Hey there are you sensational subs how are you all today? In today's video I melt down what I was told is some sort of a pump and I'm not exactly sure what it is, if you know let me know. 3 melts in this video and some awesome pieces to add to the stack. Another long one today but next week I'm hoping to do a shorter one but I always say that and it never happens. Anyway have an awesome weekend enjoy the video and I'll hopefully see you all next Friday😆👋🏻
Been dodging Twisters all day yesterday in the Southern States, in JANUARY!! Selma Alabama got hit hard. I guess we'll have blizzards next week. 🤣 Hope ya dodge those wildfires!! Stay safe!!
For anyone curious, a fire ban basically means that, everything is too dry (aka lack of humidity.) and the risk of a fire going wild is quite high. Meaning that a fire ban is usually put in place to prevent people from accidentally causing large scale fires that get out of their control. Not everywhere experiences this kind of thing, which has to deal with the humidity factor. Anywhere close to like water, will always have enough humidity to keep fires within control for the most part (aka harder to start.) Also it's often issued during warmer weather too. Meaning if it's like, a fairly toasty summer day with no humidity whatsoever, like that of a desert... Then yeah, no fires if there is any form of dry brush around. Doesn't entirely mean you can't go starting a fire. Just means, be extremely careful with the fire, and try to keep it as small as possible. In the case of smelting... the heat alone coming out of the furnace could cause dry brush around the area to catch fire potentially if that heat were to drift enough to the side. Anyways, gotta appreciate BigStack for taking responsibility by not smelting that day, and also for giving us a three in one video practically in terms of metals melted in a single video.
I’m honestly kind of surprised that this is the first time we’ve seen this (as far as I can remember) and that we’ve never heard about fire permits or restrictions. Especially after the wildfires chewed through Australia.
I stumbled onto your channel. Your videos captivate me. It’s all I can do to keep from binge watching. I’m hooked. About the fire ban. I have my share of fire ban experiences being in Colorado, USA. Here that includes smoking out doors. It also includes anything that creates SPARKS like the cutting wheel on your grinder… that’s a no no fyi
Many thanks to your fabulous Aussie water bombers. They have been here in Washington State the last two years during fire season, helping immensely to put down forest fires. 👍
I melted copper for the first time a month or so ago(took 18 months), and it has quickly become my favorite. It is so cool to work with and watch in all stages. I’ve only been doing cans for aluminum, so it is what it is, but the copper is special.
Bigstackd, u must be a genius. You have some time to do this and live your life. Bro. The longer I live, the more people humble me. And your camera work and editing is tops. I see u do multiple angles and never catch the other lenses. Very creative. On top of it all u r organized. And the script is great, full of humor and nothing wasted. Every shot has great composure and meaning. Holy cow bro. Next level. I've watched tons of your stuff.
I remember just a few years ago you weren't even halfway to your goal and I would spend the little time I had enjoying your melts. Now, you're almost there! Keep it up man and thank you :)
If you've not tried it, for industrial grease/grime on your hands, try pumice sand soap. I knew a lot of mechanics who keep it on hand. I remember using it way back in Auto shop. That stuff was FANTASTIC! Took the caked on grease like it was nothing. Also did a lot to soften my hands, which was a surprise. I think you'd live it for grimey melts like this one. Either way, I am quite relaxed and enjoying this right now.
I use a face scrubbing soap with those tiny scrubbing beads in it clean my grime hands. It cleans amazingly well! I'm surprised the wife unit can wash her face with it. I do it all the time. It's called ( invigorating facial cleanser) at Target or ( Clean & Clear Morning Burst Cleanser) at the expensive stores. It's only draw back it they are finding those little scrubbing beads in fish now because they go right through the sewage treatment facility and into the ocean.🤯
Lava soap is legit, I used to pull and ship hydraulic fittings all coated with different oils for diff metal(brass/steel/iron/etc.) and lava works on all of them
@skru_ball Lava was a great one! I used it a few times, that liquid soap with the pumice. It's really hard to find the dry powder, though, that's the best for making the hands silky soft after all that grease. But Lava was still a great one!
@@cosm1c_moonl1ght15 I live in Northern California USA and fire bans are an annual event here. When it is dry, hot and windy the government orders a ban on all outdoor fires. This usually includes gas powered equipment and off road vehicles as a spark in dry grass can burn down thousands of homes over vast areas.
