How To Scrap Ceiling Fans
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2023
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In this video I scrap a ceiling fan to show you the different amounts of money you can make from the different stages of scrapping ceiling fans.
Should you sell them as is or should you scrap parts of them or scrap the entire ceiling fan. Tune in to find out what the numbers say.
Hi, my name is James and I love scrapping metal for money. I scrap it all, copper, brass, aluminum etc...
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Thank you for the prayer at the end, God bless you to
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching.
God bless and help save America and hold those responsible to account!
#2 Copper prices make it worth it to me. Another great breakdown video, Sir.
I definitely agree brother. Thank you for watching.
Agreed Nothing like turning in a bucket of copper for $100+ Dollars. Got to love it.
Buckets of copper......sounds great !!!! @@michaelmcguiggan9394
I love your parting prayer.
Amen - God Bless!
Thank you so much for letting me know.
God bless you.
Glory be to Jesus Christ of Nazareth Hallelujah
Nice breakdown tutorial! Great way to explain the price differences !
Thank you brother! And thank you for always watching.
I like the way you break it down in price. Well explained. Now I know how to scrap fans. Thank you for your prayers. Love Christians praying for one another. Glad I found your channel.
Thank you very much!
I love praying for people, God bless you!
Thank you for being here.
Thanks from England got one in my shed I'll scrap 😊
Excellent. Thank you for watching from England.
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much!
God bless you brother.
Too tier video! Thankyou for the prayer❤️ god bless ❤️
@@dmat1279 thank you!
God bless you too and thank you for watching.
Good job my friend, this was very informative!
Thank you so much buddy, I appreciate you watching.
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Hello brother! Thank you for watching all the way from Uganda. God bless you.
This might be one of the best tear down and explanation of how to make more money off scrap! I got a bunch kicking around to tear down! #2 copper for days ♻️💪🏻
Thank you so much brother, I really appreciate that.
Thank you for your support and for watching.
@@scrapitall200 CheeRs
@@BushDogScrapper cheers brother.
🤙🤙👍 i used to break them down till i got where i can't squeeze pliers to cut 😞 but i used fence pliers to pull it out,worked great ✌️
Yeah I don’t like having to squeeze the cutters, it’s the part I don’t like doing lol.
Yeah I can see why they’d work great. I’ll hate to invest in some one day. Thank you for watching.
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Amen
Thank you for watching and God bless you!
Thanks for your prayer at the end and thanks for your time and effort. I enjoy your videos I am a scrapper as well and I love it so much. I quite my job to do this full time. It doesn't pay much but I love everything about it. Although I wish scrap prices where better. I don't think the scrap yards care how much work goes into getting metals separated and clean for turn in.
You’re very welcome!
Scrapping really is an enjoyable thing to do. I pray that scrap prices in your area will go up.
Yeah I agree about the scrap yards.
God bless you and thank you for watching!
I like the way you use needle nose pliers. I need to get a larger pair. Thank you so much, great video.
They definitely come in handy. Mine are Doyle brand, they are wonderful.
Thank you so much, I appreciate that.
I'm a fan of this video lol
😂😂 good one buddy
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Great video and info
Thank you buddy. I appreciate you watching.
Nice breakdown!! 👍
Thank you, Roger. Thank you for watching
enjoy your informative video's .and especially the prayers
Thank you so much!
I appreciate you watching and God bless you!
Very cool video
Thank you so much!
@@scrapitall200 welcome
Nice thanks for showing
Thank you and you’re welcome.
Thank you for watching.
only worth it as a hobby which is what I do. nice video
I’m very thankful I’m a hobby scrapper as well.
Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.
Patience!!! Great video!
Thanks buddy
Now maybe people will see, it pays to destroy things. Plus it gives you a chance to see how things are made. God bless you and that pray hits home as my wife is dealing with bladder cancer.
I will be praying specifically for your wife brother!
Spectacular break down! tHanks for the video
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Very detailed thank you
Thank you buddy. Thank you for watching.
3:42 😂 I took apart a fan motor the other day and it had a bunch of dead beetles in it
😂😂 bugs love fans
Thank you for watching!
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Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.
I really like your numbers videos.
Oh, cool. Thank you so much, I really enjoy making them.
