To Strip or Not To Strip - Is it really worth stripping Copper Cable🤔 - Melting Copper 

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"These holes will ad character" I say the same thing about the rust holes on my truck. Lol

mid 70's my dad (an engineer) was working on a site next to an abandoned mill due for demolition, full of old machines and wiring, so he asked if he could take the wiring, and at the time no-one was bothered or seemed to know the potential value of it, so he brought home masses of it, spending night after night in the garage stripping it with a stanley knife. He made enough to take us all on holiday and buy us all new tracksuits amongst other things. I dont know if i could have been bothered myself knowing the time it took him, but he seemed to like doing it and got a kick out of 'free' money i suppose :)

After watching farm craft, I remembered why Big is the only melting channel I subscribe to. It's actually so much more entertaining NOT hearing someone talk, and then there's always the dogs, we love the boys!!

I LOVE this video! You show us that anyone can melt copper and how to do it safely! I love the creative part of video with buying electric stripper and the boxes and planes, that was awesome. Again, thanks for sharing!

I watched it upside down to give it the real Australian look.

Ah mate… when you said you were doing a video on Strippers, I got all excited. I grabbed a beer, some popcorn and my 3D googles. You can imagine how disappointed I was. Then I saw that gorgeous green flame and it was all worth it. Nice one mate!!!

First time watching. The ingot wall at the end made my jaw drop

My family owns a scrap yard and it gave me a little ptsd watching you strip that wire down. God they made me strip wire day after day for months before they let me have at it with the fun big machines. Thanks youtube algorithm now I'm gunna have nightmares all night haha

Laughed my ass off at the wire stripper being ordered mailed and shipped. Great editing!

9:59 "Press 'X' to Take All" *You are overencumbered*

All elements have a varying level of electrons, the electrons are arranged in layers around the nucleus, the first layer contains 1 electron and so on. When exposed to extreme heat, copper has an electron that likes to jump up a level and remain stable for a while but will then jump back down to it's normal electron layer, this jump causes the bright green color we see as its burning, various other elements will do this, but violet and blue flames are the hardest to achieve because they require not only extreme heat but many electron layers, meaning a heavier element. The same applies to fireworks in this case, the same method of super heating an element will give off that bright color we see when it explodes. Just a little Chemistry knowledge to help understand the natural process. Hope your having a wonderful day!

After binge-watching this channel the last few days, I think it's safe to say that watching the hot metal melting the block of ice is one of my favorite parts of these videos! Love this channel so much, and I'm so glad I found it!!

I used to do this as a hobby back in 2014-2016 so much that when all said and done I made about $400 i lied to myself and said it was for money but really it was therapy stripping the wires and spooling them up. I could have done 100 other things to make more money but for me, it was satisfying to do and helped with my stress and medical conditions. Don't expect to get rich but as far as a hobby goes at least this one pays for itself as long as you keep your copper #1 and wait to sell when metal prices are higher.

Man! I love that last gaze to your treasure...I don't have the infrastructure to melt all the wire that I have...but I don't want to drop it in the garbage.

I worked for a company that did a lot of electrical work, We saved all the replacement and offcut wiring and stripped it in our spare time. That got turned into a nice Christmas bonus for all the workers.

FINALLY youtube recommends me one of your older videos where the DIRTY LITTLE STRIPPER made its first appearance!!!!!! And little Ingot is so tiny here! So cute. And we finally see the consequences of forgetting to put cardboard between the crucible and the firebrick hahahahaha.

Awesome man! I just did a scrap run yesterday, $596.23, I try and clean and separate it as much as possible but some of it is just so much work, I’ll definitely be looking into the electric stripper you got there. It all adds up, I just keep my eyes open for anything of value while I’m at work, my wife thinks my scrap piles look awful but when I bring home $600 she doesn’t mind the look of cold hard cash! Lol. Great channel, I subscribed instantly, love it!

wow, I thought you were just having fun but after seeing your stash... I know you are making a backup plan lol

Just saw this for the first time, fantastic seeing the difference between then and now. You've....... Evolved !!

That shelf full of blades, and assorted metal bars and coins you've made looks awesome.

I’ve never had the slightest interest of melting metals so why am I binge watching most of your videos?😂 So satisfying to watch👍

You have inspired me to get into smelting. Your shelves are GORGEOUS.