Love the crystallisation as the pour sets, you doing great work with the filming and editing mate. Skinks are awesome as they will help keep the bugs down a bit!
Sorry if this has been answered, I'm one of those feckin Sparkys, and I couldn't resist. Looks to be a hydraulic reservoir pump. Drain the oil and you should find a pressure pump of some kind that was connected to that motor, as well as threaded ports somewhere that are labeled "inlet" and "outlet", or somesuch thing that tells you where the hoses need to go. It gets connected to a hydraulic cylinder for things like opening and closing discharge gates on aggregate storage bins. As for the motor itself, I'm from the States, so I don't want to do too much guessing about it.
I love watching the copper cool and turn to solid! Its sort of like watching a puzzle complete it self and sometimes the pieces seem to float up into position
Your camera work is getting very impressive. That shot neat the end made me feel like I was watching a big production movie. Love the vids, keep it up!
From ice to steam = sublimation !! Also need to make a large gear blank from melting aluminum to convert the lathe to metric. Can't wait !! Thanks D for the inspiration !!
i believe what your working on is a hydraulic pump motor and yeah. the tank is full of hydraulic oil . yeah we use them on some dies to help push parts of with hydraulic cyclender in the piercing stages. the piece you got was the motor and tank your missing the controlles part of the unit. thats just a component of that big picture. thank you for sharing the adventure.
32:09 Bubble O'Bill socks! The nostalgia :) I didn't know they still sold them! Edit: Followed imeadiately by a clip from the Goonies. Dave Grusin did some amazing soundtracks
If I'm not mistaken, the relay contacts that have the silver looking points/contacts are just that. Silver soldered onto brass. They are small but can add up. Great video as always bud and happy hunting !!
@@bigstackD you deserve it. I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now and I haven’t missed one since I started watching them. They’ve always been my Friday night entertainment and that won’t be changing any time soon. I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the week to come👊
For highly delicate dismantling, as seen around the 1:48 mark, I also recommend the Arkansas Speed wrench #2. I also find the lefthanded speed wrench works best for me.
Small bit of advice...when seasoning your burgers, grind from a little higher up and you get better coverage. Doing it that low, you're going to get a big lump of salt/pepper in one spot instead of across the whole patty.
That my rainy sunday day movie bruv. Never gets old. The copper was like water! Nice work Guv the again for another good one. Nice to see the ice pups as well
Funny enough, I found your vids because I had a large amount of scrap sterling and wanted to melt it but ended up watching a bunch of extraction/refining videos. TH-cam thought I might like your videos (I do) and popped a bunch of your vids up in my suggestions. That being said extracting the silver will be a chemical process so you will need the chemicals, a heat source (I don't think your furnace will work), and a fume hood or I guess you could try open air with your respirator on.
18:21 not sure why, or even if this is the correct word, but I find this to be very peaceful. Metal just....slowly melting. Lol. Edit 25:49 holy hell! The return of the fake $100 USD! I was missing those, hahah
Just curious, but do you have any coin molds that would do a design on both sides of the same coin? I know you do the sand castings that way, but was just wondering if there was a hard reusable method as well.
I think I have seen him use the Vice clamp double sided molds. My guess is that if he doesn’t have any, if someone sent him one, he’d make a video. Could be encouraging for someone to send him one from Etsy.
BigstackD & Cutting Edge Engineering 2023 collab idea... It would be awesome to see the metal you recovered brought to a foundry then machined into a usable part for the mining industry by Curtis... I'm sure I'm not the only one subscribed to both channels.
Wow!! AWESOME copper poor!! It was as thin as water this time. Usually it poors thick. SO COOL!! As for that skink, stand in your shed, plug your ears, and blow the shrillest whistle over and over and it will leave. They will learn to stay away.
That's NEXT LEVEL stuff, extracting the Silver from the Brass. Looking forward to seeing that! That Copper bar is a beauty, love that finish, rough everywhere except for one surface.
It was defiantly a hydraulic pump/power unit for industrial applications. I have serviced, rebuild, and replaced plenty of these things while i was working in a factory as a maintenance tech there.
