I’ve done tons of electronic motors and compressors. Best rule of thumb is 1 pound copper per horse power. Some advice, always cut above the ring on a compressor
A16” demo saw with cutting blade streamlines the scrap business. Works fast and efficiently. Torch is a must but the demo saw rips through heavy steel and bolts or anything.
I went to the scrap yard for the first time in several years last week I took two batteries and a contractor's bag full of crushed aluminum cans, I walked out with $7 and change! Back when I was actually scrapping just that bag alone would have been $10... It's really not worth the time and effort now
last winter it was worse. think it was like $40.00 a ton. I stockpiled until the price went up to 80.00 aluminum has been down for a while and not showing much sign of coming back up, your batteries should have done better then that. a lawn mower battery should bring $3.00 and $5.00 for a car battery. about .20 to .25 a lb. thanks for watching
You remind me of my grandfather he worked at the city dump running a dozer all his life well up until he died at 50 from a massive heart attack and he would take everything apart like that and separate it and he made a decent living doing that
M8 you did a great service to all of us . Cheers. The steel prices are up now , so it's copper and aluminum . The steel out of the compressors is prepared steel , not light iron or tin. That means a better price , the aluminum is conceder wire not sheet , it is worth more and the copper windings are called num 2 copper . Wish you success in your endeavours .God bless y'all.
aluminum need to go up for sure. the yard that I go to pays more then all the outer yards around they don't have a lot of space so they don't have short iron or prepared steel it all goes for one price but they are paying $125.00 a ton and the yard closest to me is paying $70.00 a ton so the prepared steel there may be $80.00 or $90.00 so I will take the extra 15 miles for the better price and I don't have to sort it. but yeah I should call it what it should be in the videos I will have to explain myself in a video. I put all my aluminum windings into a dog food bag. so no confusion as to what is copper and what is aluminum. Thanks for watching Gus
most are ok and full of copper but every now and then you get one with aluminum, I now use a cutting disk to cut them open faster and use less then 1 disk to open them, the disk cost me about .55 cents each and on a big compressor like this about 4 lbs. of copper. I am a hobby scrapper, I still work for a living. so scrapping is mad money it comes in handy for extras, I get a lot of good stuff from scrapping. and I enjoy it. take care
In addition you should show usage of the acetylene and oxygen plus the wear and tear on your saw blade along with the electricity used to break it down. Still, no matter what the profit margin is, its a hundred percent more than I made sitting on my caboose watching you do the work! I said it before and I'll put it out there again. You have fine torch skills.
to track the oxygen and acetylene I think I would want to start with full tanks and see how many I could cut open with one tank of oxy. I use almost 2 oxygen to 1 acetylene. think the Oxygen is about $15.00 and the acetylene is around $30.00 to fill. and last for quite awhile
very good video. i have never come across aluminum in a pumpkin from a fridge or stove or AC. coolers are a good source of copper if you seperate from the alum fins. i use a sharp knife after lopping off the macaroni ends. justt cut once, then second cut, slightly to the side or whatnot, peels away clean if you cut it right with a sharp knife point. can just pull the end with pliers. i tried these with air chisels, but simple cutting is best, quiet and clean. almost relaxing when you hear that ZZZZZZZZZZZIP when you know you cut it just right. also, MW, those small rotisery motors, collect em, they add up if you have a 20 or so. and for me a bit of fun to imagine what i can make with all those small gears if only i was a bit smarter. anything up to a 220V plug is worth stripping by hand.
I've taken many of those apart. Some will be all copper windings, others will be all aluminum. You found one with both. You might be able to tell what you have by the weight before you open them up. I don't know how else you'd determine it once they've been separated from the appliance.
one guy told me about some numbers on plate, I still have the top with the plate on it. I think it would be hard to go by weigh of unit as there are so many styles, I will not buy them too much free stuff out there, so I will take what I get, Thanks for watching
Awesome video sir, i am not one of these youg bucks complaining about everything. I didn't mind watching the video for longer. Keep up the good work and thank you for showing the ones that are actually doing this for curiosity nor crime. I have kept everything so far that i have melted down but the day when i do start to sell it might be weird for me personally because ya never know how the market or banks start to go a little crazzy i know i have guaranteed income. Keep up the great work and i will always watch 🇺🇲🙏🏼 god bless you and your's
Thank you, I have retired since I made this video, so now still a hobby, and it supplements the ssi. I plan to slow down some so I can get out and fish a little and play around in the boat
Yeah I cut open a few hundred over the years, the aluminum is mostly in the big ones, don't think I have seen any in the smaller ones, and I looked at the top plate on that thing and it said made in the USA. but still make a few bucks cleaning it up, Thanks for watching Roe
I do these often. The extremely cheep mini fridges are often straight aluminum most AC’s are all copper on average 1 in 10 have aluminum wire either mixed with copper or straight aluminum.
@@jessewilson8676 I have found the same thing. I don't think I have found one window ac unit with aluminum in it. Some of the fridges have straight aluminum. even less have a mix. them big ones that come out of I don't really know what are hit and miss. Most of the ones I've done have been mixed to some degree. a lot have been copper and some have been straight aluminum.
most have all copper wire and you get about 6 lbs. but it's a hobby for me. gives me some mad money, I do conveyor maintenance for a living. Thanks for watching
..yep, I'm glad I watched, too...now I know I'll keep selling them as sealed units...I do it for money, not fun, and time is money..plus, I just got updated prices today...25 cents/lb for sealed units, $3.09 for #1 copper...I think I am better off getting them moved for 25 cents and moving on to the next project...way too much time/effort, plus, got to figure in cost of oxy/acetylene, etc..it's not cheap...and too slow, same reason I sell electric motors as is and don't take them apart...now, something like copper/aluminum radiators, I always saw the ends off, fairly quick with a good sawzall blade and well worth the effort to get clean prices...it's all about a balance between time, cost, effort, and prices....
@@maxguod ...I don't use/have any type of torch setup to cut scrap...I keep cutting to a minimum, use a sawzall when cutting is necessary...yet another reason I think it isn't cost effective/return on investment to cut open sealed units..just sell 'em as sealed units...
@@dyer2cycle Sawzall is always good , many applications , many projects . Torches are a need for scrapping and mobile mechanic work , etc . Was under the idea by your comment - that you scrap a lot . Just sayin to help , idk where you are from - sorry reply is 3 months late -
@@Okiescrapper I think they f'd me. I should've never told him it was my first time scrapping. I normally would give all my metal to a "friend of mine"(so-called). And I would ask him how much he was getting. And I was in his vehicle.. I found a receipt for almost $800 So I figured my last load, would do it myself. He would always tell me he was only getting around $30. And I have loaded his truck and trailer. (I have a construction business, I get lots of scrap). And he isn't getting another piece from me I had 1 truck load of nothing and I got $199,70
@@Okiescrapper Why on earth do I spend my days tearing things apart for the copper and aluminum only to then come in and sit and watch others do the same thing? My wife may be right, it's a stupid guy thing and an "excuse to buy more tools." :)
I had truck and 2 trailer loads (7×9 flat bed on truck and a 8×20 trailer) full given to Me by a heating and ac guy and had about a dozen of these compressors and wasn't sure what to do with them but now I do thank you for the video.
