I used to do this the same way. But I had someone show me a much faster and easier way to remove the copper without ever having to cut the copper at all. I just use an air chisel or I use my little 3lb 20” mini sledgehammer and an old axe head or a tree felling wedge to split the side open. Sometimes I have to split 2 sides but once it is split you can pull all the copper out in one piece. And there’s usually no mess to clean up afterwards either. But ik this was a year ago so idk Maybe you do it differently now lol. But regardless still a good video. Short simple straight to the point and informative. So thank you for that. To many others on here that make 30-45 minute videos that never go anywhere. Just a waste of time. They just talk the whole time but never say anything. Keep up the good work sir.

@HeinrichsMade

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Yeah I hate those videos. They provide almost 0 information. Yes I actually used a machete to split the copper in half in a recent video. I also used an air chisel to get the copper out. 👍👍👍

Nice amount of copper. Will melt nicely to creat an awesome cast. Great job.

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! Yeah it was a good amount of copper 🔥🔥🔥

Great video I enjoy taking the motors apart myself! I have 7-8 in the garage now that I’m gonna start taking apart soon! 👊👊💰💰

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏. Yeah it's kinda relaxing just taking motors apart. 😁. Make sure to relieve the oil, but you probably know that

I used to do the same thing with Sawzall,but angle grinder works better to me. Pneumatic air chisel with longer chisel cut into fork " Y" is what I do . Nice video Sir

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Someone told me the same thing, to use a grinder. Someone actually mentioned a chop saw with a grinder bit. 👍. I've seen the air chisel and it looks like it works great, but I don't currently have one lol 😂. Thank you much 🔥👍💯

@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523

Жыл бұрын

Chop Saw works good to, New Subscriber nice to meet you Sir.

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

@@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523 thank you my friend 👍. Looking forward to seeing you around the channel.

Excellent video, I can tell you , you are right. I made one heck of a mess the first time I scraped one of those the oil was all over a very valuable beam of wood. Lesson learned. The only thing I do differently is I prefer a grinder with a cut off for cutting off the end of the windings. I feel a cleaner cut makes it easier to work the copper out. All said Excellent instructions.

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Omg yeah what a mess it makes when breaking open without removing the oil... 😂. Someone else recommend similar. Using a chop saw with a grinder disc. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure it would cut a clean cut. Thanks for your input 👍👍

I would use a diamond blade cut off wheel to cut one end of the motor. Then i would use a hammer/rotary drill to chisel out the copper its the same as using an air chisel.

Cool. I have one exactly the same it came out of a split system air-conditioner. That other part attached to the compressor which we didn't see you cut off, mine was made of copper. I haven't cut the compressor open yet though

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Interestingly, the cannister that was on the side only had a piece of copper tubing going into it. It was hollow with a charcoal filter or something in it. It wasn't made of copper either. It's good yours was made of copper.

I need to see if I've got a grinding wheel somewhere, I've got 10 or 11 mid size compressors in my garage from RV AC units I pulled the rads and lines out of. I had no idea there was that much copper in the compressors. Thank you for the content !

@HeinrichsMade

8 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! If you have an air chisel, that would make it even easier 😂

Good job A 4 inch grinder with a cut off wheel would make short work of it. Alot clean too.

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I normally use the saw. I've never tried the grinder. I should have used the grinder I used to cut it open with hahah

almost 4 lbs in cu. definitely worth it, generally speaking about $12 in copper plus you get the steel as well, about 50 lb of steel around $4. minus the blades but 2-3 compressors (once drained) an hour is very reasonable.

@HeinrichsMade

8 ай бұрын

no doubt! If I had an air chisel it would be much faster to disassemble one of these.

Best one I know of is cutth3 top off ,ake q cut do2n with eid3s and an air chis3l down tj3 relief cuts and it's out ,can do 1.5 with 1 disc,took less than 5 min

@HeinrichsMade

3 күн бұрын

Yeah the air chisel is awesome. I recently used it on one. I also found homering a machete down the center will split it in half.

Good collection of Copper. Good to melt and make more Ingots!!! 😎😎😎😎🤣🤣 Short and sweet bro!!! Those units can hold a small fortune...lol

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Yessir! I was actually surprised there was that much copper in it. I'm going to get more of these compressors. It will sit in my bucket of copper until I figure out what I want to make with it 😁

cat litter works good for cleaning up oil messes. how many cutting disks did you go through opening up the compressor?

@HeinrichsMade

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I should have thought of that. 😆. I don't believe I even went through 1 disk. This was a while ago. I will say if I had an air chisel, it would have been much easier to get the copper out.

Well, sharpen it, dear Heinrichs, dear Heinrichs...(sorry, couldn't resist it).

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

I know... I have other blades too. I just didn't feel like changing it hahah

Wow, that was a ton of copper

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it is! 👍👍

@Rivertable

5 ай бұрын

​@@HeinrichsMadehow many grams is it! Why u all measures it in pound inches and other crops 😂

@HeinrichsMade

5 ай бұрын

@@Rivertable Google converts it to 1.41 Kilograms. Is that what you wanted?

@Rivertable

5 ай бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade yeah it's better, that some Alines measurements, very confusing, lol I m in Australia, we upside-down living ahhaha

@Rivertable

5 ай бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade and I found 2 old Air-conditioning units today spend like an 1h braking it, but I took everything except that black think called Air compressor * I hope I didn't left them and in them few kilos of coppers. There were 2 bigger ones and 2 smaller black things 😔😔😔

So nice 👍 bro I like you 😍

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Yes thank you 🙏

How long did it take to get the copper out, at ~2 bucks for dirty copper and

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

It could probably be done around 10m. The biggest problem is getting the copper out of the winding. I think scrappers get $5 a motor. Depending on the motor, it's probably more profitable to scrap the motor as is. Some motors don't even have a lb worth of copper in it.

what is the ratio of copper to the weight of the whole compressor?