Great video! Thanks for the breakdown on pricing. Once I figure out how to get motor open on the ceiling fan I tore down, it'll be fun to pull out the copper. And, as always, thanks for the prayer!
Thank you! Try hitting the inside edge of one of the steel covers with a punch or screwdriver.
Thank you for watching and you’re very welcome!
Good breakdown, nice vid.prayers and strength to HI!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate you saying that.
Good to find you on @Scrapping Irish, have joined you. I love a ceiling fan 🧡
I love finding new scrappers, glad I found you too on his live. I subbed to you as well. Thank you!
Awesome video. I love stripping down ceiling fans
Thank you brother. I like doing them too. Thank you for watching and God bless you and your family.
Thank you for taking your time that will help me a lot
You’re welcome!
Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.
Awesome this was so awesome love the way u go in detail after the breakdown what each medal is worth and the before price and the after price that's so cool
Hey thank you so much my friend. I’m really happy you enjoyed it and shared a comment. Thank you for watching.
Great job, very clear and precise breakdown/cheers
Thank you so much my friend. Thank you for watching.
Best great tear down I’ve watched buddy good job on all the prices great video!!
Thank you brother, I really appreciate that.
@@scrapitall200 your welcome buddy!
great video. interesting to see the value rising by scrapping the thing further!
Thank you so much! Thank you for watching.
Great tear down video and a money break down brother
Thank you brother! God bless you.
Another great breakdown video brother keep up the great work and God bless
Thank you I appreciate it. God bless you and thank you for watching.
Great video!
Thank you so much!
Sweet rimnder! I always break down my fan for the copper
Thank you for watching my friend.
Good video and thank you for the prayer that was most important (Jesus)
Thank you.
Yes, Jesus is the most important and thank you for telling me you appreciated my prayer. God is great and God bless your day.
Great video
Thank you
Nice breakdown.
I wish Utah steel prices were $152/ton! We’re at around $70/ton☹️ that’s 3.5¢ per lb.
But die cast here is around $0.37/lb. vs. the $0.17/lb you mentioned.
Wow, that’s really low for steel but that’s great for die cast. What are they paying for #2 copper?
Great information, thank you
Thank you and you’re welcome!
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Great breakdown and nicely explained my friend
Thank you so much brother! Thank you for watching.
I get a lot of fans so watching this for sure
Awesome!
Thank you for watching.
Hi brother. I've got a nice pile i need to go thru aswell. God bless my friend
That’s great! Thank you for watching and God bless you too.
Thank you for calculating the numbers by breakage steps. Your lucky to find a copper ceiling fan these days and after taking half a dozen or so apart and finding out it's aluminium gets a little insane 😂. If its old vintage and heavy then I'll remove the copper. At the moment i have around 70kg in aluminium fan motors and ill take whatever they will give me. Ive stripped them to a fan motor. Hope they dont look to close they may pay me copper price 😊
You’re welcome!
You’re the first person I’ve heard to find aluminum instead of copper in fans, that’s a bummer. You live in Europe?
Thank you for watching.
nice video, you have a nice voice too, keep it up
Thank you that’s very kind of you! Thank you for watching.
I don’t know why but I love scrapping ceiling fans 👊🏻
Me too buddy. Thank you for watching.
That was a beautiful and well done scrap out .. that was one of the most educational break down that I’ve seen .. and thank you for the blessing and god bless you 👊🏻
@@streetcopper1151 thank you so very much, I really appreciate that buddy.
God bless you my friend.
I am scraping a lot of copper and aluminum but I'm saving it to melt later. So it's all worth it to me. I want to get a small electric furnace to melt small amounts at a time. I'm wanting to pour some specialty molds. I want to do a lot of the Christian crosses and things like that to give to my family. Later I may sell some but I'm not sure yet. I don't think I will sell Christian items they will be gifts
That’s awesome. I’m hoping to get into melting some metals soon, I think it’ll be fun.
Thank you for watching and God bless you.
Good breakdown! I just stockpile most of my motors, and the yard I go to usually takes the fan motors with the outer steel cover in place without a problem. I usually strip out the easiest motors for the copper, but I am no longer set up to process stuff like I used to. Just go for the low hanging fruit now. Need to get a workshop and bench set up in my new place. But, need to work on the walls first...all takes $.
