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👍🏻

@dionh70

Жыл бұрын

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).

@dianahawkins5292

Жыл бұрын

Can we see your face in the new year please??? ❤

@iamnotpaulavery

Жыл бұрын

Yes, take a brake from melting stuff! LOL! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

@bugginryan

Жыл бұрын

So exciting!!!! Thanks for the hard work this year! Cheers to 2023!

@iamnotpaulavery

Жыл бұрын

@@dianahawkins5292 Yes!

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

Жыл бұрын

Ballpark guess; how much of each smeltable metal would you think one could get from an average junkyard car?

@danwyrick322

Жыл бұрын

About 200lbs of aluminum 35lbs of copper 25lbd of lead the rest would be steel iron and plastic

@savvynyx7156

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@iamnotpaulavery

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Gamer-nc8qp

Жыл бұрын

Upvote this please

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.

@bigstackD

Жыл бұрын

👊🏻😁

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!!

925KGS down, 75KGS to go!!! We are almost there, people! And love the hugest Copper Bar there. Nicely done. 👏👏👏

@annanimus8848

Жыл бұрын

LOL I do the count down too!

@Shadow-cp9pj

Жыл бұрын

@@annanimus8848 Nice!!! Let's do it together on the next one. 👍

@frankielove31

Жыл бұрын

I want to see how the people at the scrap yard react to having 1000kgs of high grade alloy getting cashed in

@hyper_tex9834

Жыл бұрын

@@kengamingd2438 I put my money on a face reveal, the closer we get the more often we see his head.

@knightsaberami01

Жыл бұрын

Then will soon be now ❤

I love watching people take stuff apart

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 fine, I have a tool for this," WHACK! Makes me giggle every time.

@one567

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha i did the same 🤣I was like oh i have a tool for that too...then WACK!!!!

@TheOriginalFlyingElk

Жыл бұрын

Absolute comedy gold

@llloyd4

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Galerak1

Жыл бұрын

Reminded me of Kip Raines 'tool' for getting into the Porche dealership 😂🤣😂

@one567

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Thank you, sir, for all you do for us, each and every week. It is never unnoticed or unappreciated. Happy new year!

@MessianicJudaism

Жыл бұрын

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.

@ArthurTwoshedsJackson

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Rangatira-fy2ws

Жыл бұрын

Everything going electric I reckon he would get a lot out of them

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.

@pixieflitwit1516

3 ай бұрын

Same here. Way too old to learn smelting now, but love watching this guy.

It is a treat to see different items being disassembled. Their different structures are intriguing.

as someone that likes to take stuff apart/fix things, i appreciate seeing the inside of electrical components that u take apart 🥰🔥😈

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!

"It's fine. I have a tool for this." BANG!

So satisfying and theraputic. One of the few channels where I can watch a 45 min video with 0 narration all the way through.

@believer5497

11 ай бұрын

😂sup

One of my biggest take aways from watching your channel is how to take things apart.

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

@bigstackD

Жыл бұрын

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👊🏻😁

@aachucko

Жыл бұрын

@@bigstackD Happy 2023 to you!

@UserTheGoat_

Жыл бұрын

Ay im in oklahoma too

@OwO-Furry

10 ай бұрын

Haha Okie

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

Love the rural setting - the freedom to do what you like and as loud as you like!

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!

@brent_miserwannabe_3thousa38

Жыл бұрын

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!!

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.

@joshschneider9766

Жыл бұрын

Technically smelting is melting raw ore and what bigstack is doing is remelting

@gazs7237

Жыл бұрын

@@joshschneider9766 I bet no one invites you to the pub

@Dean_F

Жыл бұрын

🤣

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!

Wow. What a massive job. That blowtorch trick was awesome! Your home is coming along really well. Nice neighbors.👍🏻

I can’t believe all the stuff smelted and turned into bars from this channel from the year.

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!

Some of the best video editing I've seen on KZread. Seriously.

@bigstackD

Жыл бұрын

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👊🏻

Green fire is the coolest color of fire ever! That's my favorite color of fire, and my favorite element is, in fact, fire!

That was an awesome melt my guy! I never noticed the Vanoss Emblem you made! I hope 2023 is a good year for melting

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!

A sub sandwich inside a sealed Pringles can truly shows you love your craft. Thanks for sharing!

Proud of your work sir

Lot of scrapping work, but absolutely worth the effort 😄 great video again mate. Happy New year🥳🥳🥳

Really cool finish to this year. Thank You. Happy New Year

Watched the entire video and I learn something new each time

Cheers bro what a great video. I couldn't stop watching.

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.

Awesome tear down, melt and pour!!! Happy New Years!!! Cheers 🍻

I love that you added in the ice melting on the hot metal and you petting your dogs

That is an epic treasure room. Just the room itself, well done. And so many nice bars.

Those aluminum bars are the cleanest ones to date

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!

Something about metal recycling that resonate well and is enjoyable to watch. An extra bonus was the nice "treasure" room"! Cheers

You are one of the best decomposers in neature. Your videos are awesome!