Hello Zagan a guy in the comments said he did 100's of these a day ranging from 3 to 15 lbs. each, think for this size I see about 6 lbs. on average, most of them are all copper, but as time go on I think will see more and more aluminum in them. Thanks for watching
yeah I do that when I can, sure makes it faster, on some motors they have so much shellack that it glues the string to the wire, and then some string is just rotten
I was taught to do them with an air chisel, but I can see that it is fast and easy with the angle grinder and the Sawzall too, so just what ever the scrapper has available to use, or how he was taught
thank you I may try to remake this video and hopefully it will have all copper in it. I never did buy any, but I may from an ac shop here in town. see if I can do any good
I bet you enjoyed making this video and the pleasure of dismantling something and making something for it,that my friend makes it worthwhile🙂 (profit is secondary in a hobbie)
You bet and this one was free so a little more profit electric cost is low and gas for the torch cost guessing 50 cents, most of theies are copper, if I remember about 4 to 6 lbs. Thanks for watching
that's crazy to see both copper, and aluminum in the same motor its usually just one or the other not both, It sucks when they put aluminum in motors. they burn out fast and dont last long and run so much hotter than copper. all this Chinese crap. Were I work we have some old old motors that are still going strong, but when one takes a crap, its replaced, and were replace more of the replacements than we do the old motors we use. Get so sick of the crappy crap from China
that is peanut butter, he is used to me making all that noise, I cut most end's off now with the angle grinder, and I use the air chisel to drive out the windings, a lot faster
@@Okiescrapper Louis Rossmann has hundreds of TH-cam videos:board level repair fixing Mac books, right to repair initiatives, NYC real estate shenanigan exposure, live ebike rips thru lower Manhattan, etc... Yet videos of his cats gets the most eyeballs, 3 times faster.. Keep ur channel focused on what you do. Just add peanut butter.
Good evening Sir been in the scrap metal business since 1993 and i can tell you that thats not tin thats labaled as number 1 short but i appreciate you taking the time to do this video
The yard that I use everything go's at tin, and they pay more than any other yard that's why I was calling it tin as it is or was tin for me, I have checked out another yard that is paying $200. for short iron and the tin yard is only paying $160 so I am separating them again. the yard paying the $200 for short is only paying $150 Thanks for watching
@@Okiescrapper I posted this as a reply to another comment. I'm not trying to be a wise A. The term "Tin" is a bit confusing in this case. It is not referring to tin, the metal, but the classification for pricing. It's the lower grade of mixed metals such as, these sealed units, car bodies, refrigerates, and that trailer load of crap you picked up around the yard. Easy to misunderstand.
Btw. Do you salvage that tin and melt it into ingots? A man could sell tin to fellows who do lead casting of fishing weights or bullets. Antimony too. 🤔🤗
The term "Tin" is a bit confusing in this case. It is not referring to tin, the metal, but the classification for pricing. It's the lower grade of mixed metals such as, these sealed units, car bodies, refrigerates, and that trailer load of crap you picked up around the yard. Easy to misunderstand.
Right now my scrapyard is paying 25¢ per pound for them. I'm not about to go through all of that work. I bring in 5 to 7 of these, and get $25. I have like 10 minutes time invested in yanking them. Great video, but so much effort.
yes there is some time and work involved, and I know a lot of scrappers don't have the time, as even I make more off of shred in a year then I make from copper, brass, and aluminum put together. and the guys scrapping for a living have to hustle to make it. this is more for the hobby scrapper
kind of do you have the time? if you do I think you can make some good money, most have about 4 lbs. of copper, around $14.00 you can cut one open with less than a 4.5 inch cutting disk. a plasma cutter would be cheaper, in a few other videos I use an air chisel with a Y shaped bit to pull the windings out after the first end is cut. fast and easy
thanks for the tip, I have been cutting them open as of late with a 4 1/2-inch angle grinder, just got a cheap plasma cutter and plan to try it soon on cutting them open, thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks for the tip, I just bought a 7 inch grinder gonna try it and see how it works, I use the 4.5 inch angle grinder on the tall thin one's that come out of ac window units, the torch get's too hot and melts the plastic sleeves and almost glues them in. makes it hard to get the copper out
NQ Australia, scrapyards paying 70c a kilo for electric motors/compressors or 1.50 a pound, when they’re only paying $4 per kilo for bright copper or $8 per pound…it’s hardly worth the trouble
yes I understand for some it's not worth the time but for the guy that likes to relax and tinker in the shop on a rainy day it would be a few extra coins
If the compresor has a plate with 3 letters and after those 3 #s like 225 for sure the wire on the inside is gonna be aluminum but it you get a 330 and up all the inside wire will be copper for sure
no I made a little money the unit was free, as far as gas I picked it up with a truck load of other scrap, Electric is cheap here in Oklahoma, and I have had the tools for years so they paid for themselves a long time ago. had that one been all copper as most are, it would have had about 4 lbs. of copper so about $14.00, but as luck would have it I grabbed an aluminum one from the pile. a cutting disk will open them up fast and cheap too.
Thank you, Joe, this video did really good for me, it may have done even better had the windings been all copper, I may have to try to remake this video and hope all the windings are copper, I have some condenser units that I can get the compressors out of to do the video. I am about to retire, and I may check with a heat and air company in town about buying some compressors and see how I do.
I think you were hitting on the real value of teardown videos, show the make and model info then do a teardown and that gives ammunition to the people doing the selling of that kind of equipment.
Thank you, most are all copper about 4 lbs. about $14.00 at current prices. as luck would have it the one I picked for the video would have aluminum windings, I don't get many like that just once in a while, Thanks for stopping by
Man that red gold, I've been chasing this shit around for years but Recycling boils down to what ur time is worth to you. If it takes u an hr to remove 15 dollars of copper and u got the time to do it, I used to spend hrs stripping everything down from wire to transformers, but after the gas prices went down copper went from 4.25 a pd to 2.00 a pd. I just couldn't do it anymore. Soon though thanks to the new administration it's gonna be worth it again.
yeah I hope gas stay's under $4.00 a gallon. I scrap more as a hobby. and picking up scrap for free is doing the people a service, I need a magnet sign on the truck that says "Tip's accepted" it would offset the cost of gas. but I do get a lot of calls that I pick up on the way home from work. Thanks for stopping by Daniel get that copper while the price is good, I don't live off this income so if prices drop I can stock pile, I have 5 acres here
I always cut my sealed units I get 1.5 to 2kg of copper from sealed units. I love cutting them. My calculations it's well worth cutting them. You also have the metal. Canadian treasure hunter had some king size compressors I think they were over 2oo pounds but he sold them as they were. I would have loved to have seen one opened. I also make sure they are not made in China from experience the China made compressor have aluminium wire.
