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Scrapping a Steam Cleaner for Copper, Brass and Pouring Them Into Ingots!

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How much copper and brass can we get from scrapping a steam cleaner? More than I thought! It was a good unit while it lasted but I already repaired it once and it seems to have given up on being useful so, scrap metal it is!
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@ForeverAlansGirl 2 года назад

Hi Thub, I have severe ptsd & think its important for you to know that not all of your viewers/subscribers/fans are neither young or scrappers. At 61, I'mprobably one of your oldest fans & I know nothing about scrapping. When my ptsd is at its worst, your calming personality helps more than you can imagine. Been subbed for years now & never miss an episode. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all your hard work & for sharing your adventures with us. 😊😊 from Ontario.

@theodorelueker5057 2 года назад

We need more people in the world who are calm like Thumb.

@ohdannyboy4727 2 года назад

Melt videos tend to be relaxing. I know some channels that do melts with a heafty amount of subs. Between this and dumpster scores hope it boosts your channel.

@gwynedd1 2 года назад

Bigstacked at 9 pm is rather dangerous . Knocks me right out.

@gravitybear 2 года назад

That's the best copper pour yet!

@thubprint 2 года назад

It really turned out great! (The second time haha)

@Archangel4500000 2 года назад

The Copper solidifies because the crucible is colder on the bottom because your losing heat to the air around it- this causes your copper to go below its melting point and become solid again. The better and cheaper option if its available is to get graphite crucibles and put them into a insolated space and run air and Propane into it. The mbmmllc channel has a super simple setup for melting all the metals he has to deal with. I know cost wise it may not be available to you or the stuff needed might not be- but propane is a heck of a lot cheaper than an Acetylene torch.

@alfazio8880 2 года назад

We need a good old fashioned trash can hunt brother!!!

@thubprint 2 года назад

What, like the old days? We could fit that in!

@alfazio8880 2 года назад

@@thubprint heck yeah brother :) those were my favorite, Its like a treasure hunt :) !!!

@ScrappingwithGrandpa 2 года назад

When my new shop gets put up I’m going to be doing exactly the same thing. I love pouring metal. I haven’t been able to do it very much but I definitely want to start doing it more

@theodorelueker5057 2 года назад

I loved every part of this video.

@gregoryone90 2 года назад

Here is a scrap hack that can make the copper removal from electric motors much easier. After removing the shroud over the electric motor and being left with the windings fastened snuggly in their slots, what I found after throwing a couple on the camp fire is that the fire will remove all the varnish and thread that holds the copper tightly in place. After cutting the copper it will literally come right out with no pounding. Basically if you have a campfire and sone electric motors to process it does not hurt to throw them in it.

@bobcraft1966 2 года назад

I'm a new subscriber, I like your videos, both kinds scrapping and working in your garage. I love to take things apart and fix them, where you scrap every part. I've worked on sweepers, washers,dryers, refrigerator you name it I've had it apart, so I enjoy watching.

@TheUltimateRecycler 2 года назад

You are definitely getting better at the pour! Nice work Thub! 😊👍

@MattsAwesomeStuff 2 года назад

Proud of you for finally bolting that damned vice down to a stump and putting it to use. That wire stripper is starting to make me envious, at first I shrugged it off but now seeing how much use you get out of it, I've changed my mind. On the flip side, seeing you destroy quality switches that each cost more than you get in scrap from the entire machine, hurts my soul. Save your switches, who knows when you'll ever need your switches! Why I must have hundreds now, and any day now I'm sure I'll put one or two of them to good use.