That’s awesome they’ll take them that way, makes the decision to just scrap them as is easy. Thank you for watching.
my friends like hauling almost everything in whole but me I strip most things but I have a shop and the tools to do it with ease.
Definitely help to have the space and tools.
I love scrapping it all, I find it ti be so much fun. Thank you for watching.
Thanks for taking so much time to educate us. I hope you're making money on TH-cam, with such tiny margins.
I’m a hobby scrapper so I do it for the fun and joy of it, but I am monetized and am making money from my videos, which is nice.
Thank you so much for watching.
@@scrapitall200You have great TH-cam content and deserve to be bumped up in subscribers (i.e. money). It will probably happen when you least expect it. Maybe something like catalytic converters will get you in more search results. TH-cam fed me your channel and I don't recall searching anything about scrap, although I have the interest. Sometimes Google just reads my mind. Good luck and thanks for doing what you do.
Thanks for the video, I'm really curious to see where copper prices are headed, especially now that more and more wind turbines and electric cars are being built, increasing the demand.
You’re welcome and thank you.
I agree with you, and I do expect copper prices to eventually go up, at least I’m hoping. Lol. Thank you for watching.
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Hello! Thank you for watching.
Nice breakdown. Do you have a video of you scrapping a fridge and it's breakdown?
Thank you!
Unfortunately no I don’t have a video of that, yet.
Thank you for watching.
I scrapped 2 ceiling fan motors. I give the steel away, but do save the wire, brass, die cast and of course the copper. Lotta work for a little cash. One was a real challenge to get apart, 3 different tools at once to break that 7/8" nut. I should get that socket...
I’ve done quite a few of these and have yet found a really tough one, but I do know they exist lol. They are fun to scrap though, imo.
Thank you for watching buddy.
Thanks for the knowledge. I guess I will have to check my prices versus the national average and see if it is worth it. The biggest difference I think is paying yourself down to the ounce when the yards only pay down to a pound and some cases 2 pounds per category. That is the biggest trick in the book. If the scale is one pound and you give them 1 pound 14 ounces - you get paid on 1 pound. Still seems like it might be worth it if the numbers from your area line up close to the national average or in your case it is likely always worth it since your tin price is soooooooooo low. Happy Scrappin.
That is so true and definitely need to be considered. Also, not every fan will have that much copper. I’m happy to have given some information so people can at least now consider what makes sense for them. Thank you for watching.
Great video. Should've went 1 more step and stripped the wires loll
Thank you very much!
I don’t typically strip such small wire, as I find it too be mildly difficult lol.
Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200 you're welcome. I figured as much. Do you use 1 of those automatic wire strippers or do you do it manually?
@@shahs3262 I use a stripmeister wire stripper that uses a drill to power it. I love the thing, strips wire so fast and easy.
@@scrapitall200 I love those tools. So relaxing and fun to watch. It's a great hobby/business. Thanks for the entertainment and knowledge brother
@@shahs3262 you are very welcome and thank you!
I like doing fans and some of the easier motors but especially transformers. I feel like they're a good money maker for #2 copper
I agree with you! Although I do scrap it all lol. Thank you for watching.
Nice break down video. Wish that it was a 2 fan teardown. One real descriptive like this then a real time teardown of a 2nd fan with a TIME LABOR COST so we could see if it was 5 minutes real time or 15 minutes. Time is money and yes hobby scrapping is fun but maybe a better analytical approach would be how much time to add the $ overall for best time to value method.
I hear you and I appreciate your feedback.
It’s not always easy for me to give a good breakdown of time with all that goes into recording.
Thank you again!
@scrapitall200 I agree, reason I asked if next videos try to have 2 "fans/motors/hard drives etc" so you can tear one down real time to know how many minutes it takes and one details the process on film.
Problem is, I don’t always have more than one of the things I’m scrapping.
Great video and absolutely don't mean to be negative, but I assume that breakdown, even without recording, takes a good 20 to 30 minutes. Not sure if $4 is worth the time. I find it most profitable to pull the aluminum blade holders, clip what wire you can, snag the brass and sell the motor as is... takes 5 minutes max and move on quickly. Time is money. Again, great video and breakdown!
Thank you, I appreciate it.
I do it as a hobby and I love being in my shop taking stuff apart, so for me it’s totally worth it.
Thank you for watching.
looks like about a 10 minute teardown , I been picking them up.
