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@sethblue2092 Thank you, buddy. I appreciate you joining the family. On the commutators, it really depends on your scrap yard. Mine is a bit funny when there is too much material attached to the copper, and I clean it just to ensure they don't downgrade my whole load. I know some yards in America do have a category for number 3 copper. The same goes for armatures. If there is too much resin and it's going to be an absolute ball ache, then I just throw it in with electric motors. Sometimes, you just gotta pick your battles, buddy.

@rememberremember3489 I just recover the tips that are gold plated as it's less work for the acid to consume the mental which is usually brass

@@ScrappingScotland thanks for that. Some of the smaller contact connectors especially from the edges of tvs are so small and brittle it’s been a struggle getting them out , what’s the cons of leaving them in the plastic , when the time comes to process can this plastic be melted by torch ? Any tip ? Thanks for the knowledge and the uploads

@rememberremember3489 I try not to burn plastic on any way as this is not environmentally friendly. Takes time and effort but I'm not a fan of incinerating plastics.

@@rememberremember3489 you need to remove the metal from the plastic. You certainly don't want to put anything into nitric that contains plastic

@@ScrappingScotland I hear what you're saying ! some of those tiny ones are beyond a nightmare, maybe I might to pulverise them in a pestle and mortar

@ScrapFatherScrapSon they are the ends off scart leads. You sometimes find gold plated ones

@ScrapFatherScrapSon subbed your channel too 😀

@@ScrappingScotland thanks!

@@StephenScherr-eq9wp this was the first one I've scrapped this big. It would be quite a lot of steel to cut through

@StephenScherr-eq9wp Wow 👌. That's a big toroid for sure. Never had one that big before

@nicejunk666 thank you my friend. I really appreciate that

@joshuatremper5026 yes, I do mention this in the video. The newer they are the less likely they contain palladium

I have a 5 litre bucket full of these still to do. 😀

@@SollersScrappingandDiving they build up so quickly as well

@rememberremember3489 glad you're enjoying my videos, my friend. I very much appreciate you and glad to have you here.

@@ThatsRightRecycling absolutely

@aledhughes6000 absolutely I do. Check out this video th-cam.com/video/0ZLIdkWTJLQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=p3QEPiicecisbcPJ The CO2 ones are all aluminium as well so extra value to scrap. Only a few ones per fire extinguisher but if you do a lot of them then it adds up. You do need to clean the brass up

@@ScrappingScotland not sure if ya said how mutch brass on the tops mate my guess is somthing like 350g???

@@SCRAPASSASSIN thanks buddy

@@ScrappingScotland 👍

@onyxfire7511 thank you

@@cyberdan1000 agreed. Although I was sitting in the house in front of the tv and my wife would have killed me if I did that 😅

@@ScrappingScotland I grab a few pounds of the torrids and whack with a hammer first and then sit down in my workshop and pull apart. most of the time I can just twist the wire off the ferrite. I would never dare to even do any scrapping in front of the TV.

@Hill-13 thank you buddy. I use a little bit of rough sand paper to check copper and brass. Some people use a file

@@ScrappingScotland file ! ! jeez man sometimes I wonder if I had a head injury

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@richardhulbert9480 Thank you Richard

@patrickwilliams4613 thank you buddy. Not scrapping Irish though. That's a different guy 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@chrismurphy2769 I've sorted like this for demonstration purposes and to show what each item holds in terms of metals. I find it the easiest way to store them but open to know a better way for sure.

@@ScrappingScotland th-cam.com/video/nQ_Z1Iem2es/w-d-xo.html I think this is the cheapest, most reasonable method for separating all the metals from the other "e-frass". Probably best after manually ripping out the largest copper/aluminum masses. Ultimately you seem to be left with a slightly homogeneous mess of basically every conceivable solid metal and still more e-frass. Continuing after that point seems to be the hardest challenge. I haven't given it enough thought yet but it seems the best method after that would be some sort of chemical separation using cheaper/weaker acids (or melting points) to "remove" most of the lesser valued metals. Basically trying to segregate chemically poor value vs high value. Depending on your intent, it might be best to just sell the "co-mingled" "enriched ore" to some sort of metal refining company. Depending on your connections. Additionally this process creates piles of waste of the "other stuff" that you don't really want. This might be sell-able to someone since it's finely processed. But I might consider just homogenizing it and forming it into a standard-ish brick using heat and pressure. Since it seems to be high in plastic it might just self-glue and you can mass produce recycled, yet slightly toxic, and still durable bricks. If you're storing the metal for it's value you can always "shelve" it at that point and leave the refining for a future date. There are larger/more specialized machines similar to this that the "huge corporations" are using that seem to do the same thing, but much better. That would be ideal. But all these machines seem impossibly expensive to someone, such as myself.

