Scrapping Copper From a Fridge And Smelting an Ingot

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I scrapped a refrigerator at home for copper, and what I found surprised me! This was unexpected but fun. Since my friend damaged the lines and lost all the refrigerant, it was easy to scrap this one without worrying about that side of things. Which was nice, because this one was more fun to smash up than I expected!
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@Smacks1 9 месяцев назад

When I was 22 I worked at a recycling center baling plastics and aluminum cans then worked my way to the outside and receiving all the metal, precious metal, and appliances. My favorite was to break open appliances to take out whatever precious metals were in there then separating it all from clean to dirty into I think they were 4x6 bins and weighing them. Every 2 weeks a flatbed would come and I’d load them all up and repeat the process. I can honestly say out of all jobs I’ve had, that one was my favorite! I would love to get back into recycling

@gravitybear 10 месяцев назад

Love it! Your voice-over work is great.

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! I’m enjoying doing narration whenever I can

@scrapitall200 10 месяцев назад

Always wonderful when we get more copper than expected. Very nice video!

@StaticM223 9 месяцев назад

I would LOVE to see more smelting videos, its so good

@aaronhoyes1781 10 месяцев назад

Yours is one of the few channels that I'll suffer through the ads knowing that it will generate more revenue for you.

@dianeblanchette4891 10 месяцев назад

Thanks ! I enjoyed that!!

@MadelineRose-ep7fj 10 месяцев назад

Always worried about freon, etc. Thank you for showing this video.😊

@BushDogScrapper 9 месяцев назад

The melting videos are cool I’d love to get a crucible set and some molds to try some metal pouring! CheeRs Brother ♻️🔥🤙🏻

@Home_Run_Kid72 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for stabilizing your scale!

@derekelliott6098 23 дня назад

Technology Connections does a video on Mr Coffee and the thermo contact switch. He explains how they work. Your comment is on par.

@VibinBryan 9 месяцев назад

nice video thub! i love these calm (sorta) deconstruction videos

@LeanneRende 10 месяцев назад

I think it's great you can now melt your own metal. I've always wanted to do it, but just don't know if I can/ should, like if it's worth having to buy everything needed. In my heart I know I want to, I just don't know if my pocket will let me 😅 great video! Find it better than you found it ❤

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

Well you can make your own melt furnace out of all kinds of things but the insulation is expensive regardless. It’s fun! I think the expensive part is when you want equipment to cast things you can actually use, mold making and such

@timblankenship1980 10 месяцев назад

I have scrapped a heck of a lot of those but never knew about the copper tubing in the side. Enjoy your videos

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

Neither did I! It was a happy surprise

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

@@oldbonesbushcraftrodjackso474 I’ve never seen it either, I’m pretty sure if the unit has the condenser on the back it won’t have lines through the sides

@Dean_F 9 месяцев назад

Dude loved your melting video! Hope to see more in the future 😊

@gussuperman7565 10 месяцев назад

M8 that was an amazing amount of cu . Please continue with the good work God bless y'all.

@unchained20000000 9 месяцев назад

informational video

@ltdan2990 9 месяцев назад

Great video as always, keep up the good work.

@user-zh7tw5bd3n 4 месяца назад

copper price in your evaluation is 3.35 a pound, when the actual price is 3.35 an ounce! which is 12 times more if you have 900 grams, that s about 30 ounces, at current 4$ price, it's 120$ US Am i missing something?

@ryanthescavenger 10 месяцев назад

Nice job brother was added bonus on that

@adamdaley8090 10 месяцев назад

Knowledge is power.

@afineliner740 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting, something to look out for. 👍

@exait703 9 месяцев назад

Thub is always the Man!

@lukipuki7604 10 месяцев назад

Yesss i needed this

@MrChunkydunk 10 месяцев назад

Try graphite powder. Just a light dusting before heating your mold. Should help with porosity.

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

I’m gonna shop for some! Probably not expensive either

@MrChunkydunk 10 месяцев назад

@thubprint it cost as much as a pencil. Take the lead out and grind it in a pestle or something similar

@patrickmorrissey2271 10 месяцев назад

Great job!

@aureliaa723 10 месяцев назад

All fridges have lines running up to the freezer even full size ones You don't have to cut the metal outside just break the plastic inside the fridge exposing all the lines and wires Full size fridges the lines run to an aluminum radiator and fan behind the back freezer wall Easily accessible removing 2 screws The cold air for the fridge comes from the freezer through vents at the top of the fridge compartment

@stuartsmg1 10 месяцев назад

The fridge he was tearing down had about 1 1/2 inches of foam between the inside of the fridge and the tubing that was taped to the outer shell of the fridge. He had to cut it

@beowulfstreasure9523 10 месяцев назад

I love watching your videos but in this one I need to make a critique. PLEASE, preheat your mold and if you already do please say so. It prevents stream explosions. If one person learns that it will be worth it.

@dr.h489 10 месяцев назад

Great video as usual 👌 A humble request, if you can make a video of how to make your own furnace at home + expenses. Thank you

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

I could, but aren’t there already many of those very videos out there?

@alanlepard6207 10 месяцев назад

Super science, Thub -- thanks!