I tossed a few sump pumps that I picked up, because the yard wouldent take em whole(to much steel) Wished I had kept em to tear down now....
Yeah they are pretty quick and easy to do.
I’m sure you’ll find more, they’re fun to scrap.
Thank you for watching.
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Yay, you are first lol.
спасибо за молитву!!! и я за тебя помолюсь тоже тут в Израиле на святой земле
Thank you so very much!
God bless you and thank you for watching all the way from Israel.
Great video Great to see you Scrapitall , so nice to see someone bringing the Lord to TH-cam God Bless you my friend . James Anderson
Thank you brother I really appreciate your support.
God is great and I pray He blesses you.
@@scrapitall200 thank you so very much I appreciate your prayers because I suffer from Chronic Migraines that have really bringing me down , as well as Epilepsy I have been in a nursing home due to because I can't live on my own anymore and I'm only 45 .
@@JamesSkellington-xj8nn brother I will be praying for you a lot. I’m so very sorry to hear all of this. Thank you for sharing so I and anyone else can pray for you.
You need to warn folks be on the look out for, instead of copper wire, some have copper coated aluminium wire, don't mix it in with your solid copper wire, if you do they will dock you for all, greatly reducing your copper wire ammount
I’ve never found any ceiling fans to be aluminum, but I have heard they do exist.
I appreciate the feedback.
Thank you for watching
@@scrapitall200 You will, electric motors, washing machines, dryers, I love the two sided sawzall blades but I hit them so I don't take apart electric motors with copper coated aluminium. It's on lots of newer cheaper electric motors. I am owner operator Lilley's Recycling in Washington, NC . I live in Five Points, near Pinetown, NC. I disassemble heat & a/c pumps and. Electric motors for a living. I started in 2005. I also dumpster dive. Something you might enjoy, google "Surry Parker logging equipment, Pinetown NC. They built steam powered logging equipment to log the dismal swamps the turn of the last century, Mr Parker had a foundry that could rebuild steam locomotive in a day. Nothing left of it now, it must have been a huge operation back in the day!
I appreciate all that.
I actually meant was I’ve never found a ceiling fan motor to be aluminum, but I’ve found plenty other motors and transformers to be aluminum. I try to in all my videos, let folks know that it’s important to never assume what a metal is based off of its look. Check with magnet and always file.
Again, I do appreciate you helping. I hope I’m not coming across ungrateful.
Sell the steel stack the copper
I fully agree with you. I haven’t really sold any copper in over a year. Thank you for watching.
Sure, you get more money, but you lose the chance to wonder about whether or not it would be worth it.
Time wise, maybe it's not, but I enjoy breaking them down.
Sorry I ruined that for you 😂
Me too, they are fun.
Thank you for watching buddy.
Off topic do you have a video on rotors opposed to stadors
Not yet but I’m working on an idea, I’m just waiting for one thing then I will be making a video. They can be such a pain in the rear to do. Great question and I appreciate you asking.
@scrapitall200 thanks, looking forward to it
@@crazybear357 you’re welcome!
I have a ceiling fan motor identical to the one in the video. At 4:06, there is an aluminum piece that I can’t figure out how to remove. Any ideas?
I held the shaft in my vise and then just unthreaded the piece of aluminum. If that doesn’t work, you can try cutting the aluminum off with an angle grinder or, since it’s cast aluminum you can beat it with a hammer and it’ll break into pieces. First try soaking the threads with WD-40 and see if it’ll unthread. Sometimes aluminum has a reaction with steel and they can be almost impossible to unthread. Hope you get it off. Thank you for watching.
I have the same ceiling fan motor but I cannot take out the top part that you took out I don’t see a screw on the side.
They can be a bit difficult. Try clamping it in a vise and if you have a pipe wrench try that (if I’m thinking of what you’re talking about, it’s been awhile since I made this video lol)
You could also try cutting it off.
My email is in the about section on my channel’s homepage, you can email me a picture of you are still fighting it.
Scrapitall878@gmail.com
Copper yeild seems off, you forget to tare your scale again? Most normal fans ceiling from 40" to 55" only have 10-14 oz of copper coils
The copper weight is accurate. I had two of those fans and they both came out to the same weight.
Thank you for watching.
Not worth the time or effort but fun to watch
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching.