I can’t be the only one who loves watching copper “freeze” can I? @BigStackD have you considered getting larger propane tanks now that you’re in the new shop? A 500 gallon tank would last you quite a long time. Just a thought. Stay safe.
The pictures of the sun and smoke reminded me of California when we had all the fires. Looked just like that even though all the fires were hundreds of miles away,
I built a fire in my pit at work last week and welted down a bunch of old cans we had and some pieces of tubing with it! It was awesome i just dug a hole at one end of the box in the dirt and kept adding metal to the fire above it as it melted down i was surprised at how easy it was to melt it all down in a good fire 👌 and it was super cool seeing a pool of molten metal with ash floating on it 😂👌 great vid as always bud keep doing what you do
Hey there are you sensational subs how are you all today? In today's video I melt down what I was told is some sort of a pump and I'm not exactly sure what it is, if you know let me know. 3 melts in this video and some awesome pieces to add to the stack. Another long one today but next week I'm hoping to do a shorter one but I always say that and it never happens. Anyway have an awesome weekend enjoy the video and I'll hopefully see you all next Friday😆👋🏻
Seattle WA 🤘🦊👍
Been dodging Twisters all day yesterday in the Southern States, in JANUARY!! Selma Alabama got hit hard. I guess we'll have blizzards next week. 🤣
Hope ya dodge those wildfires!! Stay safe!!
Thanks BigD. Have a smashing weekend. Can you do some precious metals melt?
I've not seen a video of yours end up too long yet.
You have a good one too, mate. 👍👍🤪🤪
For anyone curious, a fire ban basically means that, everything is too dry (aka lack of humidity.) and the risk of a fire going wild is quite high. Meaning that a fire ban is usually put in place to prevent people from accidentally causing large scale fires that get out of their control. Not everywhere experiences this kind of thing, which has to deal with the humidity factor. Anywhere close to like water, will always have enough humidity to keep fires within control for the most part (aka harder to start.) Also it's often issued during warmer weather too. Meaning if it's like, a fairly toasty summer day with no humidity whatsoever, like that of a desert... Then yeah, no fires if there is any form of dry brush around.
Doesn't entirely mean you can't go starting a fire. Just means, be extremely careful with the fire, and try to keep it as small as possible. In the case of smelting... the heat alone coming out of the furnace could cause dry brush around the area to catch fire potentially if that heat were to drift enough to the side.
Anyways, gotta appreciate BigStack for taking responsibility by not smelting that day, and also for giving us a three in one video practically in terms of metals melted in a single video.
We have burn bans in the US as well.
Here in Florida, a burn ban means no open fires....
I’m honestly kind of surprised that this is the first time we’ve seen this (as far as I can remember) and that we’ve never heard about fire permits or restrictions. Especially after the wildfires chewed through Australia.
I stumbled onto your channel. Your videos captivate me. It’s all I can do to keep from binge watching. I’m hooked. About the fire ban. I have my share of fire ban experiences being in Colorado, USA. Here that includes smoking out doors. It also includes anything that creates SPARKS like the cutting wheel on your grinder… that’s a no no fyi
So where you live a burn ban means “Carefully start a small fire”?
"Cardboard stops fire brick sticking to crucible." Oh yeah that's the stuff I came here for.
Many thanks to your fabulous Aussie water bombers. They have been here in Washington State the last two years during fire season, helping immensely to put down forest fires. 👍
you know, aluminium melts used to be my favourite. but after this video, i can confidently say that copper melts are my second fav :)
I melted copper for the first time a month or so ago(took 18 months), and it has quickly become my favorite. It is so cool to work with and watch in all stages. I’ve only been doing cans for aluminum, so it is what it is, but the copper is special.
Love how the food is stashed in the most random places. 🤣
Bigstackd, u must be a genius. You have some time to do this and live your life. Bro. The longer I live, the more people humble me. And your camera work and editing is tops. I see u do multiple angles and never catch the other lenses. Very creative. On top of it all u r organized. And the script is great, full of humor and nothing wasted. Every shot has great composure and meaning. Holy cow bro. Next level. I've watched tons of your stuff.
I remember just a few years ago you weren't even halfway to your goal and I would spend the little time I had enjoying your melts. Now, you're almost there! Keep it up man and thank you :)
Nice melt my friend!
