The end of the year so I thought I do my biggest bar and my longest video , so sit back enjoy and I hope to see you all next year. Stay safe over the new year break👊🏻😁 Edit: I accidentally left out the value of the bar while editing so I will definitely add that in to next Friday‘s video👍🏻
I have a neighbor who is a pool/spa contractor, and I've received two defunct pool heaters from him very similar to what you tore down in this video. Sadly, I'm not yet ready to smelt, so I simply turned the innards in for scrap, for lack of storage space. The brass and copper that come out of those heaters is incredible! Plus, one of the old heaters contained kaowool (too decrepit to salvage) and the other had solid slabs of refractory brick (that I saved for my eventual smelting).
As someone who is a technician in the pool business, I always wanted to see all the copper from those heaters melted down in to a single bar. Awesome video!!
I dare you to go to your local junkyard, buy a car for as cheap as possible *- And melt it all !!* (Except the tires, of course) LOL! I'm serious! Consider it a challenge. Anyone else want to see that?? It would be quite interesting and informative!
@@bigbluepacific3950 That's what I'd like to find out. Also, it would be informative as to what the makeup of an average car is. Aluminum would be a large amount, since modern cars use a lot of it in the body, engine, wheels, and other assorted parts. The subframe and suspension would be mostly steel, including the transmission because the gearbox uses hardened steel gears and components to withstand the wear and tear of daily driving and the force applied by the engine. There is some glass and a lot of plastic parts from the interior and trim. It also depends on the model year of the car. Much older, pre-1980 cars consisted of more steel because the bodies were generally not aluminum like today's cars that use more aluminum for the purpose of saving weight and gas mileage.
I started scrapping like this years ago in my free time. It got to the point where my favorite part was just taking apart machines to see what they are made of. Almost therapeutic. You learn a lot and you can turn a pile of crap destined for the landfill into cash (or bars). It's amazing what people just toss in a dumpster.
Love what you do stackD, I have a suggestion for a video. Take a old crucible that you are ready to retire and fill it with molten copper right to the rim, then let it freeze in the crucible. Once hard break the crucible to unveil a solid copper crucible that you can then polish and engrave with your logo. Would look pretty sick in your new treasure room. Keep doing what your doing man also give Bullion and Ingot a pet from us.
Your grammar is off. Sir. Is for male genders Ma'am is female genders Ms., Mss, Mrs, is all females. Single, married, widowed. Mr and Sir males. For God sakes, don't become like western civilization where you don't know the difference between a male and a female.
@@MessianicJudaism The content creator of this channel is male, you f-cking moron. My grammar is fine. Your comprehension of the English language...and reality...are laughable.
Here's some wisdom I picked up over helping my grandfather clean a barn full of car parts. If you have no intentions keeping lock screws take a flat head and snap the lock out after words you can use the same flat head or a star bit and unscrew it like a normal screw.
THAT is one hell of a Copper Bar and i still love the color of Copper a LOT ^^ Also .... since you moved to you new Place you got so many many cool animals around it is really a joy for me seeing them doing there thing while you melt, smelt and cast all manners of cool bars and things :) Many thanks from a guy in Germany to you ;) And a happy new year!
I appreciate very much the content that you put out. I don't fully understand the amount of work that must go in to filming and editing your videos. Here's a very small token of my appreciation for your efforts. -Charlie from Oklahoma, USA
no worries at all Charlie cheers for the donation I really appreciate it mate. Yes the editing is the hardest part of the videos and the most time-consuming but all the editing gets done on the lounge with the two boys next to me so it’s not all bad. Have a great New Year’s mate and talk with you soon👊🏻😁
Being an electronics hobbyist for decades, it's always said to see potential space parts discarded so easily. Sure, they would have ended up in a landfill otherwise, but it's still sad to see. That LCD display alone would have been fun to turn into something. Nevertheless, I am not complaining. This process is still fun to watch. I'm sure you knew this, but a lot of old electronics (1970s and earlier) contain a lot of gold, especially the chips (gold pins). I'd collect the chips due to their rarity though. I guess you would have to have a lot of them to get a decent amount of gold out of them.
I haven’t even had a chance to watch it yet, but I had to comment that seeing a video from you, that’s 42 minutes long, makes me so happy! I appreciate you, I appreciate what you do, and I hope you have a happy new year!
if it had been 42 minutes of struggling, aggravated, angry, constipation? Would that result in a nostalgia for the shorter videos? ;-) just phucking with You, meant nothing for it. Have a healthy, safe, happy Weekend!!
