Nice demonstration brother! As an added level of protection, I wrap painters tape around that stuff. My research shows that it’s chromium oxide and aluminum oxide. No way manufacturers would use something as expensive as beryllium in household microwaves. Thank you for the shoutout brother. Oh, Btw, I like the new hair do, about to do the same myself.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Thank you brother, glad you liked the video and the scalping 🤣🤣

@scrapitall200

5 ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland I did 😂

This has got to be one of the top magnetron tear down videos I’ve seen yet! Thanks for the shout out Brother the scrap community is absolutely wonderful! CheeRs Fam I’ll be running the buzzer over the melon here soon always good to feel fresh no need to be fancy 😂

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Cheers my guy

Great detail in this video

Great video and info

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Bro how many channels do you have? Just subbed this one now too 😂

Great video. I have a milk crate almost full of the centres. Now I know how to proceed. Thanks so much for the shoutout

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Glad to help. Gotta get that copper 😀

You go way further than I do. I've never taken the end of. I'll try that next time.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Maximise everything buddy. Leave nothing behind. I don't want to say scrapitall, our buddy got the copywrite on that 🤣

Man i e thrown so many of these away cause i was scared of the barillium... Rhanks for the info. Will definately be cutting them up now. Gotts rotate that blade 180 degrees. If thats a grinder u really like consider teplacing the bearing inside.

@seanweiss6729

3 ай бұрын

It's also a lot easier to cut the aluminum fins with the grinder then just pull off

Got 2 of these to do be glad of help

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Hopefully you can get all the copper from those magnetrons now bro

Nice breakdown, great video mate, every little bit of copper helps 👍

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely brother. Just like pokemon, gotta catch em all.

Hey, thanks for the shout-out. You do a thousand of these in your life, that's a nice chunk of copper.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Some people think there's no copper in microwaves anymore due to most transformers being aluminium. There is always copper in microwaves 😀

@HHRecycling

5 ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland don't forget about magnets. I love magnets.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

@@HHRecycling I could build a magnet tower to the moon with the amount of these things I've had 🤣

Great video, man! Detailed explanation on do's and don'ts.

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching my friend. Gonna headb over to your channel

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Subbed you bro

@MicroScraprMike

4 ай бұрын

@ScappingScotland You are welcome! Thanks for the content. I have likewise subbed to your channel.

😢I scrap anything with a power cord. But the better money is in e-waste. Call computer repair shops around you and let them know you recycle them. I have 4 stores that give me the old junk stuff. I have probably 5 years worth of material and as all scrappers know there is never to much. Making another pickup tomorrow.

Magic video

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching my friend

The effects of beryllium toxicity are very, very bad. Another source of exposure to beryllium is the springs made of beryllium bronze used in relays and some electronics. This stuff is never marked. Be especially careful if you are melting any scrap material or using anything you don't know is pure as the fumes are very toxic. The 'ceramic insulator' on the magnetrons used to be made of beryllium oxide because it is such a good conductor of heat and yet is a good electrical insulator. You will see beryllium oxide used in many high powered radio tubes because of these desirable properties. Don't assume that beryllium oxide isn't being used as certain foreign manufacturers will lie about everything.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

There is no beryllium oxide in modern microwaves. For one it's too expensive and secondly it was replaced many years ago with aluminu oxide. I'm not saying beryllium isn't used in other items but not in microwaves for decades. High powered magnetrons in things like radio transmitters are a different story but I purely talking about microwaves here. Lots of great information in your comment though and I appreciate you engaging with the video. I don't melt any metal so no issue there for me. Thanks again for your insight

nice information video mate just subscribed

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Back at you my friend.

Safety first 👍 Thanks for the shout out!

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely my friend

Ive got probably 15 or more of those. My problem is i don't have a respirator, so i just keep adding to my collection. Great videos

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Just make sure you're in a well ventilated area when you cut them bro. No Beryllium to worry about

Heya, Don't throw away the magnets... I always sell them on the online marketplace for 1 euro each. It is easy money if you keep them intact....❤

@ScrappingScotland

21 күн бұрын

@Xenon6002 yeah the postage costs is why I don't sell them. Need padded envelopes and postage is over £1

@Xenon6002

19 күн бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland yeah i sell them 1,- each asd postage is for the buyer. Mostly they buy all 10 or 20 in 1 go.😎😅

I usually take that little piece wire as #1 brite Copper

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Good shout

Thank you so much for the shout out very much appreciated, great video and informative I think I’ll keep the magnetrons now to recover the copper , again thank you mate 👍

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure

@seamusmcelroy8352

5 ай бұрын

Good vid bro well explained

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

@@seamusmcelroy8352 thanks buddy xx

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Gr8 vid mate. I know guy in Australia sell those magnets for like $5 AUD each. But he has secondhand shop. Cheers Graham

@ScrappingScotland

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Graham. That's a nice return on a ferrite magnet!