Wow this full fills a need I didn't even know I had till found this channel lol .

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.

The Frenchies and the sprinkler was amazing. Thank you.

bigstackD is the sorta guy to shout you beers at the pub

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!

@deminumenera1758

Жыл бұрын

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

@leadbadger9543

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

Circuit Breakers Loaded With Silver! Golden Paydirt Reviews

@apveening

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@leadbadger9543

Жыл бұрын

@@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!

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 . . .

Looks like your really enjoying your new place as it comes together toward your desire. Thanks for sharing!

Been a while since I visited your channel and seeing your new place and vault setup is amazing. Great work and keep up the videos, surprisingly quite pleasant to have running in the background and the metal pours are omg

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!

@generalconsumer9520

Жыл бұрын

Oh, you got me! Snacks in snacks, lmao. Still got it!

I love the new ice molds

@firesurfer

Жыл бұрын

Woof.

@justice4kurt182

Жыл бұрын

Would love to get some of these Frenchie molds!

Bigstackd and my mechanics are the best channels on YT.

Another great video! Relaxing & entertaining all the way. Love it all😁👍

Mate you said you were going to fix it for me? 😉 Happy New Year to you and the boys!

Sledgehammer - the multitool for percussive maintenance.

That was brilliant! Lots of good stuff - melts, dogs, birds....and getting closer to the ton mark!

Thanks for the last year and the many videos. Which you a good new year!

The star screws are a security thing, you can easily get a bit to undo them.

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!

@neonthunderbird

7 ай бұрын

Not to mention, I don't know, lead poisoning or something?!

You have this down to a science. Wonderful job and it seems like hard work but worth the detailed breakdown. Thanks for sharing. And love your vault.

I really love your shop and work space. Great video overall. Thanks for sharing!

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 ).

@penprp

Жыл бұрын

BigScaleD!

@SilvaFox

Жыл бұрын

He does have a dragon guarding it. You see him at 19:50

@TatuJunior08

Жыл бұрын

Plot twist: BigStackD IS the dragon guarding the treasure 👀

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 😂

Thank you mate, I have been waiting all week for this one, and it was worth the wait. 👍

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!! 😊🔥💫

cant wait to see what the new year brings looked for the steam explosion video link cant see it anywhere in the jungle of links am i blind or is itnot there lol

I like how this man acts like torx security sockets are expensive lol

@HardTopHemi

Жыл бұрын

tamper proof torx at that!!! less than $40 au for a semi decent set!!!

Happy new year! Amazing video as always

Mesmerising show, just love it👍

Where's the link to the steam explosion video? I don't see one for it in the description unless it's part of one of the other videos you have linked.

I wonder if your going to make an copper, brass, nordic gold and other metal melts you do and make an 100mm socket out of each?

THICC BOI Bar, Happy new year to ya Bigstack

20:28 your dogs become best part of your vids. Your other stuff is great and all but those dogs are the real stars

and the best beer in the world is CORONA of course.....min 33:37.....cheers from México

All things considered his friend who scraps all his left over steel is pretty lucky - getting previously disassembled scrap probably saves him a lot of time … depending on the size of his forge a lot of it could just be ready for melt

Great show, great editing, great epic slomo. Glad you made passed that crazy explosion.

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!

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.

@PaoloMarcelli

Жыл бұрын

Those are NOT stardard security torx bits :) you can see that those screws are like 5 point star, torx screws are 6 point.

@bryceanderson4864

Жыл бұрын

@@PaoloMarcelli Good point-i hadn't noticed. I guess they're even more taper proof?

@Si-Al-Ti

Жыл бұрын

They might still be torx actually. Pentalobed tamper proof torx are (where?) a thing lol.

for that screw that looks strange there is a simple way to unscrew it just use a flathead screwdriver sound strange but it works

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 love the little ice doggies! Much better for the environment and also fun

what happens when you get to the target?

@apveening

Жыл бұрын

He'll reset the target to 10 ton ;)

Missed the part of how much it was worth it.

First love all the crazy socks, and the snacks, then all the melting. Can't wait to see what you do next

Your treasure room is so cool! Great job

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? 🤣🤣🤣

@apveening

Жыл бұрын

He'll reset the target to 10 ton ;)

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.

@apveening

Жыл бұрын

Long yes, but we disagree on boring.

@Protocol-X

Жыл бұрын

@Bert Veening boring at times. Not always :)

Thanks for your videos, always fun, always relaxing and never boring. Have a great New Year.

Happy New Year, mate, to you and The Boys. Thanks for all the great videos.

How much was that copper bar worth. Wow big bar

@Damaniel3

Жыл бұрын

About $94 as of the day of the release of the video.

Yes this is amazing. Love it

Ok, I could watch that flame at 16:02 for hours. Just so calming. . .

The vault is amazing

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.

Just got to the end of video n wow! That's quite the collection!

Thank you for the melt

oh man your vault is awesom.