Man, watching this, I think back to 8 or 9 years ago, when I used to scrap 60-100 hot water tanks every two weeks for an HVAC company. I recovered the non-ferrous metals for the extra value, and generally had two five-gallon buckets of brass T's, elbows, and pressure-relief valves - 50-70 pounds - along with 40-60 pounds of copper pipe. Every two weeks. And then there were the A/C cores. If I'd been watching this channel then, I don't think I'd've been able to resist the temptation to become a melter!
What a way to finish the year, with a 11kg copper bar and all the smelting which goes with it. I look forward to all the destruction and smelting in the next year.
I’m really digging the new property! It must feel pretty good to get out of the suburbs to your own piece of land. Great views, and great vid as always.
I’ve been casting lead bullets for several years and your advice about checking your equipment and preheating your tools is spot on. I’ve had a couple “silver showers” over the years and I know lead droplets are HOT AND UNMERCIFUL when they get on you!
Nice silver contacts in that jar. It will take a bit of chemistry to extract pure but even impure the silver content would make a cool ingot. I have seen people remove the contacts from the plates with just a bit of torch heat on breaker contacts. Maybe that is a good place to start. About the heater, so much copper! I never would have guessed. Great vid!
I was looking for a comment just like this :) extracting silver and gold can be done from contacts and (in some cases) circuit boards, but it does require a little bit of specialist knowledge
@@deminumenera1758 yeah, (imo) either bust out the chemistry set, colab with Sreetips or just make a contact coin. junk silver coin currency is typically 90% anyway so a contact coin would be pretty cool.
@@leadbadger9543 I was going to mention Sreetips as well. To extract the silver, I would recommend dissolving in nitric and cementing out on copper. The resulting silver cement can be melted to (impure) ingots or to shot for an electrolytic silver cell (see Sreetips). After the silver has been extracted, the dissolved copper can be cemented out on iron/steel.
@@apveening yeah, some hard core chemistry. But I come here for the melty goodness and I go to Sreetips for my BreakingBad metal recovery. And the logistics kinda suck to ship a box of scrap half way around the world. I look forward to seeing them get resolved or dissolved in a future vid either way. Cheers, and happy new year everyone!
Excellent, comme d’habitude…. Bonne et heureuse année à toi( ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui liront ces quelques lignes) et à tes deux amis à 4 pattes! Didier🇫🇷
Watch, in the next fan mail pickup will be like 5 safety torq kits, probably in metric and SAE. * LOL! * But I agree, safety torq is the dumbest thing on the planet. Probably invented by a manufacture who didn't want people to get into their product to * gasp! * repair it when they could buy a new one instead.
@@llloyd4 well yes they are stupid but they do have a purpose, I use to install the wood slates on like park benches, you would be surprised how many people want the wood hahaha so Safety screws worked the best. It got so bad we used plastic 2 x 4's
Now THIS was an impressive melt! MOAR BIG BLOCKS, PLEASE! Also, when's the last time you were tested for heavy metal poisoning? Given how often you're around that stuff, might be a good idea to check . . .
One of my favorite vids of yours. I love seeing both the breakdown of materials and the melting. I also enjoy seeing the boys, the birds, and the food hunt. Not of fan of lizards (in the shop) nor clowns, but I know some are. I look forward to a great 2023!
I've seen of some computer screwdriver kits that can counter those stupid star screws and then some. Also, I've seen it several times already but I have to say it now: What jerk(s) demanded a "dog timer"?! The puppers are part of the whole BigStack experience!
Wow, that was one hell of a tear down. Brought me back to the days of working on rooftop hvac systems on commercial buildings. I still not sure what a spa pump is thought, even after seeing all the parts. Those odd-ball driver heads/screws remind me of the ones we'd see on specialized controllers. The crib were we went to get all our tools had the proper drivers for it and refused to sell them to me. I guessed it might be a legal thing around here. Found out later they were probably similar to certain tools only a certified locksmith can get, except this one being sold only to instrumentation techs. Now I know why my boss just had whole spare units of those kicking around. He'd just replace the entire thing rather than call the instrument tech for 2x the money.
BigZarD makes an appearance! A fine scaley toe biter! A fine 11kg bar too! That thing would be the perfect throwing brick! I bet it'd smash some ice too!