I try to cut them all down when I get the time, it all adds up after a while. but I know not everyone has the time and you have to scrap your way and do what works for you, Hopefully the next big one will be all copper, Thanks for watching Walt
it's all about controlling your tool, Thanks for the Sub, this was not the best compressor for this video, as luck would have it, it was aluminum wire, most have about 4 lbs. of copper, I now use an angle grinder to cut them open and cut the wire off the end, then I use the air chisel to drive the copper out of the steel
@@Okiescrapper rad! Yeah I was only playing. It's not very often that a whole 30 minute video can keep me entertained, but I LOVED taking stuff apart as a kid and this was very satisfying.
Once you factor in electricity to run the compressor and the gas for the cutter and your time, Well, let's just say if you want scrap to pay, you simply have to get it for free, the only ones making any kind of real money from scrap are the yards and that only because they are dealing with high volumes of it.
I get my scrap for free, just was thinking if I could make money buying compressors, but then It may become a job, and I already have one of those, I scrap for a hobby and I enjoy doing it, lots of verity doing compressors all day long would get old quick. Thanks for watching
Reckon next time drill a hole to drain the oil first to avoid so much fire and smoke. Oxy is the most expensive cutting tool to own. Interesting to see inside a fridge motor though but felt like you were fighting a losing battle when I saw all that ally instead of copper. Is that a bathroom scale? They're not accurate at weights around a few kilos. Even my electronic bathroom scales wont register my boots.
why drill a hole to drain? I drain using one of the 3 holes that are already there, most compressors are all copper, just my luck getting one with aluminum for the video, good thing I got that one for free, the scales are shipping scales, not bathroom scales, they only go up to 100 lbs.
I was hoping that you had a good chunk of copper...solid copper in those windings... that aluminum is costing us money man!!! LMFFAO! Hopefully it’s worth the cost of the gas and blades... I’ll definitely watch every minute... I like scraping!!!
this unit was free so I made a little off of it, I made a lot more from the video. I have a newer video where I cut one open and it was all copper, I have 8 or 9 more condenser units to scrap out someday, Thanks for stopping by
@@Okiescrapper yes indeed...free is great! And if it’s all copper it’s definitely worth a little more work...we’re around 15 cents on a sealed unit... so at 50 pounds... you are looking at about 4 pounds of copper... that’s almost an extra $10 bucks for the whole deal... if you have collected several your in business... I live in the city so I don’t have the area to work right now... one day maybe! 😂👍
now remember that is if I bought them, this one was one that I picked up with a load of other scrap, and most are all copper about 4 lbs. the oxy/acc costs about 50 cents to cut one open, or I could use a cutting disk on angle grinder and use less then 1 disk, and I get 50 disks for $27.00 so 54 cents for a disk. I think back in the 70's copper got high in cost so they started using aluminum, may start doing it again as copper should go up do to electric car demand
I have a friend that does refrigeration work and some heating and air, just service work, he gives me all his scrap, I drill a hole first and let it drain for a couple days.
@@Okiescrapper yea, he's semi retired about 80 but still catches a few calls a week, doesn't want to hassle with taking stuff to scrap yard. Once I cut in half I put in vice, then use a very sharp sazall blade and cut windings off one side, if not sharp it will just make a ragged mess, then take punch knock them through about inch and a half then take drift pen punch or lady's slipper and pry out other end.
I've tried it too if you count it up your settling and oxygen actually went in the hole if a man had a machine that would run every bit of it up it would be profitable and sort it thank you for the video very interesting
because that is what light iron is known as in the scrapping world. you can call most any yard and ask what tin is paying and they will tell you their shred price. and when your yard only has one price for iron heavy or light it is a tin price
A silly question. How much labor did it take, and what is the payback per hour after gas, saw blade, and kitty litter is deducted? I will assume your heat is 'free'.
would you ask a fisherman how much labor is involved? what is the payback per hour after the cost of the fishing pole, the line, tackle, and the bait? because that is what you are doing here, This is a hobby most of these are all copper and will make at least a $20.00 bill the gas may have cost about 50 cents, the unit was free,
@@Okiescrapper That explains it completely! I thought this was how you paid the bills. But we did make cash from fishing in sales of extra fish. Just no way to make a living after Tide detergent and Great Lakes shipping ruined the Great lakes! I never thought of scrapping as a hobby. I worked with a scrapper when I was 20 years old removing and scrapping old residential oil furnaces. It was hard and dirty work, but the profits made that dirty work viable! My boss Hank was a professional scrapper. If there was no money in it he would have done something else I am sure. (His actual hobby was horses at the track. ( A very expensive hobby.) What you see as a hobby we saw as a dirty and uncomfortable business! Definitely no comparison to fishing or horse racing! But if you love hitting yourself with a pipe, smoking your flesh with burning torches, breathing toxic fumes, having heavy crap fall on your hands and feet, flying metal chips in your eyes or dropping tons of cash on expensive tools then hey, its still a free country ... sort of ...!🤣🤣🤣
I could be in the shop breaking it down or sitting watching tv and don't make a dime doing that, most that size have about 4 lbs. of copper worth about $14.00 and the price may go up soon with all the electric cars they are talking about building in the next 10 years
if it had been all copper like most it would have been about $14.00 in copper and the gas is about 50 cents. the gas costs me $30.00 to refill and $15.00 for the oxy. and the bottles last a very long time. you can cut one open with less then 1 cutting disk too, and I pay about 57 cents per disk, I guess the gas is cheaper here in Oklahoma
Lol use a cut off saw cut one side then use air hammer on other side. I used plasma torch to cut outer case when I did this 100s a day 3 to 15 pounds of copper per unit. The more you clean you will find out which ones not to do. Also you should be selling the outer case for #2 prepared steel not sheet iron.
the yard I go to only pays one price for Farris metal they don't have a lot of acers of land but they pay better for light iron then any yard around pays for prepared steel. I have seen a few videos of guys using plasma cutters. I need to get one, did you work at a yard or ac company? or just scrapping them 100's a day that is a lot of copper and heavy metal. I saw a video not long ago a guy had a trailer set up for scrapping these, he had a turn table he put the unit on and cut it with a plasma cutter as he slowly turned the table. sweet setup Thanks for watching
tell you what. you scrap your way and I will scrap mine. if I would have scraped it whole. I would have only made a few dollars. by scrapping it this way and making a video I have made over $3,200.00 just from the video as of this date. so I think I made a lot more then I would have scrapping it whole. Happy New Year.