I break them right down more profit
Absolutely buddy, me too. Thank you for watching.
You always take out many screws, most probably in almost new condition. Is there any reasonable way to sort and sell them to be reused? Reuse is always better than recycle when it is possible. But there may to too many sizes and types to make that feasible. The price of screws in a hardware store is nuts.
Comparing the value of what you sell to the time needed for $ earned per hour help people to know if scrapping a certain item is worth their time. How much did you earn per hour for the fan?
I save all the good ones and give them to dad, I only scrap the rusty ones or the ones that get stripped.
I made around $32 an hour scrapping if I had more just like that. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment, Glen.
My wife told me i can't scrap the ceiling fan we just replaced because we can use it later. Its so old i don't even trust using it
That would be frustrating. Just scrap it lol
@@scrapitall200 I'm thinking about it 🤣
@@woodworkingandepoxy643 if it’s old it’s not worth saving and hanging from a ceiling again, more than likely it’s about to be no good.
Best of luck buddy lol
you forgot the alum and or brass in the sockets.....
They were aluminum. If I remember correctly ( it’s been a longtime time since I made this video) it was an aluminum socket with porcelain insulator. If I just left it that way I could toss it in the shred but if I removed the aluminum which is extremely light as you know, then I’d have to pay to get rid of the porcelain, so that’s why I left them. If they were brass I’d remove the brass.
I hope that clears things up.
Thank you for watching.
Everybody be careful,.. this is what this maniac does to his fans. You or I could end up on the duct tape bench of death and dismemberment. Horrifying.
*maniacal laughing*
Keep leaving your entertaining comments and you’ll be safe 😂
Time?
I honestly don’t know because I’m a hobby scrapper and I don’t pay attention to the time. I would guess something like that can be done in 15-20 minutes.
Sorry I don’t have a clear answer for you.
Thank you for watching.
We knew from the outset what you would do....because you're "Scrapitall" lol
😂😂 I am pretty obvious huh? Thank you for watching mate.
@@scrapitall200all the way through....ad's and all 😊
@@GOTTAGIVEITAGO thank you so very much, I appreciate that a whole lot.
Great video boss! Just what i needed 🙏🫡
Awesome!
Thank you so much for watching
rip rare hunter ceiling fan
It’s just a ceiling fan that didn’t work
@@scrapitall200 it prob had a bad cap but it is very rare hunter greenwitch ceiling fan, the finish makes it rarer same thing if the finish was green aka "verde"
@@bensgoofyahhfancollection9997 would you like to buy one? I believe I still have another? What are they worth?
i cant sadly but you could sell it for 60-100$ depending the condition@@scrapitall200
Ok cool, thank you for the information!
You ruined it. It was fine. Those are typically mounted on the ceiling to circulate the air. Put it back together and stop horsing around.
I’m not really a fan of this idea 😂
Thank you for watching by hilarious friend.
Don't abuse the fans......the appliances are already terrified. Haven't you watched 'Brave Little Toaster" ?@@scrapitall200
@@artstrology I’m quite the peaceful guy, but not when it comes to appliances 😂
this comment makes me want to go buy a brand new fan at home depot and give it to James just to watch him scrap it 😂😂
@@omgorangelollipop8184 I’ll scrap anything lol.
Aren’t they painted? 🐎
What exactly are you asking about?
@@scrapitall200
Some of the aluminum parts are painted. This will reduce the amount of money you receive, unless where you recycle doesn’t separate?
@@murlbailer3755 my yard doesn’t care if they are painted. I wasn’t even aware that some yards do that. Thank you for the information.
@@scrapitall200
You’re welcome. Keep making videos. 🐎
@@murlbailer3755 thank you so much!
It hardly seems worthwhile to scrape one,another use for motor seems better .
I hobby scrap because I find it to be fun and relaxing, but absolutely, if the fan still works it has other uses more valuable than scrap.
Fantastic breakdown brother. Thank you for including gbp. £ that's the symbol to use for it my man. I seen a few videos on ceiling fans but haven't had a chance to do one yet myself
Thank you brother and you’re welcome. Yeah after I uploaded it and watched it I noticed that mistake, thanks for looking out.
Thank you for watching.
It hardly seems worthwhile to scrape one,another use for motor seems better .
Thank you for watching.