Cheers mate appreciate it! The editing is obviously the most time-consuming part and can take me upwards of three days but I do get to sit with me 2 dogs so I love it👊🏻
I work as an HVAC technician. The gas valve star screws are tamper proof screws. There was a time we could fix the small components in gas valves....but now they are considered throw aways. We junk the old parts when it fails. Lots of opportunities for getting parts to melt with HVAC junk.
I've been away, and just indisposed, but holy cow!! Filled out that shed pretty quick didn't you? Snacks hidden under other snacks!!! It's a whole new world! Keep it up, this bar was AMAZING!
Hey bigstackD ! Nice video 👍 Happy New year ! Big fan 😎 I am so looking forward to get a place to melt stuff. I'm currently into e-waste refining. Waiting on summer to start processing over 400g of those silver contact ( clean ones / no extra metal ) Some of them are full silver alloy 80% silver and some are silver plated copper. I get them from remote car starter relays where I work. All those little black box you kept all this time will contain either silver or gold contact. The way I process them is by making a solution of 3:1 ratio of muriatic acid ( HCL 31% ) and hydrogen peroxide and let them in the solution for a couples of weeks. This will not dissolve the silver alloy but it will remove the base metal. You can then smelt it and get a bar of 80% silver. I really suggest you clean them contacts first by removing the copper / brass or nickel part that hold them in place either with a pair of cutter or melt the industrial glue with a blowtorch to remove excess metal prior to acid process. This will considerably reduce the amount of acid needed. Also, when the acid bath is done you can stick a piece of iron in it and it will precipitate the copper back 🤤 Hope it helps !!! 😎👍 If you need additional information just ask and there's also some big guys on yt that do this all day long ! They know alot on the subject.
over 40 minutes and I did not fall asleep. Maybe because I was waiting for the boys, maybe because I liked your engineering hammer technique but most likely because of all the hidden treasures all over the place. Including the Subway sandwich. Loved every minute and I hope you have a great 2023.
Each time i watch the end of your videos and you show the treasure room with that cartoon filter, i always think " you should have a dragon guarding the treasure " -- Happy New Year for you and your family (including the pooches ).
I have enjoyed watching your videos and I'm looking forward to trying my hand at melting some copper, aluminum and brass when I get to my new shop in Tennessee next month. Really appreciated the "STEAM EXPLOSION". I hope everyone can avoid injury and damage that can happen so quickly when we fail to take proper precautions. Be safe and stay well.
How was your Christmas! Mine was great! What a great melt. Awesome break down ! Two furnaces three camera angles, red letter day for birds, two times with the dogs, proper safety of the hoses, and your friend is no longer in the corner in time out! (Lol) that was a great secondary flip of brush and landed it. I have a bit that will take care of the pesky star bit. But love the new tool to deal with them. Also I have some electrolyte power that will help with heat! I will need to send link or a letter. Thank for an awesome end of the year video! Happy New Year!
Those weird screws are tamper proof screws. Or I’ve heard them called security screws. I have a few sets of bits for them. In a pinch I have knocked the center piece out and used a regular torx bit.
I hate those screws too. They're called security screws, safety screws or tamper proof screws. It's dumb because you can just buy the drill bits for them at any hardware store. But I guess not everyone has them in their tool box so I guess they serve their purpose... They're usually used in commercial things that are in public settings. Like bathroom stall panels or things hanging on walls.
Loved the big copper block. Impressive how hot it stayed! I was wondering, how much was all it worth? I didn’t see the unicorn book of currency’s ha ha 😂
Nice satisfying melt bigstackD!! Wishing you and yours (and the boys of course!!), a most happy, satisfying, healthy, and blessed New Year!! See you next week in the New Year!! 😊🔥💫
Aussies are the most entertaining people on the planet hands down. From the wild: HowToBasic to the just so darn well put together BigStack videos! As a US citizen i dont understand how you guys never let the animals in the way of the content, with all those spiders, snakes, and drop bears id be fearin every minute XD. Thank you for the content tho
You might find use from streetips. His videos are long and boring at times, but he showsmany different processes for extracting gold, silver and copper from other metals.
i'm really curious with what you gonna do with all that metal once you reach 1 ton. you sell it? you make money with it? is it really worth it? i`m gessing at this point you're making more money showing all the process on youtube but i believe many of us that watches your videos might be curious if they can do something like this and make some moneys, cheers bruh
Been watching you for almost seven months at a guess - and am intrigued. Love the dogs; they always make me smile, they're so cute. I am definitely subscribed. Keep up the good work.