I tried that years ago and all I can remember is it was a lot of work and really dirty and really hard work and it didn't pay off every compressor is different some are full of copper but the amount of work
I have another video that has one of these, a newer video it is all copper, I cut it open with a cutting disk and use the air chisel to drive the copper out, not to bad as far as the work goes, these things are heavy though, Thanks for stopping by
the oil has to get very hot before it will burn, at times when I cut a section and turn the compressor the oil will burn as it come's in contact with the red hot metal
I don't discharge them that one came in as is, and I get a lot of condenser units that have been removed by the heat and air guys, I need to get down and take the class and test for recovery and get the equipment.
some times they do and some times they pull the wire, a cutting disk works good and it's fast too, I am thinking about trying my 14 inch cutoff saw, Thanks for watching Jander
the string can be a pain, some say their yard is ok with the string others are not, I think a propane torch over them lightly will make quick work of them
ok so you are saying $28.00 an hour is not worth it. electric is cheap here in Oklahoma. torch cost about 50 cents per unit razor blade last for months, as do gloves, most of these units will yield 4 lbs. of copper $14.00 each the short iron will almost pay for the cost of the compressor if you were to buy them.
it's all tin when the yard doesn't have a category for short iron. but yeah if your yard buy's short then it is short, I have sold many ton's of casings as short iron
@Okie scrapper Hi these compressors are relatively the same size, so what you get from a refrigerator is the same size and what you get from a Air conditioner is round about the same size. So because copper in the periodic table is twice as heavy as aluminum. It might be possible to work out which compressors have copper and which have aluminium. Your thoughts pls. Without cutting them open. As for half and half seen that few times.what make was the compressor?
You may be on to something there, I can take a picture of the different sizes and style's and put a weight to them, If style x is copper it will weigh x amount of lbs. anything lighter will be aluminum, will have to start tracking them, Thanks for the idea
@@Okiescrapper point taken, I'll scrap it myself on my way home from work tomorrow. I was just thinking it would be good to use for video content on your channel, no worries, I'll let myself out....🚪
If you can figure out how much you spent on oxygen and acetylene, and your time is would be hard to come up with profit, plus the fuel to drive to the scrap yard !?
I’ve long had a policy of visiting a town or two with a crazy name every time I visit Oklahoma; so I’ve been to Bowlegs and Maud and Slick and Gene Autry and a hundred others. Looks like a visit to Pink is in my future.
Yes it is, I saw a video of a guy who made a setup on a trailer just for doing these, he had a turntable he would put the unit on and start cutting with the plasma cutter and he slowly turned the table as he cut.
about 50 cents for the oxy, and acetylene, you can use a cutting disk too, it takes less then one disk at 54 cents per disk, and most units yield about 4 lbs. of copper or about $14.00 in each one, so $28.00 an hour minus about 3 or 4 dollars. can't make that sitting watching videos, Thanks for stopping by
I’ve done tons of electronic motors and compressors. Best rule of thumb is 1 pound copper per horse power. Some advice, always cut above the ring on a compressor
nice to know about the 1 lb. per. horse power, I don't think that I ever paid any attention to the horse power rating
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I find either copper or luminum nit kixed on the staters w windings
A16” demo saw with cutting blade streamlines the scrap business. Works fast and efficiently. Torch is a must but the demo saw rips through heavy steel and bolts or anything.
That's what I did. Demo Saw....even with that I enjoyed making a video about it but didn't enjoy the work.
I’m on my second demo saw. They save me a ton of time. I cut the compressors just above the bottom and then slice it at the top hose area. Boom
I went to the scrap yard for the first time in several years last week I took two batteries and a contractor's bag full of crushed aluminum cans, I walked out with $7 and change! Back when I was actually scrapping just that bag alone would have been $10... It's really not worth the time and effort now
last winter it was worse. think it was like $40.00 a ton. I stockpiled until the price went up to 80.00 aluminum has been down for a while and not showing much sign of coming back up, your batteries should have done better then that. a lawn mower battery should bring $3.00 and $5.00 for a car battery. about .20 to .25 a lb. thanks for watching
War time all metal goes up
I've been saving mine up for the future copper will go up as soon as the country opens back up
@@rickzacher1797 in my area scrap metals have jumped up price by almost double
@@rickzacher1797 actually that was a weekend special
You remind me of my grandfather he worked at the city dump running a dozer all his life well up until he died at 50 from a massive heart attack and he would take everything apart like that and separate it and he made a decent living doing that
M8 you did a great service to all of us . Cheers. The steel prices are up now , so it's copper and aluminum . The steel out of the compressors is prepared steel , not light iron or tin. That means a better price , the aluminum is conceder wire not sheet , it is worth more and the copper windings are called num 2 copper . Wish you success in your endeavours .God bless y'all.
aluminum need to go up for sure. the yard that I go to pays more then all the outer yards around they don't have a lot of space so they don't have short iron or prepared steel it all goes for one price but they are paying $125.00 a ton and the yard closest to me is paying $70.00 a ton so the prepared steel there may be $80.00 or $90.00 so I will take the extra 15 miles for the better price and I don't have to sort it. but yeah I should call it what it should be in the videos I will have to explain myself in a video. I put all my aluminum windings into a dog food bag. so no confusion as to what is copper and what is aluminum. Thanks for watching Gus
One US the others UK
Good info ,realized long time ago that it was not worth the time and effort to break down a compressor.
most are ok and full of copper but every now and then you get one with aluminum, I now use a cutting disk to cut them open faster and use less then 1 disk to open them, the disk cost me about .55 cents each and on a big compressor like this about 4 lbs. of copper. I am a hobby scrapper, I still work for a living. so scrapping is mad money it comes in handy for extras, I get a lot of good stuff from scrapping. and I enjoy it. take care
must use last bit of torch cutting in an intro reel! That was pretty spectacular!
In addition you should show usage of the acetylene and oxygen plus the wear and tear on your saw blade along with the electricity used to break it down. Still, no matter what the profit margin is, its a hundred percent more than I made sitting on my caboose watching you do the work! I said it before and I'll put it out there again. You have fine torch skills.
to track the oxygen and acetylene I think I would want to start with full tanks and see how many I could cut open with one tank of oxy. I use almost 2 oxygen to 1 acetylene. think the Oxygen is about $15.00 and the acetylene is around $30.00 to fill. and last for quite awhile
....and then factor in fuel savings from burning the scrap oil for heating.
Awesome
very good video.
i have never come across aluminum in a pumpkin from a fridge or stove or AC. coolers are a good source of copper if you seperate from the alum fins. i use a sharp knife after lopping off the macaroni ends. justt cut once, then second cut, slightly to the side or whatnot, peels away clean if you cut it right with a sharp knife point. can just pull the end with pliers. i tried these with air chisels, but simple cutting is best, quiet and clean. almost relaxing when you hear that ZZZZZZZZZZZIP when you know you cut it just right.
also, MW, those small rotisery motors, collect em, they add up if you have a 20 or so. and for me a bit of fun to imagine what i can make with all those small gears if only i was a bit smarter. anything up to a 220V plug is worth stripping by hand.
I've taken many of those apart. Some will be all copper windings, others will be all aluminum. You found one with both. You might be able to tell what you have by the weight before you open them up. I don't know how else you'd determine it once they've been separated from the appliance.
one guy told me about some numbers on plate, I still have the top with the plate on it. I think it would be hard to go by weigh of unit as there are so many styles, I will not buy them too much free stuff out there, so I will take what I get, Thanks for watching
Kramer and Newman recycling aluminum cans in the mail truck. Great episode
I must have missed that one sure sounds like something they'd do! Which season?