That's the fastest FedEx delivery I've ever seen in my life. 😁👍

My dad and I stayed in a Caravan while digging a new storm drain on Boston dock England..the wasteland we parked on was where an old factory had stood and we came across the 2inch supply cable still buried in the ground. Every evening after work dad would dig out the cable with the JCB and I would cut into 1 meter length.. Every weekend we would go home with the van full and almost popping wheelies from the weight of wire 😂we spent a 6 weeks on the job..my dad had an old fella boil and strip the wire..god knows what they made from it but dad wouldn't tell me and I only got £50 for my trouble..but it was one of the best times I ever had just me and the old man..and I wouldn't have had it any other way. 😊so glad I have that memory now he's gone.. P.S. I'm a plumber by trade now and still keep every piece of scrap. I must invest in a smelter and start my own bar shelve..love it 😎

The most clear Coper I've ever seen!

I understand the satisfaction and artistic value of casting your own copper ingots. But if all you want to do is sell stripped copper for scrap value, why waste the time and the fuel costs by melting it? Scrap metal merchants will take it as a block or as wire, so melting it isn't necessary. In fact, if the wire is clean and free from any plastic or oxidized residues, they sometimes pay a higher price, since copper wire is guaranteed to be of the highest purity. Melting it down into blocks actually introduces impurities (not just on the surface), so your cast blocks won't be electrical grade any more. You could mitigate that by melting it in a ceramic (alumina or magnesia) lined induction furnace rather than a fuel-burning furnace, which would introduce fewer impurities. Or you could try electro-refining, which is how copper is purified into electrical grade industrially. This is easier than you might think: Make a solution of copper sulfate or copper nitrate to use as the electrolyte, use a sheet of pure, clean copper as the cathode and any lump of impure copper as the anode. Immerse both and pass a direct current through. The electrolyte acts as a transfer medium for copper ions, which are dissolved from the cathode and deposited on the anode as long as current flows. The electrolyte is not decomposed or consumed by this process, so can be re-used as much as you like. Most metals can be refined this way, if you can find a soluble salt of the metal to act as the electrolyte.

The Dog Yawning and seeing the machine work was the best part

I love the editing very well made , no boring voices , just facts ,and statistics

I thought you were gonna try melting it unstripped, lol. Probably would make you abandon the house from the smell of burning plastic.

Mate. You're bloody Australian! We can never have too many bevys after a solid effort. Great job as always!

Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos for us to enjoy.

So relaxing to watch your videos, thanks!

First ASMR recycling video ever seen. Satisfying.

Damn good idea! My husband and I recycle all the time ( scrap ). We buy unstripped copper #1 and clean it then sell it back to them for clean price! Doing it for extra income for years! We make 400$ on a good week ($300) profit. $200 profit on a bad week. Never really any less than that. We have had some rough weeks! We use our profit to buy more un-clean copper. Strip it sell it back for a profit.

Love your videos man! smelting therapy 😌 I don’t know if you know this or not but don’t be afraid to tap your mold while the metal is still liquid to avoid those crevices and bubbles on your ingots. sorry if someone already told you this. keep these videos up !!

I had a great gig back in 2011 with a small local scrap yard to strip their wire with my equipment. Even after paying a helper(12/hr) I made really good money. They had been hoarding wire for years I wasn't even close to finished when I moved on to something else. If I remember right copper was at an all time high

Loving the night time shots. So pretty also the sounds as well of the metal sounds like oil heating in a pan. I've not noticed that before in a video.

another great video! look forward to next friday

what an amzing vid! Never thought about making bars....great job mate!

Another great video, and so many more to watch.👍👍👍 Thanks form Germany, Christian

7:03 Inserts tab popping sound and holds up unopened can.

I've been a "scrapper" for years and have actually made a living at it from time to time, and "depending" on the type of wire, yes it pays to strip wire. Smaller stranded is not advantageous, like regular retention chords, lamp wires, speaker wire, vacuum cleaner chord, etc) too time consuming to be profitable (just scrap it as insulated). Also, melting it to make ingots is not advantageous either. The cost of materials to melt it would ear you profits.

Every man goes through the blacksmith stage and I love it

Always enjoy your videos,thanks for sharing.

Just found this dude on RU-vid. Watches most of the videos and I loved it. Great content, and nice editing.

The best mind-to-home amazon purchase I have seen. I love it!!!! Mimics how we buy things nowadays.

Great job! So cool and great hobby you got. That bar turned out great and shiny. Beautiful!!👍😁

People Always miss the critical step of smashing a block of water ice with the finished ingot. It confirms the correct mass, density, and increases thermal and electrical conductivity by ten to the power of minus 15 percent. Great job Bruh, err, Mate!

Mate I literally watch your vids completely mesmerised I think they’re awesome 👍🏻

Your level of scrap saving is satisfying 😁

I love your videos! They are actually really relaxing, me and my son watch them!