Awesome video! Amazing copper haul from that broken machinery. Really like the trick of melting the aluminum housing and pulling out the higher melting point metals - that just makes a ton of sense. Beautiful out there where you shop is and really appreciate your continued tradition of the cold beer, awesome socks and of course the new Pringles(TM) canned Buffalo chicken sandwich which looked amazingly good. That steam explosion is a pretty horrifying! Amazing melt and pour - awesome video! 👍
I love how well you care and love for your pugs. I had a pug once and best decision I ever had on getting one. They are quite awesome and lovable dogs and very loyal.
The end of the year so I thought I do my biggest bar and my longest video , so sit back enjoy and I hope to see you all next year. Stay safe over the new year break👊🏻😁
Edit: I accidentally left out the value of the bar while editing so I will definitely add that in to next Friday‘s video👍🏻
I have a neighbor who is a pool/spa contractor, and I've received two defunct pool heaters from him very similar to what you tore down in this video. Sadly, I'm not yet ready to smelt, so I simply turned the innards in for scrap, for lack of storage space. The brass and copper that come out of those heaters is incredible! Plus, one of the old heaters contained kaowool (too decrepit to salvage) and the other had solid slabs of refractory brick (that I saved for my eventual smelting).
Can we see your face in the new year please??? ❤
Yes, take a brake from melting stuff! LOL!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
So exciting!!!! Thanks for the hard work this year! Cheers to 2023!
@@dianahawkins5292 Yes!
As someone who is a technician in the pool business, I always wanted to see all the copper from those heaters melted down in to a single bar. Awesome video!!
I dare you to go to your local junkyard, buy a car for as cheap as possible *- And melt it all !!* (Except the tires, of course) LOL! I'm serious! Consider it a challenge. Anyone else want to see that?? It would be quite interesting and informative!
Ballpark guess; how much of each smeltable metal would you think one could get from an average junkyard car?
About 200lbs of aluminum 35lbs of copper 25lbd of lead the rest would be steel iron and plastic
YES!!!
@@bigbluepacific3950 That's what I'd like to find out. Also, it would be informative as to what the makeup of an average car is. Aluminum would be a large amount, since modern cars use a lot of it in the body, engine, wheels, and other assorted parts. The subframe and suspension would be mostly steel, including the transmission because the gearbox uses hardened steel gears and components to withstand the wear and tear of daily driving and the force applied by the engine. There is some glass and a lot of plastic parts from the interior and trim. It also depends on the model year of the car. Much older, pre-1980 cars consisted of more steel because the bodies were generally not aluminum like today's cars that use more aluminum for the purpose of saving weight and gas mileage.
Upvote this please
I started scrapping like this years ago in my free time. It got to the point where my favorite part was just taking apart machines to see what they are made of. Almost therapeutic. You learn a lot and you can turn a pile of crap destined for the landfill into cash (or bars). It's amazing what people just toss in a dumpster.
Love what you do stackD, I have a suggestion for a video. Take a old crucible that you are ready to retire and fill it with molten copper right to the rim, then let it freeze in the crucible. Once hard break the crucible to unveil a solid copper crucible that you can then polish and engrave with your logo. Would look pretty sick in your new treasure room. Keep doing what your doing man also give Bullion and Ingot a pet from us.
First time watching. Fascinating. THEN the finale, your treasure room. Blown away. Subscribed.
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925KGS down, 75KGS to go!!! We are almost there, people!
And love the hugest Copper Bar there. Nicely done. 👏👏👏
LOL I do the count down too!
@@annanimus8848 Nice!!! Let's do it together on the next one. 👍
I want to see how the people at the scrap yard react to having 1000kgs of high grade alloy getting cashed in
@@kengamingd2438 I put my money on a face reveal, the closer we get the more often we see his head.
Then will soon be now ❤
So satisfying and theraputic. One of the few channels where I can watch a 45 min video with 0 narration all the way through.
😂sup
Thank you, sir, for all you do for us, each and every week. It is never unnoticed or unappreciated. Happy new year!
Your grammar is off.
Sir. Is for male genders
Ma'am is female genders
Ms., Mss, Mrs, is all females.
Single, married, widowed.
Mr and Sir males.
For God sakes, don't become like western civilization where you don't know the difference between a male and a female.