Once again friend you have given me more than I deserve and I really appreciate it. You have yourself an awesome week & an awesome weekend👊🏻😁
When I saw surgical precision a knew bigstackD was around I thought of Hammer time😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
If you've not tried it, for industrial grease/grime on your hands, try pumice sand soap. I knew a lot of mechanics who keep it on hand. I remember using it way back in Auto shop. That stuff was FANTASTIC! Took the caked on grease like it was nothing. Also did a lot to soften my hands, which was a surprise. I think you'd live it for grimey melts like this one. Either way, I am quite relaxed and enjoying this right now.
I use a face scrubbing soap with those tiny scrubbing beads in it clean my grime hands. It cleans amazingly well! I'm surprised the wife unit can wash her face with it. I do it all the time. It's called ( invigorating facial cleanser) at Target or ( Clean & Clear Morning Burst Cleanser) at the expensive stores. It's only draw back it they are finding those little scrubbing beads in fish now because they go right through the sewage treatment facility and into the ocean.🤯
Dawn dish washing liquid and salt.
Lava soap is legit, I used to pull and ship hydraulic fittings all coated with different oils for diff metal(brass/steel/iron/etc.) and lava works on all of them
@skru_ball Lava was a great one! I used it a few times, that liquid soap with the pumice. It's really hard to find the dry powder, though, that's the best for making the hands silky soft after all that grease. But Lava was still a great one!
@@Duewester hmm, I should give that one a try, I've got that grittier Himalayan salt, should work.
The Goonies. Absolute masterpiece of a childhood's dream.
I am here for the pour, the pups, and the polish! Not necessarily in that order! Great content!!!
It’s good to see you stick to the fire ban restrictions. I hope everyone is safe and thanks for another awesome video
Can I ask what fire bans are?
@@cosm1c_moonl1ght15 when it’s so dry and temperatures are high and things can catch on fire really easy
@@cosm1c_moonl1ght15 I live in Northern California USA and fire bans are an annual event here. When it is dry, hot and windy the government orders a ban on all outdoor fires. This usually includes gas powered equipment and off road vehicles as a spark in dry grass can burn down thousands of homes over vast areas.
That was one beautiful copper pour!!! 👌😎
Surgically precise as always. Thanks for the content and edits. ❤
Love the crystallisation as the pour sets, you doing great work with the filming and editing mate. Skinks are awesome as they will help keep the bugs down a bit!
Sorry if this has been answered, I'm one of those feckin Sparkys, and I couldn't resist. Looks to be a hydraulic reservoir pump. Drain the oil and you should find a pressure pump of some kind that was connected to that motor, as well as threaded ports somewhere that are labeled "inlet" and "outlet", or somesuch thing that tells you where the hoses need to go.
It gets connected to a hydraulic cylinder for things like opening and closing discharge gates on aggregate storage bins.
As for the motor itself, I'm from the States, so I don't want to do too much guessing about it.
I love the Goonies theme! I look forward to these videos every Friday 😁
I love watching the copper cool and turn to solid! Its sort of like watching a puzzle complete it self and sometimes the pieces seem to float up into position
Your camera work is getting very impressive. That shot neat the end made me feel like I was watching a big production movie. Love the vids, keep it up!
Really enjoyed this episode. You've inspired me to start taking things apart.
is that a good thing or bad thing taking things apart I mean
Love watching you break down objects and the multiple metals that you recycle from them.
Here’s hoping you stay safe during those fires!
From ice to steam = sublimation !! Also need to make a large gear blank from melting aluminum to convert the lathe to metric. Can't wait !! Thanks D for the inspiration !!
Your disassembly. You have the precision of a skilled neurosurgeon. Fantastic video Sir.
Those were some wonderful pours. Watching you is always a pleasure.
Thanks for these ideas. The electrical contacts usually contain lots of Silver or other similar metals or alloys. They are expensive.
"Perfect pour"
Had to rewind to watch again. Worthy of an instant replay 😊
Just as i'm heading to bed! Perfect timing always Stack! :D Hope you are well :)
i believe what your working on is a hydraulic pump motor and yeah. the tank is full of hydraulic oil . yeah we use them on some dies to help push parts of with hydraulic cyclender in the piercing stages. the piece you got was the motor and tank your missing the controlles part of the unit. thats just a component of that big picture. thank you for sharing the adventure.