@theaussienurseflipper.8113

2 ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland U always put 10 together and tty selling FBM. U might b surprise

When you cut out the two copper spools, cut one end on each spool ,then use your cutters and strech out the copper spools….the ferrous piece will just fall out…make the other end cuts ….time saved…..I also get the brass ends out of the plastic housing by using my side cutters and leaver against the plastic and the both come out fairly easy….keep up the great work

@ScrappingScotland

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great advice

@johnthompson9032

2 ай бұрын

Grab brass ends in plastic even if they break, still brass you didn’t have

Thank you for the shoutout great video

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome buddy

też dziś rozbierałem👍👍

I would highly doubt that any microwave would have beryllium considering how expensive it is.Cheap microwave definitely wouldn't have beryllium in it

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

A very sensible observation

I bet you put your hair in light iron to increase the weight. Great video as always. Thanks for the video.

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Jeez, why didn't I think of that 🤔🤣

TIP FOR SAFETY: i wrap ductape around the beryllium parts before i cut of the sides

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

I did mention that as an option in the video my friend

If the newer ones dont contain beryllium surely its ok to just smash them up? Probably just ceramic.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

Yes but people are still sceptical so I show the cautious approach whilst reaffirming that there is no beryllium. I also wouldn't want people to assume that no magnetrons contain it as magnetrons in other things like high powered transmitters can still contain it. Just not in microwaves anymore.

@aishalotter9995

2 ай бұрын

I always hit it with a hammer ,outside , not smash it to dust and sniff it up !!!

i was wondering if the magnetron. contains beryllium copper because the copper is so stiff and hard. most switches and buzz bar contain beryllium. it makes the copper hard like the strength of say brass. you can tell when cutting with snippers its hard to cut unlike soft copper wire.

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

This is not hard copper and it doesn't contain beryllium oxide. Modern microwaves use alumina oxide.

Hi. What do you do with the radioactive thorium-tungsten filament? Do you extract it or keep it whole?

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

I dispose of it at my local recycling centre as hazardous waste. Most yards won't take them even though the hazard risk is very low. When taking a magnetron apart. It can be dangerous if you are grinding the filament down and inhale it, but when you deal with these types of electronics, it's always important to know what you are scrapping and do some research.

@RedDeckRedemption

4 ай бұрын

They've got thorium??

@misike3882

4 ай бұрын

@RedDeckRedemption . According to Google, they do.....

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

@misike3882 it's a very, very thin coating but yes they do

I wrap electrical tape around the caramic

@ScrappingScotland

5 ай бұрын

I would never say not to but there is no beryllium in there from microwaves

What grade is copper from magnetrons? Grade 2?

@ScrappingScotland

Ай бұрын

Number 2 copper yes

Aufräumen bevor man ein Video macht

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Es braucht nur Platz und muss nicht sauber sein

kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6yjqs-ml5WteLA.htmlsi=c9DGLso39sf5IdXO this is how I do it. Not saying yours is wrong just saying this is another way. May the scrap gods provide you all with bountiful treasures. Keep up the excellent work. Peace to the scrap community.

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Nice quick way to get those fins off. Thanks for sharing

Its most probably not beryllium oxide

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

It's definitely not

Your doing it all wrong, way to long and to much stripping. You dont need to take bottom plate of at all just take magnetron plate off first pull magnetron out the copper coils come out with the magnetron just snip job done.

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

Not sure I'm doing it wrong, just doing it a different way but you're right I could do it quicker and leave that bottom plate. I'll try that next time round

Not totally safe ,using a grinder and hot metal without decent gloves

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

You are correct my friend. I do need to be better at safety.

@simodo11

4 ай бұрын

Forgot to add ,thanks for the information,I’ve just subscribed because I like your accent and knowledge

@ScrappingScotland

4 ай бұрын

@simodo11 thank you so much. Its a pleasure to have you as part of the channel

That disc cutter with no guard will if you lucky get you into hospital but if you cant get there quick you could bleed out R.I.P ☠️

@ScrappingScotland

3 ай бұрын

The blade is too big for my guard unfortunately, it cuts into it. You're correct though. Safety is no joke. Thanks for watching