@@MessianicJudaism The content creator of this channel is male, you f-cking moron. My grammar is fine. Your comprehension of the English language...and reality...are laughable.
Everything going electric I reckon he would get a lot out of them
Sweeping up and sifting the dust to get every last molecule of metal from this process is one of the highlights, every time. I like your style
as someone that likes to take stuff apart/fix things, i appreciate seeing the inside of electrical components that u take apart 🥰🔥😈
Here's some wisdom I picked up over helping my grandfather clean a barn full of car parts. If you have no intentions keeping lock screws take a flat head and snap the lock out after words you can use the same flat head or a star bit and unscrew it like a normal screw.
THAT is one hell of a Copper Bar and i still love the color of Copper a LOT ^^
Also .... since you moved to you new Place you got so many many cool animals around it is really a joy for me seeing them doing there thing while you melt, smelt and cast all manners of cool bars and things :)
Many thanks from a guy in Germany to you ;)
And a happy new year!
I love watching people take stuff apart
One of my biggest take aways from watching your channel is how to take things apart.
It is a treat to see different items being disassembled. Their different structures are intriguing.
I appreciate very much the content that you put out. I don't fully understand the amount of work that must go in to filming and editing your videos. Here's a very small token of my appreciation for your efforts.
-Charlie from Oklahoma, USA
no worries at all Charlie cheers for the donation I really appreciate it mate. Yes the editing is the hardest part of the videos and the most time-consuming but all the editing gets done on the lounge with the two boys next to me so it’s not all bad. Have a great New Year’s mate and talk with you soon👊🏻😁
@@bigstackD Happy 2023 to you!
Ay im in oklahoma too
Haha Okie
Being an electronics hobbyist for decades, it's always said to see potential space parts discarded so easily. Sure, they would have ended up in a landfill otherwise, but it's still sad to see. That LCD display alone would have been fun to turn into something. Nevertheless, I am not complaining. This process is still fun to watch.
I'm sure you knew this, but a lot of old electronics (1970s and earlier) contain a lot of gold, especially the chips (gold pins). I'd collect the chips due to their rarity though. I guess you would have to have a lot of them to get a decent amount of gold out of them.
I haven’t even had a chance to watch it yet, but I had to comment that seeing a video from you, that’s 42 minutes long, makes me so happy! I appreciate you, I appreciate what you do, and I hope you have a happy new year!
if it had been 42 minutes of struggling, aggravated, angry, constipation? Would that result in a nostalgia for the shorter videos? ;-) just phucking with You, meant nothing for it. Have a healthy, safe, happy Weekend!!
Man, watching this, I think back to 8 or 9 years ago, when I used to scrap 60-100 hot water tanks every two weeks for an HVAC company. I recovered the non-ferrous metals for the extra value, and generally had two five-gallon buckets of brass T's, elbows, and pressure-relief valves - 50-70 pounds - along with 40-60 pounds of copper pipe. Every two weeks. And then there were the A/C cores. If I'd been watching this channel then, I don't think I'd've been able to resist the temptation to become a melter!
What a way to finish the year, with a 11kg copper bar and all the smelting which goes with it.
I look forward to all the destruction and smelting in the next year.
Technically smelting is melting raw ore and what bigstack is doing is remelting
@@joshschneider9766 I bet no one invites you to the pub
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Green fire is the coolest color of fire ever! That's my favorite color of fire, and my favorite element is, in fact, fire!
I’m really digging the new property! It must feel pretty good to get out of the suburbs to your own piece of land. Great views, and great vid as always.
I’ve been casting lead bullets for several years and your advice about checking your equipment and preheating your tools is spot on. I’ve had a couple “silver showers” over the years and I know lead droplets are HOT AND UNMERCIFUL when they get on you!
The Pringles can got me good. I was like... "What? He's doing a normal snack?" Nope.
That was a big bar of copper!
It's a 42 min. video but the prep work in disassembling, sorting, cutting, melting not to mention all the editing is emense. Thanks for the video!
Nice silver contacts in that jar. It will take a bit of chemistry to extract pure but even impure the silver content would make a cool ingot. I have seen people remove the contacts from the plates with just a bit of torch heat on breaker contacts. Maybe that is a good place to start. About the heater, so much copper! I never would have guessed. Great vid!
I was looking for a comment just like this :)
extracting silver and gold can be done from contacts and (in some cases) circuit boards, but it does require a little bit of specialist knowledge
@@deminumenera1758 yeah, (imo) either bust out the chemistry set, colab with Sreetips or just make a contact coin. junk silver coin currency is typically 90% anyway so a contact coin would be pretty cool.