You're watching Goonies! Cool! Love your videos. Love the process.
I love these long videos from our favorite smelter and scrapper it’s always a pleasure to watch your channel many thanks BigStackD😁😊👍🏻😄☺️
wish mine was☹
It’s been a lot of work to get your stack this large. Enjoy watching your journey getting here.
Pretty good, D. I can't believe you are forging when it is that hot outside. Sweltering!
Thank you for my Friday destress. As per usual FANTASTIC!!
@ 11:45 The Surgical Removal of the copper made me chuckle. It was spot on. Great video mate. Always look forward to them. 👍
32:09 Bubble O'Bill socks! The nostalgia :) I didn't know they still sold them!
Edit: Followed imeadiately by a clip from the Goonies. Dave Grusin did some amazing soundtracks
I haven't seen any 10mm sockets since he got to the new shed. I hope they are alright wherever they are.
StackD! You're so close to your goal! Can't wait to see what you do when you get there.
Of course I watched the video and you getting ever closer to your target goal. I hope you have an great weekend to as well.
If I'm not mistaken, the relay contacts that have the silver looking points/contacts are just that. Silver soldered onto brass. They are small but can add up. Great video as always bud and happy hunting !!
Always assumed they were tungsten. I suppose Tungsten would have too high of a resistance.
Great close ups. Really clear.
Perfect melts and pours and precious puppy pampering. What more could we ask for! :-) Stay safe out there!
3 different metals today very nice. 👍👍👍
Thanks
Once again friend you have given me more than I deserve and I really appreciate it. You have yourself an awesome week & an awesome weekend👊🏻😁
@@bigstackD you deserve it. I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now and I haven’t missed one since I started watching them. They’ve always been my Friday night entertainment and that won’t be changing any time soon.
I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the week to come👊
Your pouring game was on point this week
Big fan of yours, ya boi commenting from the Philippines 🇵🇭 Just wanna say good stuff as always, mate!
For highly delicate dismantling, as seen around the 1:48 mark, I also recommend the Arkansas Speed wrench #2. I also find the lefthanded speed wrench works best for me.
Who would’ve guessed that metal melting is this relaxing to watch. Keep it up
These videos inspire me to melt everytime I see them. But do t know where to start! Great vids
After a crappy Friday,feels good to relax and watch a BigStackD video
Soooo satisfying to see the melts
Well I’m glad I made your Friday a little bit better my friend👊🏻
Well I’m glad I made your Friday a little bit better my friend👊🏻
@@bigstackD it's a shame I have to wait to get home from work.....but definitely worth the wait
Copper melts are my fave....the colour is fantastic
The BigSnackD segment is always my favorite. Idk what it is but the skits you do about your food always make me laugh! Keep that part in always pls!
the best part of every friday is watching your videos.
The Goonies even after see the shirt!
LOVE MIRROR POLISH AND JUST THE ELEMENT STAMPED.
I've been watching you from the time you were doing small pours to bigger pours thank you so much for the amazing content and keep up the amazing work
Small bit of advice...when seasoning your burgers, grind from a little higher up and you get better coverage. Doing it that low, you're going to get a big lump of salt/pepper in one spot instead of across the whole patty.
Yes! Another melt video with doggy cameo👍👍👍
I liked watching the aluminum bar crystalize. Another great video. Thank you.
That my rainy sunday day movie bruv. Never gets old. The copper was like water! Nice work Guv the again for another good one. Nice to see the ice pups as well
I love how delicate you are in taking these items apart.
Definitely waiting to see a video on the extracting with silver contacts. I've been collecting as well
Yay tiny crucible! 😍 Also, your little ice cube doggos are too cute! Thanks for another awesome video!
I love dogs....they are my favorite people.
Excellent melt today and I think that is a hydraulic oil pump outstanding video awesome content thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
👊🏻😁
Bedankt
Cheers for the super thanks matey I really appreciate it. Have yourself an awesome weekend😁👍
Will do sir, thanks for the content!
Always cheering my Fridays, thanks man
Yeah, I got that tool, too!! In the States we call it a #7 Arkansas speed wrench. LOL!! Keep the videos coming!!
