Making more money is great, I'll look into that later, but for me at the moment I really need to make more space, the scrap is piling up high... now if only there was a way to make more time... 😅 Great to see you again Moose! 👍👊

Good solid logic! Keep up the good work!

With the cost of fuel going up will drive the price of metal be going up for the next few years . Like the metal better than cash in the bank .

Hey Moose!! Why are you leaving KZread? I hope all is well?

Thanks Moose !!!...I'm glad your back....I always learn. : )

I'm looking to store my ingots, refine them into bars that i could sell as a distributor. I just have to look up the total ins and outs of that type of business. I'm sure certification of metal grades will be a must.

It's time to make the comeback Moose.

Very informational

What moo your last video 🥺 please don’t go I love your videos they really help us learn more and more. Please 😭

cheers Moose👍

Nice to see someone treating the planet's resources well.

Most scrap yards do not buy ingots the ones that usually do pay the lowest price like number 2 copper

Hey Moose, you're the man!

Stack..Stack..Stack!!! Just got 3 new graphite molds - a small, a medium, & a large. Going to pour 50 ingots of each. Not sure how many aluminum ingots I'll pour. I have 2 - 55 gallon drums full of computer hard drive castings & a drum of extruded heat sinks. Hope your weather warms up soon! Take care, Stay well! Jim

took an 80-grit flap disc to the bars i make, to make them look a little cleaner i can't make them fast enough to sell on Ebay havent sold any of my copper ones yet either but the brass ones are selling like hotcakes..... but on another note i just wanted to thank you for getting me into all this silver/gold refining and melting copper and brass you were the first person i started watching years ago and all your info was very helpful to me... keep going for that play button You deserve it!

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

Are people willing to pay postage to get the bars from one side of the country to the other?

@jkarnes92

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-kp3hr I haven't made it so it ships internationally unfortunately but everyone that has bought one in the states has paid shipping

Very informative video thank you so much you sound so tired you must be working very hard!

At a local auction here a ONE OUNCE copper bar sold for $25! That’s $400 / lb. This auction has sold multiple bars at similar prices. I think I will be making some 1 ounce bars soon!

@jeremykarl1379

Жыл бұрын

I sell copper ingots all the time

why i own 1 home and its a dumpster is my life

Miss you moose how’s the melting process going hope you are keeping good any chance of vids we learned a lot from you

Another nice one bud!

I will sad to see you go.

Make sure you get your company insurance and worker's compensation from Ebay, now that they are treating their customers as employees. Oh, and the matching social security, vacation time, and sick leave. ; )

There are Facebook groups where they sell for $1 an ounce usually.

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

Thats $1 to buy the bar and $5 to pay for shipping. Does not sound like a good deal to me.

@albertthedogeinstein7983

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-kp3hr depends if you're buying or selling I suppose...and if yiyre holding and then copper skyrockets. I guess beauty beholds both eyes.

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

@@albertthedogeinstein7983 Well if you are the buyer its not a good deal to be paying postage costs.

@albertthedogeinstein7983

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-kp3hr known

Do you think copper will triple in price in 15 years from now

Given that I'm a woman who keeps all my copper for future casting I'm saying stack stack stack! Yes Ingots are great when selling directly to the market but a lot of scrapyards don't like them because of people hiding naughty metals inside, but the rest of us just think they are gorgeous 😍 🤤

@grantreese2507

2 жыл бұрын

Scrap yards can take a photo of your license and build a relationship of trust. They dont seem to want to. I think they'd rather just call you a liar and get away with paying you less.

@albertthedogeinstein7983

2 жыл бұрын

There are Facebook groups where people sell bars for $1 an ounce usually.

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

@@albertthedogeinstein7983 Does that $1 include shipping? If the seller is on the east coast and the buyer is on the west coast there's gonna be shipping charges. So $1 + shipping charge = waiting 10 years for the price of the bar to go up to even break even. So how to buy from facebook and not pay shipping costs? Drive there and pick them up in you car if your petrol is free.

@joselbazcom4221

Жыл бұрын

@@grantreese2507 exactly. Some do take your driver license information, but they still prefer to use the excuse of dishonest people to tag everyone the same and pay less than the present value. They can be dishonest, and no one supervises them.