I have made a lot of money from old compressors great video.
yes, a good bit of copper in them, and not hard to get it out,
Awesome video sir, i am not one of these youg bucks complaining about everything. I didn't mind watching the video for longer. Keep up the good work and thank you for showing the ones that are actually doing this for curiosity nor crime. I have kept everything so far that i have melted down but the day when i do start to sell it might be weird for me personally because ya never know how the market or banks start to go a little crazzy i know i have guaranteed income. Keep up the great work and i will always watch 🇺🇲🙏🏼 god bless you and your's
Thank you, I have retired since I made this video, so now still a hobby, and it supplements the ssi. I plan to slow down some so I can get out and fish a little and play around in the boat
Not every compressor motor is gonna be mixed wire.
Yeah I cut open a few hundred over the years, the aluminum is mostly in the big ones, don't think I have seen any in the smaller ones, and I looked at the top plate on that thing and it said made in the USA. but still make a few bucks cleaning it up, Thanks for watching Roe
I do these often. The extremely cheep mini fridges are often straight aluminum most AC’s are all copper on average 1 in 10 have aluminum wire either mixed with copper or straight aluminum.
@@jessewilson8676 I have found the same thing. I don't think I have found one window ac unit with aluminum in it. Some of the fridges have straight aluminum. even less have a mix. them big ones that come out of I don't really know what are hit and miss. Most of the ones I've done have been mixed to some degree. a lot have been copper and some have been straight aluminum.
I have always thought about taking these apart. Now I know I never will. Not worth the time or cost.
most have all copper wire and you get about 6 lbs. but it's a hobby for me. gives me some mad money, I do conveyor maintenance for a living. Thanks for watching
..yep, I'm glad I watched, too...now I know I'll keep selling them as sealed units...I do it for money, not fun, and time is money..plus, I just got updated prices today...25 cents/lb for sealed units, $3.09 for #1 copper...I think I am better off getting them moved for 25 cents and moving on to the next project...way too much time/effort, plus, got to figure in cost of oxy/acetylene, etc..it's not cheap...and too slow, same reason I sell electric motors as is and don't take them apart...now, something like copper/aluminum radiators, I always saw the ends off, fairly quick with a good sawzall blade and well worth the effort to get clean prices...it's all about a balance between time, cost, effort, and prices....
@@dyer2cycle if you use acetylene to cut scrap you are wasting money . You can buy a two piece propane tip for the torch - way cheaper
@@maxguod ...I don't use/have any type of torch setup to cut scrap...I keep cutting to a minimum, use a sawzall when cutting is necessary...yet another reason I think it isn't cost effective/return on investment to cut open sealed units..just sell 'em as sealed units...
@@dyer2cycle Sawzall is always good , many applications , many projects . Torches are a need for scrapping and mobile mechanic work , etc . Was under the idea by your comment - that you scrap a lot . Just sayin to help , idk where you are from - sorry reply is 3 months late -
I spent hours taking these apart (14 of them).
To be told.. it was aluminum at the scrap yard.
Anymore.. the unit will go as tin
it's hard to believe all 14 of them were aluminum, the yard may have gotten to you or they were all from the same kind of unit, Thanks for watching
@@Okiescrapper I think they f'd me.
I should've never told him it was my first time scrapping.
I normally would give all my metal to a "friend of mine"(so-called).
And I would ask him how much he was getting.
And I was in his vehicle.. I found a receipt for almost $800
So I figured my last load, would do it myself. He would always tell me he was only getting around $30. And I have loaded his truck and trailer.
(I have a construction business, I get lots of scrap). And he isn't getting another piece from me
I had 1 truck load of nothing and I got $199,70
People like you make my days worth living. Love your down to earth presentation of good business sense.
Thank You Rob, I am glad you enjoyed the video, Thanks for watching
@@Okiescrapper Why on earth do I spend my days tearing things apart for the copper and aluminum only to then come in and sit and watch others do the same thing? My wife may be right, it's a stupid guy thing and an "excuse to buy more tools." :)
@@hobbitreet "excuse to buy more tools"- lol. That's the best part.
@@hobbitreet Hahahha! sounds like my ol' lady!
I had truck and 2 trailer loads (7×9 flat bed on truck and a 8×20 trailer) full given to Me by a heating and ac guy and had about a dozen of these compressors and wasn't sure what to do with them but now I do thank you for the video.
Hello Zagan a guy in the comments said he did 100's of these a day ranging from 3 to 15 lbs. each, think for this size I see about 6 lbs. on average, most of them are all copper, but as time go on I think will see more and more aluminum in them. Thanks for watching
Thanks . Just be carful when cutting a closed container. Sometimes there’s things can go boom.
it is not totally closed. there are 2 spots that the copper tubbing goes into. and oil has to get very hot to burn
Lol. Wow
There is a reason why many people stopped scrapping stuff because of the aluminum used instead of copper.
yep and we will most likely see more and more aluminum as time go by. Thanks for watching
@@Okiescrapper Any time fella.
Use the grinder to cut strings,
and another good idea. will do that thanks, that was one of the reasons that I wanted to put up this channel, was to learn from each other.
When taking the string off there will be one that you can pull like a feed bag and it will untie all just by pulling on it.
yeah I do that when I can, sure makes it faster, on some motors they have so much shellack that it glues the string to the wire, and then some string is just rotten
why not use a cutting wheel? Oxy-Acet is a pain for cutting thin gauge sheet ... (at least for me) although he made it look easy
in this video I use a cutting disk. and the compressor has all copper, take a look th-cam.com/video/_LXUfLAG4bg/w-d-xo.html
I’m a firm believer in a air chisel now
I was taught to do them with an air chisel, but I can see that it is fast and easy with the angle grinder and the Sawzall too, so just what ever the scrapper has available to use, or how he was taught
1st 3 air tools bro 1.Air Gun 2.Air Rachet 3.Air Chisel😀
the only thing that comes to mind is flashpoint. great vid.
thank you I may try to remake this video and hopefully it will have all copper in it. I never did buy any, but I may from an ac shop here in town. see if I can do any good
I bet you enjoyed making this video and the pleasure of dismantling something and making something for it,that my friend makes it worthwhile🙂 (profit is secondary in a hobbie)
You bet and this one was free so a little more profit electric cost is low and gas for the torch cost guessing 50 cents, most of theies are copper, if I remember about 4 to 6 lbs. Thanks for watching
that's crazy to see both copper, and aluminum in the same motor its usually just one or the other not both, It sucks when they put aluminum in motors. they burn out fast and dont last long and run so much hotter than copper. all this Chinese crap. Were I work we have some old old motors that are still going strong, but when one takes a crap, its replaced, and were replace more of the replacements than we do the old motors we use. Get so sick of the crappy crap from China
Great video. Keep them coming. Protect those eyes!!
Thank you! Will do! the ears are shot, but not as bad as some people I know. Thanks for stopping by
@11:10 that shop cat is fearless...
that is peanut butter, he is used to me making all that noise, I cut most end's off now with the angle grinder, and I use the air chisel to drive out the windings, a lot faster
@@Okiescrapper Louis Rossmann has hundreds of TH-cam videos:board level repair fixing Mac books, right to repair initiatives, NYC real estate shenanigan exposure, live ebike rips thru lower Manhattan, etc... Yet videos of his cats gets the most eyeballs, 3 times faster.. Keep ur channel focused on what you do. Just add peanut butter.