@thubprint 2 года назад

😆🤣 maybe I’ll just message you next time I need a switch! Fair point though, I don’t have a collection of switches and I’ve used them before. That would have been a great one to have available. They aren’t worth smashing so fair enough, I’ll start a bin

@MattsAwesomeStuff 2 года назад

@@thubprint I call that "hoarding in place". You hoard the things you want, at someone else's house. It can actually work out quite well. I have a friend who hoards heatsinks. I know he'll never use hardly any of them, so I gave him my stash and I don't need to do that again. Meanwhile, I have small case fans in a box, and he gave me his. We both now have access to a box of heatsinks and case fans for any projects, but each area only hoarding half as much for our "just in case" coverage. Double the hoarding in the same amount of storage space. Just think of all the NEW items I can hoard in the same volume now!

@1972Russianwolf 7 месяцев назад

The round part that you didn't know what it was, is the temp sensor for the heater.

@PIOWOL1 4 месяца назад

dobra robota👍pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski 👍

@Kreygore 2 года назад

always look forward to your videos

@thubprint 2 года назад

Thank you!

@afineliner740 2 года назад

I like this series of videos, I also like your oxy-acetylene set up. 👍

@RealTC16 2 года назад

Great work man, was thinking about the same method melting it! Thanks man! 🤟🏻

@getupyoudosser 5 месяцев назад

I want one of them wire strippers it certainly beats a Stanley knife

@mjschriver 2 года назад

In my experience melting small batch metal samples using science lab equipment everything works better if you use the oxy torch but include a propane Bunsen burner constantly suppling heat from below. Once your small batch of liquid metal more than half fills your crucible the top half of the melt insulates the bottom half if you only heat from above. Been watching for years and glad to see you mixing things up, I do like the Dr. Thub Talks Scrap videos but would like you to sometime break down/include consumable costs (costs of fuel/maintenance for the truck, gas costs for melt work). It really doesn't matter what you do I will keep watching and liking.

@thubprint 2 года назад

Thanks for the tips and feedback! I’ll definitely keep making a variety of vids, but the underside burner is a fantastic idea. Probably cheaper on fuel too. I always intended to do oxy-propane but the best deal on the oxy tank I could find came with the two bottles of acetylene, so here we are lol. I’ve read the propane wins on btus so I’m looking forward to trying that

@scrappirateroberts 2 года назад

Did you know that bolting that vise down to something substantial would make it infinitely more useful? If you only have one vise and do not want to lose versatility, use bolts with wing nuts or other quick release fasteners.

@thubprint 2 года назад

You mean like bolting it to the actual bench rather than the stump? I thought the stump was pretty good

@dwightgordon803 2 года назад

Funny . . . for me, "not trying to be super careful" involves hammers and pry bars 😆 Seriously though, good stuff, love your channel.

@thubprint 2 года назад

Thank you! I do love any opportunity to get the hammer involved lol

@TeamBlackDiamond 2 года назад

I like these disassemble and melt videos. Suggestion on your buffing wheel motor you should remove the grinding wheel on the left side and replace with a wire wheel so you can clean and buff your melts in one station.

@DanielDroegeShow Год назад

I was thinking the same thing. I always see the grinder/wire brush, but I really like that buffing wheel and almost never use the grinder.

@Alrik. 2 года назад

I used to watch some of your dumpster diving videos and was pleasantly surprised to see you return in my recommended section with this new style of videos where you scrap out and melt random things. May I just suggest that you use the €-sign for the total at the end of the video? It confused me a second because you used the dollar sign in stead.

@bigredbullion3883 2 года назад

Great video

@vincedibona4687 2 года назад

Calling @Devil Forge - this man needs a proper furnace setup!

@vincedibona4687 2 года назад

That copper bar was pretty, and the top of the brass bar was very interesting indeed.

