Is it worth it?

[bmanofnbc]

Pennyworth, if you and I invent a wire stripper I think we would get rich.

Too late.....

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[Pennyworth]

Pennyworth, if you and I invent a wire stripper I think we would get rich.

Too late.....

http://www.bigbuks.com//index.html

$600.00 for a wire stripper. LOL I don't think so! I think I'll do a little research at the library and talk to the guys at the scrap yard and maybe an experiment on some of the wire I cut already.

If the homeless people living under a bridge on Law & Order CI can find wire,strip it and return it for profit, I can too. ROFL Did anyone see that particular episode?

 

[snake35]

I sort and save all the scrap metal that I find. If I am going to take off aluminum cans it takes no more gas to take in a small amount of copper. It all adds up. Good luck!

 

[TheSleeper]

Take you a V block, clamp it in a vise, lay the wire in the V hold a razor knife on it and pull the wire though. Slices the insulation real nice, peals right off after u run it though.

 

[bazinga]

about 15 yrs ago sold a 5 gallon bucket full of # 1 copper for $ 91.00...about 1996 sold alot of # 1 at $ .81 a pound at i think we got .47 a pound on the #2....i would imagine it has gone up a bit since....well worth bothering with.....gldhntr

Do you or does anyone else here know how to tell the difference between #1 and #2 copper? I scrap it whenever I get enough to take in and it would be nice to know ahead of time what should be in what bag.

Thanks!

 

[JohninCT]

I still scrap copper when i find it in houses that I sometimes clean out, and I seperate it by having the copper pipes, sheets or anything solid with NO solder, no soldered joints, or any plating or anything else on it, into a different bucket which is the #1. The pipes that have connectons with solder, can be cut just ahead of the solder, and you throw that part into the #2 stuff, and throw the nice clean piece into the #1. It can make a nice difference in the price.

 

[bazinga]

about 15 yrs ago sold a 5 gallon bucket full of # 1 copper for $ 91.00...about 1996 sold alot of # 1 at $ .81 a pound at i think we got .47 a pound on the #2....i would imagine it has gone up a bit since....well worth bothering with.....gldhntr

Do you or does anyone else here know how to tell the difference between #1 and #2 copper? I scrap it whenever I get enough to take in and it would be nice to know ahead of time what should be in what bag.

Thanks!

I would think that having done, or doing everything there is to do, 1000's of dollars in cooin rolls, millions in cache finds.... would know that diameter determines grade.

Could you please restate your post... this time with some sense of coherence... I have no idea what any of that is supposed to mean.

 

[bazinga]

Bongo1962 just sent me this PM....

"I find it difficult to believe that you ( supreme being of all that is profitable ) doesn't know that in copper, diameter = grade, ie: #1 or #2 Lets keep this out of the thread, nothing personal. I simply do not believe you. Sorry if this upsets you"

 

[bazinga]

He sounds like a fun guy!

 

[goldencoin]

Wow, this has become the most popular post on the forum! Also, i now have a box of copper scrap in my room... 8)

HH
-GC

 

[goldinmypan]

All conflicts aside, JOHNINCT gave the correct answer on #1 vs #2. Also, I think but am not sure, that stripped wire would rate as #1.

 

[hollowpointred]

about 15 yrs ago sold a 5 gallon bucket full of # 1 copper for $ 91.00...about 1996 sold alot of # 1 at $ .81 a pound at i think we got .47 a pound on the #2....i would imagine it has gone up a bit since....well worth bothering with.....gldhntr

Do you or does anyone else here know how to tell the difference between #1 and #2 copper? I scrap it whenever I get enough to take in and it would be nice to know ahead of time what should be in what bag.

Thanks!

I would think that having done, or doing everything there is to do, 1000's of dollars in cooin rolls, millions in cache finds.... would know that diameter determines grade.

wow that was a nice unprovoked pesonal attack.

 

[txkickergirl]

I work for a plumbing wholesaler and our main branch has gotten hit 3 times in the past few months for the copper. The first time they stole a truck from the beer dist. next door went through the gate and took off with it. Then they cut the fence and got to it. So the pipe was moved inside the warehouse and guess what they went through the warehouse wall and stole it. Even worse they had cameras and still can't catch them.

 

[arkhunter]

ok...copper is not worth saving........just put it at your curb side........i will be kind enough to see it gets hauled away..free of charge.

 

[pepperpump]

Copper is like gold now on the scrap market!
Pepperpump

 

[bongo1962]

complete explanations of the recycling industries standards of grade, ie; #1 & #2 copper
http://www.recycle.net/Metal-N/Copper/index.html

 

[FISHEYE]

stripping wire is dangerous.say you get cut in the process.the trip to the hospital will cost you alot more then what you would have made on the wire.be careful.insulated wire is paying $1.05 a lb.only strip wire that is #4 or bigger.its easyer to handle an your chances of slipping with a knife or blade are less.

 

[goldgrubber]

Here in WNY, where I take my scrap, they pay premium for bare bright ( stripped, shiney, not discolored ), #1 is stripped,and toned from heat,age whatever. And #2 is all the rest, corroded, plastic burned off, tube,etc.

 

[FISHEYE]

want to know how to turn #2 wire and copper tubing to #1?dip your copper into a bucket or drum of muratic acid,wash it with fresh water then haul A$$ to the scrap yard before it turns back into #2.

 

[whitesid]

how much you save so far?