Good evening Sir been in the scrap metal business since 1993 and i can tell you that thats not tin thats labaled as number 1 short but i appreciate you taking the time to do this video
The yard that I use everything go's at tin, and they pay more than any other yard that's why I was calling it tin as it is or was tin for me, I have checked out another yard that is paying $200. for short iron and the tin yard is only paying $160 so I am separating them again. the yard paying the $200 for short is only paying $150 Thanks for watching
@@Okiescrapper I posted this as a reply to another comment. I'm not trying to be a wise A.
The term "Tin" is a bit confusing in this case.
It is not referring to tin, the metal, but the classification for pricing.
It's the lower grade of mixed metals such as, these sealed units, car bodies, refrigerates, and that trailer load of crap you picked up around the yard.
Easy to misunderstand.
Btw. Do you salvage that tin and melt it into ingots? A man could sell tin to fellows who do lead casting of fishing weights or bullets. Antimony too. 🤔🤗
The term "Tin" is a bit confusing in this case.
It is not referring to tin, the metal, but the classification for pricing.
It's the lower grade of mixed metals such as, these sealed units, car bodies, refrigerates, and that trailer load of crap you picked up around the yard.
Easy to misunderstand.
@@1MoGuzzi well damn. I was all excited 😭😭😭💀 I can see how I got confused and appreciate your help and knowledge 😇
Right now my scrapyard is paying 25¢ per pound for them. I'm not about to go through all of that work. I bring in 5 to 7 of these, and get $25. I have like 10 minutes time invested in yanking them. Great video, but so much effort.
yes there is some time and work involved, and I know a lot of scrappers don't have the time, as even I make more off of shred in a year then I make from copper, brass, and aluminum put together. and the guys scrapping for a living have to hustle to make it. this is more for the hobby scrapper
Yea used to recycle A/C units, but didn't break down the compresser, sold it whole.
kind of do you have the time? if you do I think you can make some good money, most have about 4 lbs. of copper, around $14.00 you can cut one open with less than a 4.5 inch cutting disk. a plasma cutter would be cheaper, in a few other videos I use an air chisel with a Y shaped bit to pull the windings out after the first end is cut. fast and easy
save the oil from inside these compressors - great for refilling hydraulic jacks
I never thought about using it in a hydraulic jack, nice tip
I've been using it as free bar oil for chainsaw for years.
The tip of the flame is the hottest part, adjust your position accordingly and you will cut faster.
thanks for the tip, I have been cutting them open as of late with a 4 1/2-inch angle grinder, just got a cheap plasma cutter and plan to try it soon on cutting them open, thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Thanksgiving
That is Resin not shellac shellac hasn’t been used since the 1940s
Good video from your scrapping brother in lawton ok. I use a metal cutting blade on my skill saw to cut the ends off. Goes really fast.
Thanks for the tip, I just bought a 7 inch grinder gonna try it and see how it works, I use the 4.5 inch angle grinder on the tall thin one's that come out of ac window units, the torch get's too hot and melts the plastic sleeves and almost glues them in. makes it hard to get the copper out
I hope it works out for you. Let me know
Stay warm brother it's cold out there.
I find that if you hit the strings with a blow torch it removes easier
yeah, I bet it would. I may need to start doing that. thanks for watching
NQ Australia, scrapyards paying 70c a kilo for electric motors/compressors or 1.50 a pound, when they’re only paying $4 per kilo for bright copper or $8 per pound…it’s hardly worth the trouble
yes I understand for some it's not worth the time but for the guy that likes to relax and tinker in the shop on a rainy day it would be a few extra coins
So take out the aluminum and copper and put the case back together
Once I find their copper and aluminium I Go-no-further
Whut happens when you find the wet spot!!?? Do you also go no further!!??
If the compresor has a plate with 3 letters and after those 3 #s like 225 for sure the wire on the inside is gonna be aluminum but it you get a 330 and up all the inside wire will be copper for sure
I have the top to that unit on my wall the plate is on top I will check it out, Thanks for the info, and I will pass it along, Thanks for watching
You Lost money
1. Gasoline
2. Electric
3. Tools
no I made a little money the unit was free, as far as gas I picked it up with a truck load of other scrap, Electric is cheap here in Oklahoma, and I have had the tools for years so they paid for themselves a long time ago. had that one been all copper as most are, it would have had about 4 lbs. of copper so about $14.00, but as luck would have it I grabbed an aluminum one from the pile. a cutting disk will open them up fast and cheap too.
350,000 views and only 14,000 subs come on people this guy makes great videos hit that sub button and thumbs up for him
Thank you, Joe, this video did really good for me, it may have done even better had the windings been all copper, I may have to try to remake this video and hope all the windings are copper, I have some condenser units that I can get the compressors out of to do the video. I am about to retire, and I may check with a heat and air company in town about buying some compressors and see how I do.
I think you were hitting on the real value of teardown videos, show the make and model info then do a teardown and that gives ammunition to the people doing the selling of that kind of equipment.
Yeah they need to know what to steal from construction sites.
Have you ever tried to use a wire wheel ton the winding strings??
no I need to try that, I have one on the bench grinder
Good job
Thanks. and thanks for stopping by, I know you are busy You do have a lot going on
Good video. Nice to see what's inside a compressor.
Thank you, most are all copper about 4 lbs. about $14.00 at current prices. as luck would have it the one I picked for the video would have aluminum windings, I don't get many like that just once in a while, Thanks for stopping by
Man that red gold, I've been chasing this shit around for years but Recycling boils down to what ur time is worth to you. If it takes u an hr to remove 15 dollars of copper and u got the time to do it, I used to spend hrs stripping everything down from wire to transformers, but after the gas prices went down copper went from 4.25 a pd to 2.00 a pd. I just couldn't do it anymore. Soon though thanks to the new administration it's gonna be worth it again.
yeah I hope gas stay's under $4.00 a gallon. I scrap more as a hobby. and picking up scrap for free is doing the people a service, I need a magnet sign on the truck that says "Tip's accepted" it would offset the cost of gas. but I do get a lot of calls that I pick up on the way home from work. Thanks for stopping by Daniel get that copper while the price is good, I don't live off this income so if prices drop I can stock pile, I have 5 acres here
I always cut my sealed units I get 1.5 to 2kg of copper from sealed units. I love cutting them. My calculations it's well worth cutting them. You also have the metal. Canadian treasure hunter had some king size compressors I think they were over 2oo pounds but he sold them as they were. I would have loved to have seen one opened. I also make sure they are not made in China from experience the China made compressor have aluminium wire.
I would like to see the inside of one of them big one's
If your have right tools for other projects to open them up then yes between copper and aluminum an five minutes of your time you will make money
I have a plasma cutter now, and a 4.5-inch angle grinder works great too, most are all copper 4 to 6 lbs.
Watch stackD on how to take apart a coil
I will, I am subscribed to him.
BigstackD is the man. I got my DevilForge 10k through him.
I was thinking BigstackD, he needs one of those air chisels for windings!