Funny enough, I found your vids because I had a large amount of scrap sterling and wanted to melt it but ended up watching a bunch of extraction/refining videos. TH-cam thought I might like your videos (I do) and popped a bunch of your vids up in my suggestions. That being said extracting the silver will be a chemical process so you will need the chemicals, a heat source (I don't think your furnace will work), and a fume hood or I guess you could try open air with your respirator on.
Your videos have this "Oddly Satisfying" quality to them. I greatly enjoy them.
IM A BIGSTACKD FAN and now i wanna mets copper too 😅
Melt i mean 😂😂
You’re videos really are peaceful. Really immersive. Makes me want to get into it
18:21 not sure why, or even if this is the correct word, but I find this to be very peaceful. Metal just....slowly melting. Lol. Edit 25:49 holy hell! The return of the fake $100 USD! I was missing those, hahah
Awesome melt as always hope the new year is treating you well give the boy's a extra scratch from me 😁😁
Just curious, but do you have any coin molds that would do a design on both sides of the same coin? I know you do the sand castings that way, but was just wondering if there was a hard reusable method as well.
I think I have seen him use the Vice clamp double sided molds.
My guess is that if he doesn’t have any, if someone sent him one, he’d make a video. Could be encouraging for someone to send him one from Etsy.
Living that good life! I see you have made a good life for You and Yours minus a frigging boss. Best way!!
👊🏻
Treasure chest is so freaking awesome. Thank you for sharing your skills. ❤
Nice copper bar and aluminum bar's and brass coin thanks for sharing bigstackd
The man behind the SOCKS is always welcome on a friday arvo..... love your work bud........
BigstackD & Cutting Edge Engineering 2023 collab idea... It would be awesome to see the metal you recovered brought to a foundry then machined into a usable part for the mining industry by Curtis... I'm sure I'm not the only one subscribed to both channels.
Wow!! AWESOME copper poor!! It was as thin as water this time. Usually it poors thick. SO COOL!!
As for that skink, stand in your shed, plug your ears, and blow the shrillest whistle over and over and it will leave. They will learn to stay away.
That's NEXT LEVEL stuff, extracting the Silver from the Brass. Looking forward to seeing that! That Copper bar is a beauty, love that finish, rough everywhere except for one surface.
It was defiantly a hydraulic pump/power unit for industrial applications. I have serviced, rebuild, and replaced plenty of these things while i was working in a factory as a maintenance tech there.
Was afraid you forgot to take the metal label from it to add to your collection, but was happy to discover you got it at the very end. Cheers mate!
I can’t be the only one who loves watching copper “freeze” can I?
@BigStackD have you considered getting larger propane tanks now that you’re in the new shop? A 500 gallon tank would last you quite a long time. Just a thought. Stay safe.
The pictures of the sun and smoke reminded me of California when we had all the fires. Looked just like that even though all the fires were hundreds of miles away,
What a mess of stuff to take apart. Great editing as always!
That aluminum pour was beautiful!!!
@16:08 - Mole crickets. My arch-enemy. Great melt today D
I built a fire in my pit at work last week and welted down a bunch of old cans we had and some pieces of tubing with it! It was awesome i just dug a hole at one end of the box in the dirt and kept adding metal to the fire above it as it melted down i was surprised at how easy it was to melt it all down in a good fire 👌 and it was super cool seeing a pool of molten metal with ash floating on it 😂👌 great vid as always bud keep doing what you do
One of the best movies of all time.
Love from India bro 🇮🇳
Been watching your videos for a long time. Love the new place and the new pet skink. He will help with any bugs around and you can call him scrap.
Once again, beautiful work 😮🎉
Thanks again!
Man knows how to grill a burger!! Not burnt and brown on the inside and juicy, Good job.
The Lizards are awesome, my wife loves them bro. Thank you.
My favorite melts are the triples ! Thank you for the video and amazing camera angles! Also enjoyed the skink screen time haha. Have a great week
I love it when you have the perfect tool for the job. Aka Mr hammer. 💪🤣
here is -32 C and I'm freezing and somewhere in down under it's 39 C...
great video as always!
That bronze pour was magical
What safety measures do you have around your house in case a ember or a spark happens to ignite something or if a mould is too hot?