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@@leadbadger9543 I was going to mention Sreetips as well.
To extract the silver, I would recommend dissolving in nitric and cementing out on copper. The resulting silver cement can be melted to (impure) ingots or to shot for an electrolytic silver cell (see Sreetips). After the silver has been extracted, the dissolved copper can be cemented out on iron/steel.
@@apveening yeah, some hard core chemistry. But I come here for the melty goodness and I go to Sreetips for my BreakingBad metal recovery. And the logistics kinda suck to ship a box of scrap half way around the world. I look forward to seeing them get resolved or dissolved in a future vid either way. Cheers, and happy new year everyone!
Wow. What a massive job. That blowtorch trick was awesome! Your home is coming along really well. Nice neighbors.👍🏻
and the best beer in the world is CORONA of course.....min 33:37.....cheers from México
Excellent, comme d’habitude…. Bonne et heureuse année à toi( ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui liront ces quelques lignes) et à tes deux amis à 4 pattes!
Didier🇫🇷
"It's fine, I have a tool for this,"
WHACK!
Makes me giggle every time.
Hahaha i did the same 🤣I was like oh i have a tool for that too...then WACK!!!!
Absolute comedy gold
Watch, in the next fan mail pickup will be like 5 safety torq kits, probably in metric and SAE. * LOL! *
But I agree, safety torq is the dumbest thing on the planet. Probably invented by a manufacture who didn't want people to get into their product to * gasp! * repair it when they could buy a new one instead.
Reminded me of Kip Raines 'tool' for getting into the Porche dealership 😂🤣😂
@@llloyd4
well yes they are stupid but they do have a purpose, I use to install the wood slates on like park benches, you would be surprised how many people want the wood hahaha so Safety screws worked the best. It got so bad we used plastic 2 x 4's
Quite magical. I always wondered what the ultimate stage of enlightenment was in Buddhism after leading many lives, this is clearly it!
Now THIS was an impressive melt! MOAR BIG BLOCKS, PLEASE!
Also, when's the last time you were tested for heavy metal poisoning? Given how often you're around that stuff, might be a good idea to check . . .
One of my favorite vids of yours. I love seeing both the breakdown of materials and the melting. I also enjoy seeing the boys, the birds, and the food hunt. Not of fan of lizards (in the shop) nor clowns, but I know some are. I look forward to a great 2023!
I've seen of some computer screwdriver kits that can counter those stupid star screws and then some. Also, I've seen it several times already but I have to say it now: What jerk(s) demanded a "dog timer"?! The puppers are part of the whole BigStack experience!
bigstackD is the sorta guy to shout you beers at the pub
That brass looks spectacular today. Almost made me feel sorry for the dog cubes. Happy new year dude. Give the boys an ear scratch for me.
Wow, that was one hell of a tear down. Brought me back to the days of working on rooftop hvac systems on commercial buildings. I still not sure what a spa pump is thought, even after seeing all the parts.
Those odd-ball driver heads/screws remind me of the ones we'd see on specialized controllers. The crib were we went to get all our tools had the proper drivers for it and refused to sell them to me. I guessed it might be a legal thing around here. Found out later they were probably similar to certain tools only a certified locksmith can get, except this one being sold only to instrumentation techs. Now I know why my boss just had whole spare units of those kicking around. He'd just replace the entire thing rather than call the instrument tech for 2x the money.
BigZarD makes an appearance! A fine scaley toe biter! A fine 11kg bar too! That thing would be the perfect throwing brick! I bet it'd smash some ice too!
Some of the best video editing I've seen on TH-cam. Seriously.
Cheers mate appreciate it! The editing is obviously the most time-consuming part and can take me upwards of three days but I do get to sit with me 2 dogs so I love it👊🏻
Those aluminum bars are the cleanest ones to date
I work as an HVAC technician. The gas valve star screws are tamper proof screws. There was a time we could fix the small components in gas valves....but now they are considered throw aways. We junk the old parts when it fails. Lots of opportunities for getting parts to melt with HVAC junk.
I've been away, and just indisposed, but holy cow!! Filled out that shed pretty quick didn't you? Snacks hidden under other snacks!!! It's a whole new world! Keep it up, this bar was AMAZING!
Oh, you got me! Snacks in snacks, lmao. Still got it!