Love how you value our resources! Big thumbs up!

He owns electric stripping machine. That is the only answer I need.

Just started watching your vids. Honestly they're very relaxing. Keep it up bro!

Wooow...I like your'e shelf at the end with all the metals and stuff on it

Nicely put together video this was nice work!

Ngl, this clip definitely had an awesome personality. So much so, it made me a subscriber.

This is quality content my dude 👌

The most cleanest pour i've ever seen in this channel

I love this guys dog. Always just chillin

Night shots look mint. The wire stripper parcel coming to you was funny too ! 🤣

Dude, you deserve a like and a sub... Awesome video and editing!!

Love these vids. Watched almost all of them

That is so cool. Thanks for the great video.

Every time I realize that setting up a forge in my apartment setup is a terrible idea, another of your vids pop up! That copper bullion is worth so much more than its weight.

You must know Srg Forge like s your videos. You have hard work with very good humour

Bro I love these videos. So satisfying!! I also love your doggos so adorable!!

9:56 The ending was epic... Legit brotha! this is interesting! awesome and entertaining vid

Strip. Strip. Strip... Oh wait, this isn't the tube channel I'm looking for. ...Carry on.

"When Melting during the day you can't see the nice green" Yes copper burns such a pretty green flame. FUN FACT: copper powder is added to make green fireworks

I’m getting the wire stripping machine! Thanks a lot. Those copper bars look awesome!

Very creative not just with your tools but editing the videos👌✌👏🔥

Just seeing that shelf with all the ingots got me motivated to start forging again lol. Thanks mate

Just started watching these videos, does this guy do this for profit or is it just a hobby thing? Whatever it is it's hella satisfying to watch.

Love the vids. Keep up the good work!

All I can hear is "Honey! That crazy neighbor is at it again!" being said off in the distance.

I heard that in America, stripping is easier. BTW: for those that are new to this, that green flame is copper oxide and is toxic to breathe. It's pretty as hell, just vent it away. (Copper is commonly used in fireworks to give it the green color... Or Colour, if you prefer.)

this is a calm version fo how to basic in my eyes

Dude you are cool as hell. I could watch this all day.

9:57, this dude stacked all the items he collected in his gameplay in a single location, most unwise

The spider was protecting your loot from thieving flys they exist I promise there out there

Pretty similar price in this area right now. And it IS worth it to me. I don't cast bricks from it, or use a machine, but it's DEFINITELY worth my time. I do employ pulleys and a similar stripping method. And I've had ideas for making my own machine out of scrap material using a drill motor for the pulling. I don't like buying anything if I can fashion it myself. Re-purposing is always on my mind. Keep up your videos man. Always enjoy them.

Like your style!! That copper was as clear as Kool-Aid, Thumbs Up!!

Sweet bar! I’m sure that new stripping machine is much better than the old one 👍🏻 trying to knock off the fire brick reminds me of something stupid I would try and do 😂😂 good job bro! 🍺🍺😄

You have to factor in the cost of all the meth required to want to strip wires.

You make great videos man.

don't know how i got here but this is strangely relaxing to watch.

Simply Yes it is worth with the right techique From hand I would say you have to decide if it's worth your time - AND GAS!

His metal hoard is so satisfying to look at

My new favorite channel good content

This guy had so much fun with crafting systems in games. He does it in real life. I don't know if the value of that shelf is crazy high but it's value is probably more stable than any countries currency. Well done.

LOL fucking love this editing man, awesome vid too, Subbed!

Morning sir. Love the editing. Was going to send you some zinc and brass but for two things. Customs wouldn't allow the brass (357 & 30.06) and the blooming cost for the weight!!!!! I understand now about the petrobond cost being too high. Good show and I believe I know who was selling the ingots.

Great video mate thanks for sharing

Man I just love your channel!!! The way you edit with text is awesome, best was showing the delivery of the stripping machine, hilarious, really cool videos!!!!! God bless from Edmonton Alberta Canada 🤠

Cable copper is much cleaner (99.9%) than other copper from wather and heat lines (sometimes under 80% copper)... Make sure you sell it as high grade copper...

Hey bud. Congrats for the uber upgrade with the motorised wire stripper! I got the hand cranked one and it surely finishes the job fast. I was watching the 3kg copper ingot video yesterday. And noticed that the area where you pour in the mold gets those bubbles/cavities in them. So maybe pouring while moving the molten copper up and down the mold would solve the problem? Amazing edits with the packages from FedEx hahahaha love them

Awesome work!

That was some fast shipping 😁 I enjoy your videos