How To Scrap Plugs & Outlets!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
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In this video I first remove the prongs for brass and a little bit of copper wire
I then show how I take apart outlets to recover brass.
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I'm glad I found these videos your doing I'm learning alot thank you
Awesome, I’m so glad to have helped.
Thank you for watching.
I would’ve never thought there’s that much in a plug
It sure does add up! Thank you so much for watching.
Use a pair of vise grips and when turning it in the vise, use the round edge of the vise grip when turning. Works every time.
I actually don’t own a pair of vide grips, I’m waiting to find a pair for free or for a pair a pair I can buy cheap at a yard sale. Thank you for the tip and for watching, I appreciate it.
Man you made it look so easy😅
I think you’ll find that it is pretty easy. Little tip, with the plugs, put them out in the hot sun for a few hours and they’ll soften up real nice, making it even easier! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment.
Awesome
Thank you!
thx great video. i have copper wire and pipes to scrap. brass now too. great help.
Yay, you got some good scrap to work with.
Thank you for watching.
My excellent scrap yard allows plugs on with low grade insulated. A while back I did what you are doing and weighed up the brass and copper, did some math and it paid more to just leave the plugs on! Big time saver. I just got some older outlets and the screws are brass as well. For me its a hammer on concrete. Older outlets are more brittle! Time is money. My last brass cash in was $2.40/lb for clean brass, the highest that I have seen. I had a 50lb. box, but it has been a while. $510 total load in my old Toyota Celica!!
That’s so awesome your yard allows you to leave them on. Easy money that way!
I love how brass just adds up so fast. Great payday my friend and thank you for your comment.
I use tile nippers for 110 volt plug 🔌, another awesome video Sir
I’ll have to give those a try one day, after I find a pair. Lol.
Thanks again my friend.
I would use 2 visegrips. Put a visegrip on the plug, then visegrip the other visgrip to the table.
I need to get myself some vise grips lol
Great video
Thank you!
@@scrapitall200you are welcome
Scrappin done ✅ right 👍
Thank you buddy, you’re too kind. Thanks for all of your support, I truly appreciate it.
I just did about 50 of these, i boiled mine in water, as soon as it boiled i shut it off, dump off the water and wait 10 minutes, pulled with just a gloved hand and side cutters, i found more of them came out with the copper attached
@@westcoastSRT4 that’s awesome.
I did a video after this one where I boiled them but I prefer using the sun to soften them up.
Thank you for watching
I found an old toaster oven someone threw away in a dumpster. Took it home and plugged it in and it still worked. I use it to heat up a bunch of plug at a time and the brass and copper slide right out with channel lock pliers and the sidecutters pliers
That’s awesome! I heard boiling them in water works well too, think I’ll try that one day and of course make a video of it. Thank you so much for watching.
If you happen to be scrapping an RV, I need to find a power connection receptacle also a 12volt spark unit ( found on water heaters, furnaces, fridge) ⚡😎☕
Scrapitall, another good show, here🎯
I’ll keep that in mind if I ever come across those things and let you know.
Thank you so much buddy. I really appreciate you supporting my channel and always leaving comments.
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Good vid. Micro scrapping at its best. I do agree with the post from one of your subs boiling them is so much easier. God bless you
Thank you and thanks for watching. I’m going to have to try boiling them and see how well that works. God bless you too!
It all adds up! Nice tips on the outlets. God Bless!
It sure does. Thank you and God bless you too!
Amazing what you can find and what people throw out. Thanks for showing us the removal of the prongs. I have 1000 of them
You're welcome. I like to do them when I'm scrapping whatever they came off of, saving them up and doing a bunch at once gets real boring real fast lol
Love your informative videos ,great tips and have put to good use . Thank you
That’s so great to hear!
Thank you, I appreciate that.
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You could use a heat gun on those stove plugs. Heats them up nice just don't get too close with the guns. They can give off fumes. Alost if you heat up the whole thing the heavy wire may come out too. Bonus.
Good idea, thank you!
I save up plugs and switches till I have a bunch then use my cordless driver to remove every screw to get the copper then use my magnet to sort the screws then when I break the plugs and switches I lay an old rag over them then smash them with the hammer. It keeps the pieces from flying everywhere in my shop.
That’s awesome, thank you for watching.
My scrap yard doesn't care if I don't cut plugs off, in which case I recommend not cutting them off because of problems you had with 1st plug. Sometimes the Copper in plug has a collar, in which case it won't pull out with plug. As for dryer plug, bothcutters can get prongs out.
I wish my yard wouldn’t care if they were left on. I’ll have to try the bolt cutter method. Thank you and thank you for watching.
Putting these in boiling water for a few minutes makes this job simple but they cool down quickly so you have to kind of balance it with doing 10 or so at a time between projects. If you accumulate a substantial amount, and every scrapper should have a bucket full after 6 months of scrapping, it is time well spent.
Peace
I’ve heard of that method and haven’t tried it yet, but I will be soon. I actually like to do them as I’m scrapping the item I just cut them off of, I don’t like to let them accumulate cause then it’s a lot of monotonous work lol. Thank you for watching.
Very clean and well organized work area. Impressive. You are a fairly clear speaker in how you speak and how you go from point to point. Folks who watch your breakdown videos will understand how to do whatever you are teaching. You will probably do well along the way.
I'm not sure what happened, but your comments from my last video have disappeared. I'm sure I've done something for that to happen, and I hate that. I was enjoying the thread. Looking forward to more of your work.
Thank you! I clean my bench and sweep up at the end of each day. I can’t work when things are messy. Thanks, bud, I appreciate your feedback and positive words.