Aside from a fella who does Damascus in Ukraine, these videos are very relaxing. Thank You
That was an awesome melt my guy! I never noticed the Vanoss Emblem you made! I hope 2023 is a good year for melting
Bigstackd and my mechanics are the best channels on YT.
This is where you should invest money, not in fake bitcoins, greetings from Ukraine!
Love the rural setting - the freedom to do what you like and as loud as you like!
Really cool finish to this year. Thank You. Happy New Year
Ok, I could watch that flame at 16:02 for hours. Just so calming. . .
Awesome tear down, melt and pour!!! Happy New Years!!! Cheers 🍻
Hey bigstackD ! Nice video 👍 Happy New year ! Big fan 😎 I am so looking forward to get a place to melt stuff. I'm currently into e-waste refining. Waiting on summer to start processing over 400g of those silver contact ( clean ones / no extra metal ) Some of them are full silver alloy 80% silver and some are silver plated copper. I get them from remote car starter relays where I work. All those little black box you kept all this time will contain either silver or gold contact. The way I process them is by making a solution of 3:1 ratio of muriatic acid ( HCL 31% ) and hydrogen peroxide and let them in the solution for a couples of weeks. This will not dissolve the silver alloy but it will remove the base metal. You can then smelt it and get a bar of 80% silver. I really suggest you clean them contacts first by removing the copper / brass or nickel part that hold them in place either with a pair of cutter or melt the industrial glue with a blowtorch to remove excess metal prior to acid process. This will considerably reduce the amount of acid needed. Also, when the acid bath is done you can stick a piece of iron in it and it will precipitate the copper back 🤤 Hope it helps !!! 😎👍 If you need additional information just ask and there's also some big guys on yt that do this all day long ! They know alot on the subject.
Wow this full fills a need I didn't even know I had till found this channel lol .
over 40 minutes and I did not fall asleep. Maybe because I was waiting for the boys, maybe because I liked your engineering hammer technique but most likely because of all the hidden treasures all over the place. Including the Subway sandwich. Loved every minute and I hope you have a great 2023.
Each time i watch the end of your videos and you show the treasure room with that cartoon filter, i always think " you should have a dragon guarding the treasure " -- Happy New Year for you and your family (including the pooches ).
BigScaleD!
He does have a dragon guarding it. You see him at 19:50
Plot twist: BigStackD IS the dragon guarding the treasure 👀
At 4:34, possibly the best single piece of video I've seen this year. Well done mate😁
Sledgehammer - the multitool for percussive maintenance.
I have enjoyed watching your videos and I'm looking forward to trying my hand at melting some copper, aluminum and brass when I get to my new shop in Tennessee next month. Really appreciated the "STEAM EXPLOSION". I hope everyone can avoid injury and damage that can happen so quickly when we fail to take proper precautions. Be safe and stay well.
Lot of scrapping work, but absolutely worth the effort 😄 great video again mate. Happy New year🥳🥳🥳
How was your Christmas! Mine was great! What a great melt. Awesome break down ! Two furnaces three camera angles, red letter day for birds, two times with the dogs, proper safety of the hoses, and your friend is no longer in the corner in time out! (Lol) that was a great secondary flip of brush and landed it. I have a bit that will take care of the pesky star bit. But love the new tool to deal with them. Also I have some electrolyte power that will help with heat! I will need to send link or a letter. Thank for an awesome end of the year video! Happy New Year!
Those weird screws are tamper proof screws. Or I’ve heard them called security screws. I have a few sets of bits for them. In a pinch I have knocked the center piece out and used a regular torx bit.
Those are NOT stardard security torx bits :) you can see that those screws are like 5 point star, torx screws are 6 point.
@@PaoloMarcelli Good point-i hadn't noticed. I guess they're even more taper proof?
They might still be torx actually. Pentalobed tamper proof torx are (where?) a thing lol.
I hate those screws too. They're called security screws, safety screws or tamper proof screws. It's dumb because you can just buy the drill bits for them at any hardware store. But I guess not everyone has them in their tool box so I guess they serve their purpose... They're usually used in commercial things that are in public settings. Like bathroom stall panels or things hanging on walls.
It's for the gas valve and igniter. 7:42 I guess they don't want people screwing with it.