@whatarewedoing0 10 месяцев назад

ive had all those pipes be steel around the fridge, rough

@Wreck-Gar 10 месяцев назад

I hate getting fridges, all that foam is a pain in the backside. Great video as always Thub ❤👍

@bigcountryscrapper6885 10 месяцев назад

Great video

@wszechmocnieuzdolniony 10 месяцев назад

Super 👍👍👍

@jrae6608 10 месяцев назад

Thanks, interesting

@KayleeKerin 10 месяцев назад

What is this Thubstacked? (Smelting is SO fun, and what got me into scrapping.)

@iffy9776 10 месяцев назад

I cut open a compressor a few days ago, and the copper windings in the compressor were about 10% aluminium. The modern fridge has more and more aluminium windings in the compressor. I find the UK made fridge has a higher chance of finding copper in the compressor. If the compressor is made in China, I tend to leave them. As coppers atomic mass is twice that of aluminium. I have tried keeping a chart of the makes and weight of the compressors. I now know what a copper compressor is and what aluminium is. After cutting open hundreds.

@DianaRea-nv8zc 10 месяцев назад

Love this!!!

@scrappirateroberts 10 месяцев назад

Really enjoyable one. Thanks! 😁 🏴‍☠

@trench124 10 месяцев назад

@thub a new carrier awaits you in refrigerator repair 😂

@andyprigge4754 10 месяцев назад

Non Ferile( Non feral) Drake ha ha just for for the scrap addicts.

@andyprigge4754 10 месяцев назад

Maybe if youtube went away we would not have all these scrappers reducing the price of the commodity and you and I could make a good living. Question though. Aluminum is basically solidified electricity. That being the case why is it so cheap? There must be a reverse process to get that electricity back out making it a cash cow. I remember during covid I was looking for a part for my van to fix it and was told we do not sell used parts we are just crushing them as metal and sending them to the chi coms. Anyway that model is badly broken now due to despotic allies that the chi coms have. Did you even have the patience to read this Drake?

@Jedi_Scowen 10 месяцев назад

Have you been watching Bigstackd?

@andyprigge4754 10 месяцев назад

Or do you see copper going up a lot? Me thinks not because so much of it gets reused or recycled. If only they would stop that then it would be a diminishing qty.

@BTP40 10 месяцев назад

Hell ya brotha!

@MB-bt9km 10 месяцев назад

Oooo, is the forge new?

@scottpawley1143 10 месяцев назад

Just one question when the copper is melted just before the pour do you have to remove slack? like ali has slack on top of the melted metal. Be great hear reply nice video too

@Maharchudery1 Месяц назад

Is that is not dengers is not can blast or some thing what about that big battery

@Kingcollin600 10 месяцев назад

Hey thumbprint I got a round transformer and at least weights 12 pounds or more, and I'm having trouble getting all of the copper off of it. Do you have any suggestions?

@iffy9776 10 месяцев назад

Sounds like you have a Toroidal transformer, I tend to cut around it with a grinder. Otherwise, it takes a long time to unwind manually.

@garrysekelli6776 10 месяцев назад

Did you hear about that one dude who died while attempting to smelt metal in an amateur setup? Then he inhaled mercury vapors and (he ded)

@curtispederson9390 9 месяцев назад

Do you pay to have them evacuated??

@thubprint 9 месяцев назад

No, I don’t take them with refrigerant in them. This one was given to me by a friend because he punctured it when trying to clean the ice out

@ThisCharminManc 10 месяцев назад

I was under the impression that fridges like this have freon gas in them. I’ve had the opportunity to get 3 or 4 of these recently and didn’t 🙈

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

Oh they do have Freon, or some kind of refrigerant anyway. This one was just already empty because my friend accidentally made a hole in it

@daleh645 10 месяцев назад

Educational as always, great video. 👍 God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇱 #MAGA

@julieb.2868 10 месяцев назад

3rd

@JacobafJelling 9 месяцев назад

Mate Just do metric man

@andyprigge4754 10 месяцев назад

All that work for 12bucks, better off collecting cans.

@abdullahislam8978 Месяц назад

are there any cans in copper?

@williamralph8613 10 месяцев назад

Get out an about please

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

I’ll probably do one next week!

@eternalbatteringram5916 10 месяцев назад

If there was refrigerant in the Compressor how would I take it out without breathing in the toxic gas ? Crimp the lines before cutting?

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

Its pressurized so crimping wouldn’t work, you need to capture it with a pump and tank

@eternalbatteringram5916 10 месяцев назад

Sorry, I meant how to remove the Compressor without the gas leaking not saving it the gas. Crimping don't work ?

@artaxerxes2363 10 месяцев назад

Cut the lines outside , i do it all the time. Just dont let anybody see ya do it.

@thubprint 10 месяцев назад

@@artaxerxes2363 this is not the place to encourage irresponsible and illegal behaviour

@klu753 10 месяцев назад

yes i do the same thing , eff them. @@artaxerxes2363

@bradhafichuk 9 месяцев назад

Honestly, I enjoyed watching this more than the latest bigstackD. 15 min investment vs. over an hour to watch a melt video works for me!