@CandSMINING 2 года назад

Like your wire stripper, mine is manual. Torch is definately hotter than my propane foundry. Good job on the melts. Did you borax the brass? I usually don't melt the small windings due to the excessive smoke from the winding varnish. Yours seemed to do good and I didn't see a lot of smoke.😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

@thubprint 2 года назад

Yep, that was borax I was using on both. I’m not sure if it’s the absolute best thing, but I’ve got the fancy lab grade stuff so it seems to work well. I probably should get a vent hood even so. I agree the little windings aren’t really worth it, but I have incentive to get every little bit in these vids 🙂

@chrisb8127 2 года назад

I have one of those out in barn that I noticed the mice chewed on the wires the last time I moved it. I was kinda wondering what was inside. I've always took stuff apart to see how it worked or whatever. I've never sold anything to scrap but have been collecting wires and stuff. That thing on the bottom of tank looked like its a safety cut off switch like a dryer has so it don't catch fire or whatever. I've had to replace one before on my dryer

@mollynakamori 2 года назад

Love this. I get an ASMR type thrill watching you reel out that copper hair. Love that stuff. Why would a steam cleaner need a circuit board. Thub Quote of the Day - "I think I know how to get this open." WHAM WHAM WHAM!

@thubprint 2 года назад

Lollll I love anytime the hammer is the right tool haha

@nateallen1769 2 года назад

I really like the engraver this time

@cronicmanagergames42069 Год назад

nice style of vid

@tinathompson2877 2 года назад

I like your videos, but find myself more drawn to the wire stripping and the dumpster diving videos more!!

@thubprint 2 года назад

Thanks for the honest feedback! I’ll absolutely keep doing the diving and street scrapping, had one last week and have another one for this week 👍 this is just a series that I’ve wanted to try for awhile because they could potentially do really well

@tinathompson2877 2 года назад

Not saying not to do other things, I'm just more drawn to those videos. I always jump on a give all your videos a thumbs up no matter what their about, but still like the other ones more

@joshp6061 2 года назад

Love the scrap tear downs, melting was cool but maybe save up more each time and make dedicated vids

@vincedibona4687 2 года назад

He likes having smaller bars, they represent what each one came from. That’s why he “writes” what they were previously in life on each bar.

@TeamBlackDiamond 2 года назад

After engraving rub a black sharpie to make your notes pop.

@tristanledoux3544 2 года назад

Great vid hope to see a new one soon

@dlgravedigger 2 года назад

So many questions on this one Buddy? You fluxed the brass, Borax I'm assuming? Do we Flux copper too? And you used an acetylene torch? Is that cost effective? Isn't it cheaper to use a propane refinery?

@holymackeralandy1417 2 года назад

How do you have the time my friend? It's incredible!!! Watching you makes me want to do more break down, but I not going to because I used up my time watching your videos!!! LOL!!! Gotta love it!! Thank you my man. Great videos! Scrap Mountain

@thubprint 2 года назад

Oh, new name? That’s kwl! Yea it certainly wouldn’t make financial sense to break down a steamer to this degree, but I can justify it because I get to do a video 😁

@joe89chev 2 года назад

Technically we have the time to strip units like this because we are watching his video. When we should be watching the video while we work on our stashes. Love the video and all of your content. Have learned alot from you and I'm greatly appreciative of the knowledge you have given me! Keep digging brother!

@holymackeralandy1417 2 года назад

@@joe89chev meant to be a joke my friend sometimes you gotta laugh at it. Peace brother.

@zinithin-8208 2 года назад

@4:26 you say you don’t know what that is. It’s a thermal switch. You find them a lot in microwaves, coffee makers and anything else that has the possibility to overheat. You can look up the number to see what temperature it opens/closes at.

@bread-gz3rl 2 года назад

Nono you just did what you should do with any euro pro products

@thubprint 2 года назад

Lollll yeah they aren’t really very good, lots of much better steamers available

@travisfowler8345 2 года назад

So you spent more on torch fuel than you made producing the ingots?

@RangedPies 2 года назад

What made you change you mind on melting down the metals? I remember in your older videos saying it's not worth it. I mean admittedly there is a cool factor to melting metal as I melt pop cans for fun. Just curious to what changed your mind.