Take all of them at that stage 25 motors in the burner throw some gasoline on them and woolaw have your self a adult beverage
Great research video! And a wise thing to do, "time permitting." I really enjoyed this one!
Glad you enjoyed it!. the tag on top sad made in the USA. I will try to do another latter, hopefully it will be copper inside. Thanks for watching
Always watching. You are one of my favorite, "go to" scrapping channels!
Only the large ones I do, smaller ones I just put in a gaylord box on a pallet and haul them in a refer motors. #happyscrapping
I try to cut them all down when I get the time, it all adds up after a while. but I know not everyone has the time and you have to scrap your way and do what works for you, Hopefully the next big one will be all copper, Thanks for watching Walt
Doing it right towards your hand like a real man, you've earned my subscription.
(Ps. This is satire don't get butthurt I do enjoy his content.) (:
it's all about controlling your tool, Thanks for the Sub, this was not the best compressor for this video, as luck would have it, it was aluminum wire, most have about 4 lbs. of copper, I now use an angle grinder to cut them open and cut the wire off the end, then I use the air chisel to drive the copper out of the steel
@@Okiescrapper rad! Yeah I was only playing. It's not very often that a whole 30 minute video can keep me entertained, but I LOVED taking stuff apart as a kid and this was very satisfying.
Happy Thanksgiving Okie to you and your family God Bless we have a lot to be Thankful for Amen
Thank you, I hope your Thanksgiving was great.
weld a small pipe nipple inside your barrel . That you could put a small candle on .To relight your torch
Once you factor in electricity to run the compressor and the gas for the cutter and your time, Well, let's just say if you want scrap to pay, you simply have to get it for free, the only ones making any kind of real money from scrap are the yards and that only because they are dealing with high volumes of it.
I get my scrap for free, just was thinking if I could make money buying compressors, but then It may become a job, and I already have one of those, I scrap for a hobby and I enjoy doing it, lots of verity doing compressors all day long would get old quick. Thanks for watching
Reckon next time drill a hole to drain the oil first to avoid so much fire and smoke. Oxy is the most expensive cutting tool to own. Interesting to see inside a fridge motor though but felt like you were fighting a losing battle when I saw all that ally instead of copper. Is that a bathroom scale? They're not accurate at weights around a few kilos. Even my electronic bathroom scales wont register my boots.
why drill a hole to drain? I drain using one of the 3 holes that are already there, most compressors are all copper, just my luck getting one with aluminum for the video, good thing I got that one for free, the scales are shipping scales, not bathroom scales, they only go up to 100 lbs.
I use a band saw also its cheaper than the oxy acetylene torch
yeah I bet it would be cheaper, thanks for stopping by
I was hoping that you had a good chunk of copper...solid copper in those windings... that aluminum is costing us money man!!! LMFFAO! Hopefully it’s worth the cost of the gas and blades... I’ll definitely watch every minute... I like scraping!!!
this unit was free so I made a little off of it, I made a lot more from the video. I have a newer video where I cut one open and it was all copper, I have 8 or 9 more condenser units to scrap out someday, Thanks for stopping by
@@Okiescrapper yes indeed...free is great! And if it’s all copper it’s definitely worth a little more work...we’re around 15 cents on a sealed unit... so at 50 pounds... you are looking at about 4 pounds of copper... that’s almost an extra $10 bucks for the whole deal... if you have collected several your in business... I live in the city so I don’t have the area to work right now... one day maybe! 😂👍
That $2.50 profit is less after oxy/acc and compressor electric cost. Definitely worth doing several at onetime.
now remember that is if I bought them, this one was one that I picked up with a load of other scrap, and most are all copper about 4 lbs. the oxy/acc costs about 50 cents to cut one open, or I could use a cutting disk on angle grinder and use less then 1 disk, and I get 50 disks for $27.00 so 54 cents for a disk. I think back in the 70's copper got high in cost so they started using aluminum, may start doing it again as copper should go up do to electric car demand
I have a friend that does refrigeration work and some heating and air, just service work, he gives me all his scrap, I drill a hole first and let it drain for a couple days.
that's nice to have a friend like that, I drain what I can through one of the holes and the barrel catches the rest. I guess I could drill a hole
@@Okiescrapper yea, he's semi retired about 80 but still catches a few calls a week, doesn't want to hassle with taking stuff to scrap yard. Once I cut in half I put in vice, then use a very sharp sazall blade and cut windings off one side, if not sharp it will just make a ragged mess, then take punch knock them through about inch and a half then take drift pen punch or lady's slipper and pry out other end.
Newbie here. What is this compressor from or used for?
air conditioner condenser unit from a central air setup
I've tried it too if you count it up your settling and oxygen actually went in the hole if a man had a machine that would run every bit of it up it would be profitable and sort it thank you for the video very interesting
you are welcome Jeff Thanks for watching
@ Okie scrapper - Just wondering...why do you keep mentioning tin?
because that is what light iron is known as in the scrapping world. you can call most any yard and ask what tin is paying and they will tell you their shred price. and when your yard only has one price for iron heavy or light it is a tin price
Metal thicker than 1/4" is not considered tin.
That iron transformer block would have paid for more
tin iron steel what does it matter if your yard pay's the same for all of it
A silly question. How much labor did it take, and what is the payback per hour after gas, saw blade, and kitty litter is deducted? I will assume your heat is 'free'.
would you ask a fisherman how much labor is involved? what is the payback per hour after the cost of the fishing pole, the line, tackle, and the bait? because that is what you are doing here, This is a hobby most of these are all copper and will make at least a $20.00 bill the gas may have cost about 50 cents, the unit was free,
@@Okiescrapper That explains it completely! I thought this was how you paid the bills. But we did make cash from fishing in sales of extra fish. Just no way to make a living after Tide detergent and Great Lakes shipping ruined the Great lakes!
I never thought of scrapping as a hobby. I worked with a scrapper when I was 20 years old removing and scrapping old residential oil furnaces. It was hard and dirty work, but the profits made that dirty work viable! My boss Hank was a professional scrapper. If there was no money in it he would have done something else I am sure. (His actual hobby was horses at the track. ( A very expensive hobby.)
What you see as a hobby we saw as a dirty and uncomfortable business! Definitely no comparison to fishing or horse racing! But if you love hitting yourself with a pipe, smoking your flesh with burning torches, breathing toxic fumes, having heavy crap fall on your hands and feet, flying metal chips in your eyes or dropping tons of cash on expensive tools then hey, its still a free country ... sort of ...!🤣🤣🤣
Im glad I own a plasma cutter
yes that is on my wish list, Christmas is almost here I need to drop some hints.
@@Okiescrapper well I got one off Amazon for around $200. 110v unit and I love it.
Looks like it would be more profitable if you scrapped the whole compressor in stead of taking so much time to break it down.