I am ready for it to get warmer, Just got an electric forge and I can not wait to use it!!!

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

Just plug it into your normal power point and start tripping your home circuit breakers?.

Hope you're well, Moose! ;) I see the potential in ingots as well. It's worth noting though, that scrap yards balk at ingots because they don't know where the metal came from. They like to see tubes, wires, etc. Something that speaks its grade. I'm flabbergasted that people would spend wayyyy more than spot on copper/brass. But hey, if there's a market for it lol Personally, I'd have to give my ingots an artistic touch, to further the demand.

What do you use for a crucible with your devil forge?

What size crucible and ingot mold do you use for 5lb bar of copper

Scrap yards don't like buying ingots of the metals. Its hard to tell if the metal bar is pure - like rocks or something under the surface. So if you melt it down, you are essentially committing to selling in other venues like EBAY.

I'm just curious if you add in the time to break down/strip/acquire the copper and fuel to drive getting the materials? It seems like a wash in the end. I love the videos, I have learned a lot watching.

@Handle_number_7

Жыл бұрын

I don't know about moose, but my gas is generally paid for by the steel I pick up. I usually more than break even on just the steel alone. That's not factoring the aluminum brass or copper that I separate. Of course, efficiency is key here. I usually let the community know I'm picking up scrap, and efficiently plan a route with my large trailer.

I need 1,kilo 2,kilo 3, kilo Ingots for copper & aluminum etc.

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

If you cannot do your own melting then buying is the only thing left but consider this: the price of the item today + cost of shipping to you. If you are stocking for future value then the price of the metal has got to go 2-3 times higher that what you paid for it in order to make a profit. How long will that take? Who knows. Maybe your kids will enjoy the profits.

Last year on youtube😳

Witness of origin type,or certification required. End user the foundries need accurate description. Check $ on commodities mkt

You mentioned 10 bars had “sold today.” Was this early or later? I found this video very interesting but another video that dives deeper would be great too like the supply vs the demand on eBay. Do people typically buy smaller or bigger amounts and like an ideal ingot size? Are there any odds and ends metals that tend to sell for a premium or possible alloyed ingots? This is possibly multiple videos now that I’m typing it out.

@Alex-kp3hr

2 жыл бұрын

I really cannot believe that people sell a kilo gram bars on ebay. who pays for shipping across the country?

I can't find it in me to keep to much of it hanging around.

Do u only put bare bright, wire, and #1into your ingots? Obviously you can't use #2, right?

@Handle_number_7

Жыл бұрын

#2 copper is a pretty general term. Generally speaking, the slag one scoops from #2 is negligible compared to #1. Now, if there's a lot of paint, plastic, oil etc than yeah, there'd be a lot more slag. Tiny gauge copper wire is considered #2 at my yard. But it's every bit as pure as say Romex copper wire. It's simply smaller. But sweat joints (contain tin/lead solder) and are considered #2 as well. That you wouldn't wanna melt with your pure copper.

@gremlin7599

Жыл бұрын

@@Handle_number_7 so you'll put anything in as long as there isn't soldered joints or heavy corrosion? I'm asking because I'd like to start making these as well. Maybe even sell on ebay

@Handle_number_7

Жыл бұрын

I'd probably throw in heavily oxidized, because impurities like oxides float to the surface. Allowing you to skim it off. But personally I wouldn't throw paint or other unknowns in, due to potential for other metal contamination. Oxidation doesn't bother me, unless it was caused by a chemical.

@gremlin7599

Жыл бұрын

@@Handle_number_7 dont some wires have glue underneath thevinsulation?

@Handle_number_7

Жыл бұрын

If overheated, it can tend to stick to the wire. But I've never seen glued wire. Magnet wire uses a varnish paint like material. Magnet wire is what's used in electric motors.

Money is infinite garbage.

That's good money for second hand laptops. Stack them, unless you need the 💵💵

Stack!

If you took that brick to a scrap yard, they'd laugh at you. Probably get copper 2. No offense, just my opinion. That'd make a good video. Go to an honest yard with 4 of them.

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