@HeinrichsMade

7 ай бұрын

Oh, I don't remember. There is a lot of steel in these compressors. I'm sure the ratio is low.

How ton it is,,,

@HeinrichsMade

26 күн бұрын

I don't remember this is an older video.

How much kilo gram

@HeinrichsMade

6 ай бұрын

1.42 KG

This guy needs to learn a tip…. Cut both ends off and the tap out the rest … much easier to process….

@HeinrichsMade

28 күн бұрын

cut of both ends of the copper winding or the ends of the compressor? The inside of the compressor has tabs which won't let the winding be tapped out. I felt it was easier a line down the middle and spread it.

@EdZirul

28 күн бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade no just how you took the copper out at the end…. I’ve seen many people just cut off both ends of the wire and tap out the rest … it’s easier than what you made it seem to be…

@EdZirul

28 күн бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade by the way there is a way to make it a 1 cut to open the case … I just watched that video just before watching yours…

@HeinrichsMade

28 күн бұрын

@UCK5S0yQP%F0%9F%98%808pWJSnr3FrSnbZA i see what you mean. I use an air chisel now on my air compressor. It takes the copper out super fast 👍👍

Too many people do it this way. The time and the costs of blades are not factored in enough. The way this is done is the most popular and not the easiest and cost effective. There's other ways.. Plus, there is no way scrapping one or even a few of these is worth the time. Volume is essential.

@HeinrichsMade

8 ай бұрын

I'll admit there is an easier way. 1 would be to have an air chisel. There is always an easier way. I've seen videos of them doing it in India. I would definitely like to hear your way of doing it. 👍

@marcrj8111

8 ай бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade I had to go back and search. This approach is efficient and will save on blades. kzread.info/dash/bejne/daSVrqqhYZWnoLg.html There's another approach with side grinder... He cutes one cut, but goes about it with a curved approach starts bottom curse towards top then curves back... The casing just comes apart and all the pieces are there to be taken. Also saves on blades and time.

@marcrj8111

8 ай бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade This is the one cut approach. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hnyglNZspdG2oNY.html

@HeinrichsMade

8 ай бұрын

@@marcrj8111 that's a great way to do it! I just need a machete 😆. I think they are cheap at harbor freight. Once the copper is split, you could easily remove it with an air chisel. Thanks 👍👍

@marcrj8111

8 ай бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade and, it seems, would take either the same time or faster and resolved the cost burden.

Wow you working to hard to get the copper out... use a chop saw much quicker and less mess

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, I never thought of using a chop saw. What type of blade would be good?

@glennschlorf1285

Жыл бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade a blade for metals just be careful to lock the windings in and take your time... save the copper dust it makes a clean cut through the copper wires and is way quicker than a sawzall

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

@@glennschlorf1285 it sounds like it. I will give it a go for sure. I'll need to clamp the winding down instead of holding it. 👍

How much time did it take to gather $10 worth of copper? It's not exactly low hanging fruit! Bear in mind the cost of blades and an extra trip to dispose of the oil. As a retired HVAC service tech, I had access to hundreds of compressors like that, but i intuitively knew it wasn't worth the time and trouble to separate the copper. This video confirmed I was right, so thanks 😉

@HeinrichsMade

4 ай бұрын

My friend is an HVAC tech and he does this for extra money. I actually have a waste oil burner. So, I don't have to take a trip anywhere to dispose of the oil. It also keeps me active. So I'm not sitting on the couch doing nothing. haha Also, I don't sell the copper for money. My hobby is melting metals. I make stuff from it. Check out my other videos and you'll see. Happy Retirement 👍👍👍

Saw blade grabs wire doesn't cut them usecut of wheels to cut the wire

@HeinrichsMade

5 ай бұрын

Very true! I actually use a machete now. The video is in the description. Much cleaner way!

Are you going to take off the little ropes before burning or will they just turn into slog?

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

I'll throw it in the furnace as is. It will just burn off. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@3rdgenjunkies57

9 ай бұрын

Whats the point of burning it? It's still number 2 copper after its burnt

That's around 9 dollars for 3 hours of work

@HeinrichsMade

10 ай бұрын

No way 3 hours. There are easier ways to remove the copper. I don't have an air chisel, but that makes it really easy.

@user-mu5kr4gg7i

Ай бұрын

3 hrs??? I’ve done this many many times. It may seem like it takes a while because he has to move the camera and everything on his own so he can give his viewers the best shots of what he’s doing but in reality it literally only takes 10 - 20 minutes to do this. Depending on how big the compressor or motor is.

Not air compressor

Know what a air chisel is?

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

Yes I do, and that would work much better than a hammer and a wedge 😆

@steveciarico9824

Жыл бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade once you have the windings and the inner part of the motor, before removal of the copper, take the air chisel and slice the motor in half between the laminations of steel that way all you have to do is chisel out the copper from both ends. Less mess and no wear on saw blades or grinding wheels.

@steveciarico9824

Жыл бұрын

@@HeinrichsMade I demo houses for a living. Usually before we tear down a house, I go in and remove all copper from the house. It's the funnest part of my job. If I'm lucky, I will turn in a half ton or better each house.

@HeinrichsMade

Жыл бұрын

​@@steveciarico9824that sounds like a fun job to have 😆🔥🔥🔥

@3rdgenjunkies57

9 ай бұрын

Also the steel is "prepared steel" bring more $ as well