I saw they disappeared. I was hoping I hadn’t said something I shouldn’t have, but I figured it must’ve been a TH-cam glitch or something. Thanks, I’m looking forward to watching yours, there’s something relaxing about your accent I enjoy.
You are the second person to say that in two days. I won't go into detail here how that conversation went.
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Like your video. I scrap almost everything. Can't seem to find a place for all the plastic. I really like circuit breakers, brass and silver contacts. 👍 Thanks for sharing. I subbed.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
Thank you! I scrap it all 😂
Yeah I’d love to have a place to recycle all of the plastic.
Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel, I really appreciate it.
You could also put the outlet in a vise to take out the screws. A cordless drill comes in handy to.
That’s a good idea. I personally try to not use power tools in my videos only for the fact that some viewers might not have one and I’m hoping to show ways to do it without. I appreciate your feedback, thank you.
Did you ever see that video Thubprint did where he left his plugs in some boiling water to loosen up the rubber? I haven't tried pulling the brass from plugins yet but I should start. Your video is giving me good ideas! thanks!
I did see that video. Only reason I don’t try that is cause it’ll cost money with the electricity or propane to boil water and that would cut into my profits. Although I’m thinking about trying it over a fire in my fire pit. Thank you! Glad my video has helped.
@@scrapitall200 Understandable and the fire is a good idea!
I’m going to save up a bunch of plugs and make a video boiling them in water using a fire and see how it works.
@@scrapitall200 Nice!
Use the pliers with the vice. Wont have to bend your wrist. Great leverage.
Thank you for the tip, I appreciate it and thank you for watching.
Nice way of doing the plugs in your vice, yeah are outlets are bigger but still have steel inside of them but there ceramic witch is good to use a hammer 🔨 to break down the ceramic, great info buddy 👍
Yeah I’ve wondered what European ones are like. Thank you my friend and thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200 you may see some very soon my friend and your welcome
@@nightscrapperuk13 oh cool! I’ll definitely enjoy seeing that!
Rubber trash barrel and a heavy sledge, use the bottom of the sledge to smash them in the barrel and just grab the brass and easy clean up
I have two separate videos on plugs and outlets now. Thank you for watching and for your suggestion.
I use a pair of vice grips to hold the plugs
Believe it or not, I don’t even own a pair of those lol. Thank you for watching.
@scrapitall200 I love watching your videos. You make them about the topic at hand and not about yourself like some other scrappers do.
@@Kreacher1974 thank you very much, I appreciate that.
I highly recommend Crescent's compound side cutters! They are supposed to be life time guranteed, but regardless, I will buy the very same side cutters if the completely break. I like the extra power and narrow tips. The spring back mechanism can break, but its unnecessary. Nice comfy grips that stay put. Truly! I am lusting after your vise!
I’ve heard good stuff about their cutters. I’ll have to look into what they got, thanks for that. Yeah it’s been the perfect vise for me and what I scrap. Thank you for watching some of my videos.
Double check those big “brass” lamps aren’t just die cast. That happened to me once when I didn’t know better. I bought a big heavy lamp similar to that for $5 or $8 at the thrift store thinking I’d score on brass. It was die cast and I basically broke even on the weight😅
I found an entire brass bed frame once and that was sweet, like $100+ after I cleaned it up!
Yeah I’m pretty good at checking things with a file, fortunately every thing I get is free lol.
That’s sweet, I love when things are heavy brass. Thank you for watching bud.
@@scrapitall200 everything I get is also free, yay! The lamp was a learning experience, at least I didn’t lose money, but the thing was like 15+ lbs “brass”! (So I thought) And figured I could buy it for $5 and make $25😅oops! Now I know my metals better!👍
@@dr.a006 I’ve learned that when they are really heavy, they aren’t brass lol. Mostly.
Great video. Might also look into switches and circuit breakers. Both have brass and some (mostly circuit breakers) have silver that can easily be scrapped.
Absolutely and I do have a bunch, I just didn’t include them in that video. Perhaps I should make a video with those in them. Thank you for your comment and taking the time to watch my video.
Great tips thanks for sharing this!
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching, bud
I have an old slow cooker I put water in and cook them for HR they come out easy
I've heard of that method before! Thanks for the tip
how about the ones with 4 plugs, in one, those any good 4 brass?
Yeah they all have brass in them. I do all of this as a hobby and I get a lot of joy doing what I do. I think it’s all worth it. Thank you for your question.
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Hello, how are you?
Great video
Thank you, you are too kind to me.
boil the plugs first yo will get the more
and cut the windings in the motors instead of the steel
I haven’t tried boiling them yet but I’m going ti try that method down the road. Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200 it softens the rubber around the plug and makes it easier to pull out dont work good with plastic tho plugs
Good information, thank you for sharing, I appreciate it.
Great video!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
My yard let's me throw in whole plugs for brass price. It's usually only around 10 of them in a 20 pound bucket but they never say anything.
Oh wow! That makes it real easy then. Mine won’t even pay me dirty brass for them. Thank you for watching and subscribing.
Try a nail puller, it's a rounded nose. Perfect for a vice.
That is a fantastic idea, thank you! And thank you for watching.
I’m enjoying your videos but I am having trouble hearing you for some reason whether on my iPad or my computer. I don’t know if anyone else is having issues also.
Thank you for letting me know, I’ll try and work on my audio. Thank you so much for watching and enjoying my videos!
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I appreciate you watching.
As for the electrical outlets, I don't do them, yield too small, many are brittle, but many are too tough to hammer. I don't agree with this guy using screwdriver the way he did at 6:30 because eventually he will stab his hand with screwdriver. Vice grips.
That’s exactly why I was telling viewers to remove the screws before breaking the outlets apart. Done properly 100 hundred of them and never hurt myself yet. Thank you for watching.