I could be in the shop breaking it down or sitting watching tv and don't make a dime doing that, most that size have about 4 lbs. of copper worth about $14.00 and the price may go up soon with all the electric cars they are talking about building in the next 10 years
$2.40 worth of copper $5.60 worth of gas 🤔🤔
if it had been all copper like most it would have been about $14.00 in copper and the gas is about 50 cents. the gas costs me $30.00 to refill and $15.00 for the oxy. and the bottles last a very long time. you can cut one open with less then 1 cutting disk too, and I pay about 57 cents per disk, I guess the gas is cheaper here in Oklahoma
My scrap yard put mine all together as #1 copper
well you can't beet that. Thanks for watching
i believe they get the most money for the fluid that comes out of them
I could believe that
Lol use a cut off saw cut one side then use air hammer on other side. I used plasma torch to cut outer case when I did this 100s a day 3 to 15 pounds of copper per unit. The more you clean you will find out which ones not to do. Also you should be selling the outer case for #2 prepared steel not sheet iron.
the yard I go to only pays one price for Farris metal they don't have a lot of acers of land but they pay better for light iron then any yard around pays for prepared steel. I have seen a few videos of guys using plasma cutters. I need to get one, did you work at a yard or ac company? or just scrapping them 100's a day that is a lot of copper and heavy metal. I saw a video not long ago a guy had a trailer set up for scrapping these, he had a turn table he put the unit on and cut it with a plasma cutter as he slowly turned the table. sweet setup Thanks for watching
Forget that. Sell it whole?!!😅😅😅
tell you what. you scrap your way and I will scrap mine. if I would have scraped it whole. I would have only made a few dollars. by scrapping it this way and making a video I have made over $3,200.00 just from the video as of this date. so I think I made a lot more then I would have scrapping it whole. Happy New Year.
I tried that years ago and all I can remember is it was a lot of work and really dirty and really hard work and it didn't pay off every compressor is different some are full of copper but the amount of work
I have another video that has one of these, a newer video it is all copper, I cut it open with a cutting disk and use the air chisel to drive the copper out, not to bad as far as the work goes, these things are heavy though, Thanks for stopping by
I am surprised the oil didn't catch fire
the oil has to get very hot before it will burn, at times when I cut a section and turn the compressor the oil will burn as it come's in contact with the red hot metal
How do you discharge the unit when removing it from the appliance.
I don't discharge them that one came in as is, and I get a lot of condenser units that have been removed by the heat and air guys, I need to get down and take the class and test for recovery and get the equipment.
Just asking, wouldn't the sawzall work better in cutting the coil apart on first side?
some times they do and some times they pull the wire, a cutting disk works good and it's fast too, I am thinking about trying my 14 inch cutoff saw, Thanks for watching Jander
You waste material using a saw. Shaving are hard to recycle. If you cut/chisel, you are wasting the more expensive metals
I enjoyed this video !
Glad you enjoyed it!
🔥the string
the string can be a pain, some say their yard is ok with the string others are not, I think a propane torch over them lightly will make quick work of them
With the lights, air compressor, torch, Sawzall blades, razor blades, gloves and your time it's not worth it.
ok so you are saying $28.00 an hour is not worth it. electric is cheap here in Oklahoma. torch cost about 50 cents per unit razor blade last for months, as do gloves, most of these units will yield 4 lbs. of copper $14.00 each the short iron will almost pay for the cost of the compressor if you were to buy them.
Thanks for the info
Any time! Thanks for watching
Are you using acetylene or propane? The scrap yard I work at uses propane and liquid oxygen.
I need to check into a gauge for propane, I am using acetylene, 30.00 a bottle
@@Okiescrapper propane hs been great for me. I like it a lot.
If I'm not mistaking the rest of the compressor is bought as short iron not tin
it's all tin when the yard doesn't have a category for short iron. but yeah if your yard buy's short then it is short, I have sold many ton's of casings as short iron
Are you figuring the cost of your fuel?
use very little fuel, to fill both tanks cost's about $45.00 and could cut open about 100 of them.
How about using a cutting wheel ?
I do in more recent videos
@Okie scrapper Hi these compressors are relatively the same size, so what you get from a refrigerator is the same size and what you get from a Air conditioner is round about the same size. So because copper in the periodic table is twice as heavy as aluminum. It might be possible to work out which compressors have copper and which have aluminium. Your thoughts pls. Without cutting them open. As for half and half seen that few times.what make was the compressor?
You may be on to something there, I can take a picture of the different sizes and style's and put a weight to them, If style x is copper it will weigh x amount of lbs. anything lighter will be aluminum, will have to start tracking them, Thanks for the idea
@@Okiescrapper yeah have a margin of error plus or minus several pounds either way. I think it's possible.
Yeah but how much acetylene did you use? $$$
very little, acetylene tank costs me about $30.00 to fill and lasts a long time oxy tank costs about $15.00 to fill. so about 50 cents to cut one open
Where do you scrap? I know where there is an older model huge tv in Norman.
I live in Blanchard and work in the city so I pick up in Bridge creek, New Castle and Blanchard area
@@Okiescrapper nice, interested in picking up the TV it's been discarded to the side of the road so totally up for grabs.
@@L3V1T8-84 it's 20 some miles one way, truck gets 13 miles per gallon. So it would cost about $9:00 in gas to make about $2:00
@@Okiescrapper point taken, I'll scrap it myself on my way home from work tomorrow.
I was just thinking it would be good to use for video content on your channel, no worries, I'll let myself out....🚪
@@L3V1T8-84 I have a few videos already scrapping cut tv,s thanks
If you can figure out how much you spent on oxygen and acetylene, and your time is would be hard to come up with profit, plus the fuel to drive to the scrap yard !?
yeah I am glad it is a hobby. and I would take a a ton or two at a time to the scrap yard not just one item
turn your heat down and get a smaller tip will cut much better and save gas
I need to exchange a tank soon I will check into a smaller tip, Thanks for the advice Allen. by the way my name is Allen different last name. lol
I am out in Pink Okla and really enjoy watching. Are you up in OKC???
south of the city in Blanchard
I’ve long had a policy of visiting a town or two with a crazy name every time I visit Oklahoma; so I’ve been to Bowlegs and Maud and Slick and Gene Autry and a hundred others. Looks like a visit to Pink is in my future.
@@jamesogorman3287 You sure won't see much. Not even a wide spot in the road.
If you're trying to pay for them things plasma is the way to go. quicker and cheaper.
Yes it is, I saw a video of a guy who made a setup on a trailer just for doing these, he had a turntable he would put the unit on and start cutting with the plasma cutter and he slowly turned the table as he cut.
Don't forget to mention cost of oxygen and acetylene
about 50 cents for the oxy, and acetylene, you can use a cutting disk too, it takes less then one disk at 54 cents per disk, and most units yield about 4 lbs. of copper or about $14.00 in each one, so $28.00 an hour minus about 3 or 4 dollars. can't make that sitting watching videos, Thanks for stopping by
The older. Red comppressor motors have good cast aluminum in them.
I will keep an eye out for them
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I use a angel grinder and cut off wheel on them
angle grinder works good and fast
Great video, thanks !!!!
Glad you liked it! and thanks for stopping by
If you want all the oil out drill a hole in the top and flip it over
I drain it out the holes that are already in it, it get's most of the oil out, and the cutting barrel get's the rest