Loved the big copper block. Impressive how hot it stayed! I was wondering, how much was all it worth? I didn’t see the unicorn book of currency’s ha ha 😂
Nice satisfying melt bigstackD!! Wishing you and yours (and the boys of course!!), a most happy, satisfying, healthy, and blessed New Year!! See you next week in the New Year!! 😊🔥💫
for that screw that looks strange there is a simple way to unscrew it
just use a flathead screwdriver
sound strange but it works
Congratulations with New Year! We are waiting 1 tonn of metal in 2023) Поздравляю, коллега!
I love the new ice molds
Woof.
Would love to get some of these Frenchie molds!
Aussies are the most entertaining people on the planet hands down. From the wild: HowToBasic to the just so darn well put together BigStack videos! As a US citizen i dont understand how you guys never let the animals in the way of the content, with all those spiders, snakes, and drop bears id be fearin every minute XD. Thank you for the content tho
I like how this man acts like torx security sockets are expensive lol
tamper proof torx at that!!! less than $40 au for a semi decent set!!!
I love that you added in the ice melting on the hot metal and you petting your dogs
Though I suppose many have asked, I've never known the answer. Target is 1 ton. What happens at 1 ton? Will you make 1 giant ingot? 🤣🤣🤣
He'll reset the target to 10 ton ;)
A sub sandwich inside a sealed Pringles can truly shows you love your craft. Thanks for sharing!
You might find use from streetips. His videos are long and boring at times, but he showsmany different processes for extracting gold, silver and copper from other metals.
Long yes, but we disagree on boring.
@Bert Veening boring at times. Not always :)
Okay of all the channels I've seen that do (at least similar) videos like these, I haven't seen one that has A VAULT for them. Mad props for that
Missed the part of how much it was worth it.
Just starting the video am I can tell this will be my favorite from this year!!! Huge copper bar for the win
i'm really curious with what you gonna do with all that metal once you reach 1 ton. you sell it? you make money with it? is it really worth it? i`m gessing at this point you're making more money showing all the process on youtube but i believe many of us that watches your videos might be curious if they can do something like this and make some moneys, cheers bruh
20:28 your dogs become best part of your vids. Your other stuff is great and all but those dogs are the real stars
what happens when you get to the target?
He'll reset the target to 10 ton ;)
Been watching you for almost seven months at a guess - and am intrigued. Love the dogs; they always make me smile, they're so cute. I am definitely subscribed. Keep up the good work.
How much was that copper bar worth. Wow big bar
About $94 as of the day of the release of the video.
Something about metal recycling that resonate well and is enjoyable to watch. An extra bonus was the nice "treasure" room"! Cheers
First love all the crazy socks, and the snacks, then all the melting. Can't wait to see what you do next
You are one of the best decomposers in neature. Your videos are awesome!
I really like the views into your back yard. I get a real sense of how beautiful Australia must be in the summer.
Yes she’s very nice out here but it gets bloody hot🥵
One of the most beautiful scenes I have ever seen in a video. Exactly from minute 16:04 to 16:10 of this video. It was really beautiful.
Awesome video! Amazing copper haul from that broken machinery. Really like the trick of melting the aluminum housing and pulling out the higher melting point metals - that just makes a ton of sense. Beautiful out there where you shop is and really appreciate your continued tradition of the cold beer, awesome socks and of course the new Pringles(TM) canned Buffalo chicken sandwich which looked amazingly good. That steam explosion is a pretty horrifying! Amazing melt and pour - awesome video! 👍
I love how well you care and love for your pugs. I had a pug once and best decision I ever had on getting one. They are quite awesome and lovable dogs and very loyal.
You have the Best channel on youtube! Thanks so very much for all your vids for us 😊👍👍
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What a beutifully quiet place you live at my friend.I realy like your signature brick throwing on the melting ice!
The Frenchies and the sprinkler was amazing. Thank you.
Proud of your work sir
You’re rapidly becoming my favourite metal channel. Great job.
'Heavy Metal' eh??!😂
Strewth!!! 2 Devil-Forges running side by side - respect mate - you def deserved a beer or 2 after this melt! Love your vids, cheers from Europe
Watched the entire video and I learn something new each time
"It's fine. I have a tool for this." BANG!
Nothing more satisfying than using the world's greatest multi-purpose tool (sledgehammer) just to bash away the problem.
I love the little ice doggies! Much better for the environment and also fun
That was brilliant! Lots of good stuff - melts, dogs, birds....and getting closer to the ton mark!
I see you've had a visit from the bin chickens. No escaping the buggers.