@thubprint 2 года назад

Oh it isn’t worth it. I just thought it would be cool 😆 I don’t really plan on stacking up a heap of them to sell later, it’s just interesting to have a pile of copper bars with names of what they came from. I felt like melting them into single objects would make a good visual representation of the contents of various items which would work well for RU-vid. Still too early to tell though!

@richardhuckaby5422 2 года назад

mystery part at 4:35 is a thermal fuse

@counterstrike2A 2 года назад

nice looks like u got a new camera thub 👍

@timcolgan2699 2 года назад

That appears to be a limit switch if it overheats it shuts off the unit.

@thubprint 2 года назад

Aha!

@ronenyad2644 2 года назад

So this is an ASMR channel now? Fine by me

@Ma_Deuce_338 2 года назад

Interesting tear down and conversion to dollars video. Hope your doing well Thub!

@thubprint 2 года назад

I’m doing alright, same to you! I’m enjoying doing this “objective” series and people can decide on their own what parts are worth it. $5 certainly isn’t much for all that fiddling haha

@Ma_Deuce_338 2 года назад

@@thubprint I agree with you value wise. But the video was well crafted and I have about 15 things in my shop to scrap that won't be anywhere near as interesting as your content... speaking of that it is time to go out and eviscerate a dehumidifier!

@InTheOpines 2 года назад

Beautiful results! I love how you scribe info on them at the end too.

@thubprint 2 года назад

Well I’ll probably forget if I don’t haha

@llamirgutierrez8194 2 года назад

why didn’t you take the things from the plug ends? it’s easy to take off .. i’ve done hundreds already

@MsMaxno 2 года назад

I'm interested in watching your videos

@jackhaun3088 Год назад

Why did the flame go blue? Did you add oxygen?

@MsMaxno 2 года назад

why didn't you melt the wires with the main copper and why didn't you melt the aluminum

@Crash_Landon 2 года назад

Hey Thub!! Just wanted to take a moment to say you were the inspiration for my channel

@barbqpope1970 2 года назад

Damn, Thub! Would you bolt down your vice already!? Love love love your vids.

@thubprint 2 года назад

It’s bolted down, I just didn’t flatten the stump very well 😅

@scrapman502 2 года назад

The Gator Grip. What A Joke. I got one for my birthday about 20 years ago. I have never used it. Maybe I'll give it to the scrapyard. It's Metal, Right?

@paulcoenen7918 2 года назад

I found 2 of them a few months ago a small and medium size. I have come to love them, they can do so much more than a pliers. Unfortunately I lost my expensive side cutter at the same job site☹️

@travisfowler8345 2 года назад

Please add a box blade to your toolbox lol... watching you try to remove the hose out the gate with tin snips was painful...

@thubprint 2 года назад

I suppose I should make a habit of using the right tool if I’m doing it on camera 😆

@oceaniaoasis8569 2 года назад

Do u make more money from RU-vid or scrap ?

@thubprint 2 года назад

Sometimes they’re pretty close but I definitely consider myself a RU-vidr first and scrapper second

@phillip_my_nuts 2 года назад

Instead of smashing the little relays with a hammer, crush them with the vice. Quicker and less effort

@thubprint 2 года назад

Ooo, that’s a great idea actually

@scrappinbig2239 2 года назад

So if you keep on melting brass , copper ,and aluminum you should think very hard on buying yourself a gas mask cause the fumes from that stuff will kill you ! Just saying , even if you think it's ventilation will work , just don't do it , wind direction can be very unpredictable ! Preaching services are done.

@berto6063 2 года назад

No more melts. If I wanted to see metal melting I would watch Bigstackd. But even that gets boring.

@travisfowler8345 2 года назад

"I'm not worried about the tape and glue, that should burn off just fine" yet proceeds to take it off... and also made a big deal of the other couple of occasions "Teflon tape" was on things saying it wouldn't melt welll...

@thubprint 2 года назад

Isn’t Teflon known for holding up well in high heat?