@@ScrappingScotland Additionally you might consider selling these individual components as "working parts" rather than going through all the mess of re-refining them back into base metals and then back into usable new parts. Many of those components basically work for decades, and as a "completed manufactured part" it might hold more value than the precious metals they contain. However that seems like and impossibly tedious task. I can't possibly organize that well enough, let alone "test for defects". It's viable if you owned a massive company with lots of cheap labor though. Similarly you can do the same thing with the "massive piles of mostly computer-compatible screws". It seems like they're much more valuable as a "manufactured screw" than as a "dirty steel mix"

@chrismurphy2769 Due to restrictions on the use of acids in the UK, I don't actually refine any of these components and my goal is always to sell them which is another reason to separate them and store them in this manner until there is enough to sell to make it viable. This is just a hobby for me so I'm in no rush to move things quickly so can build up the collection and then sell them on.

@chrismurphy2769 I've watched that video you linked before as well but he has an industrial setup. I scrap in a shed that's 10 feet by 12 feet 😀

@williammcquiston2820 thank you William. Glad you enjoyed it

@@patrickwilliams4613 ah that sounds sensible

@wszechmocnieuzdolniony thank you buddy. Hope you're well

@wavytiger1 you watched 3 minutes and I repeated myself so many times you switched off? Ah well, I guess it's not for everyone. Thank you for stopping by anyway. I still appreciate you

@@ScrappingScotland Hence why I said it's probably a 20 minute video within a 50 minute video. If I watched the whole thing I would've wasted 30 minutes listening to you say the same thing repeatedly. I wasn't going to find out if true.

@wavytiger1 maybe if you had kept watching you would have learned something rather than just being rude. No need for negative comments buddy, just move on

@@ScrappingScotland There's a comment section, I provided criticism with a bit of humor. I'm interested in this type of content and I watch plenty of it and learn and enjoy it from many sources. If you don't care for my comments feel free to block me.

@wavytiger1 I care for your comment buddy, just keep it friendly. As i said in my first response, I still appreciate you watching. Pity you didn't watch more. This was my first video in a while due to a family tragedy as I explained at the end of the video so perhaps I wasn't quite on my game and apologise if you found it repetitive. Hopefully it doesn't put you off checking out some of my other content.

@empirefinds thank you my friend, that means so much to me.

@empirefinds I have seen @scrapitall200 taking these bridge wires but I never seem to get any that are big enough to be worthwhile.

@@ScrappingScotland video recorder boards have the most nowadays but most tech pre 1990 will have them. Old 1950s radio tables have some good tech inside for recovery. Got my hands on a fruit machine to strip looks awesome.

@@empirefinds sounds awesome

@@mickey4947 thank you so much for watching

@theaussienurseflipper.8113 thank you buddy, I appreciate you

@theaussienurseflipper.8113 thanks Graham. Hope you're well buddy

@jwall6006 thank you my friend. It's good to be back

@scrapitall200 thank you brother. My yard only does bare bright or heavy copper so maybe they'll let me throw it in with the heavy. Thank you so much for all your support over this tough time. It really has meant the world to me. You are an amazing friend and I appreciate you so much

@@ScrappingScotland it’s my absolute pleasure brother, you mean a lot to me! 😁 I finally got stickers made and I’ll be mailing some out to you real soon.

@scrapitall200 looking forward to seeing them brother and adding one to the sticker wall. I know they are going to be awesome

@@ScrappingScotland I’m really pleased with how they turned out!

@@danmassie1942 thank you Dan

@@scrapnjunk81 thanks buddy

Lo siento Jose

@karlmartell9279 it's not a living, it's a hobby. I have a wife, kids and a job and it's sunny in Scotland today 😎

That was my understanding too but there are little mlcc like things on the boards that have an L before the number. They may still be inductors but they look like mlcc's for some reason

@@whatarewedoing0 really, tungsten? That's not something I was aware of

@@ScrappingScotland yea pretty sure its for the high melting point to avoid contacts getting welded together, the percentage in there can vary but yea if you try to melt them youll probably find it very hard

@johnross8939 thanks for the information. I'm definitely still learning a lot of components so I always appreciate any additional information. Diodes is not something I collect which is why they aren't mentioned. I don't seem to come across a lot of them but might start doing that now.

@jesterscriptscrapper8349 always check my metals my friend. Just to be safe. Don't need none of that downgrading nonsense 😆

@@ScrappingScotland I suppose it’s just an automatic thing you do with nearly every appliance using cheaper materials over the last 10-15 years .. can’t believe my luck when I find a copper trany in a microwave nowedays