeable as you seem to be. I work at a place that does not have the tool to analyze the material, so there is a lot of stuff we have to send away. Not much in weight since there aren't the waste sources, but a lot of kinds of material.
@@Isis-wm4po I try to mention often in my videos the importance for people to get to know their scrap yards. Fortunately for me I have a good relationship with mine and I know what they’ll accept and what they won’t.
I'd like to stack 3 or 4 yard sale cheapo shredders. Have them feeding each other..
That’s what my dad suggested, might just have to try that. Thank you for watching and subscribing to my channel, I really appreciate it.
maybe using one of those dusting wands that operate on static electricity could be waved over the top of the shreded product to hopefully pull away some of the plastic and leave the copper
That’s a great idea, thank you!
Thank you for watching
and then you pray at the end!!!!! See you on the other side brother!!! Time is short.... Rev 13:18 and look at Charles Prince of Wales coat of arms.
I love praying to God, I am nothing without Him! See you in Heaven buddy. Thank you for watching!
Put the stuff that is left over in a blender
Ahh very interesting idea, thank you buddy.
I’ll have to give that a try.
Thank you for watching.
“Easy money,” eh?
(Ain’t *that* “easy”… 🤦♂️ 😔…)
Pretty easy in my opinion but that’s just me, plus I had a lot of fun and to me that’s really valuable. Thank you for watching.
You need a gold pan.
I actually have one and never thought of using it. Thank you for the suggestion!
Wow bro. I wasn't even subbed to ya. Problem solved
I totally thought you were. Thank you!
15 hrs later his earned two dollars , and spent 1 dollar on electric lmao
Took me not even ten minutes and I can turn that 5 ounces of copper into art through sand casting and probably make $50
Oisin should pay Ratso
Not sure what you’re exactly saying, could you clarify please?