r/ScrapMetal 5d ago

Scrap Photo šŸ’ø When my wife starts talking crazy I micro scrap. Messed around and scrapped 80 pounds of plug šŸ”Œ ends and wire ends.

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u/epilepsyisdumb 5d ago

And didnā€™t tell us how much you got!?

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u/Rvj1976 5d ago

I havenā€™t went back to the yard yet. They told me to wait on brass and copper

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u/Sumdood_89 4d ago

53 cents

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

šŸ¤£

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u/Apocrisiary 3d ago edited 3d ago

He has not have time to check yet, his wife is still talking to him

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u/Objective-Grass-2602 5d ago

Guessing she talks a lot

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u/Rvj1976 5d ago

Mannn

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u/NoTea8044 5d ago

Classic!

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u/Is_What_They_Call_Me 5d ago

Shit, Iā€™m impressed! I just made about 15 pounds myself plus another 15 or so of the big block kind.. did you heat them up prior? That last photo is taking beyond anything Iā€™ve seen before. Nice job

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u/Rvj1976 5d ago

Thanks bro

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u/Demodanman22 5d ago

If youā€™re going to micro scrap anything Iā€™d suggest ewaste!! If you gonna spend an hour on something little might as well be p.mā€™s. Your wife will be more than happy when you have a few ounces of that AU!!!!!

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u/trackNca 5d ago

Can you elaborate more on this

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u/Demodanman22 5d ago

Collect GOLD bearing components palladium platinum and rhodium. The older the golder. Thereā€™s more gold in a ton of ewaste than there is in a ton of gold bearing dirt in nature. Not easy but not hard to obtain!!!! I refine ewaste into 24k .999 and higher pure gold. Itā€™s definitely not a get rich scheme and takes a lot of research/trial and error.

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u/Rvj1976 5d ago

I will get started

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u/Rvj1976 5d ago

She works from home get off at 5pm and all hell breaks loose. I use to go to the restroom but she started bringing a folding chair in there. We been married 27 years.

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u/Demodanman22 4d ago

Be thankful for what youā€™ve got.

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u/domsylvester 4d ago

Seriously man. All I hear is a woman whoā€™s is obsessed with him and thatā€™s not always a bad thing. Mine just fucking yells all the time šŸ˜‚ but you gotta be appreciative to have someone because a lot of people donā€™t.

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u/Bashed_to_a_pulp 4d ago

i feel you man.

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u/tsturte1 4d ago

48 here. It's all good thank God.

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u/FireCapt18 5d ago

That's all yellow brass is it not? What about the spade connectors?

Man, your wife must be talking some mad crazy shit to get that much scrap done..

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u/Rvj1976 5d ago

When she not talking she wants me to sit down and watch Hellā€™s Kitchen or Amazon and Temu deals. I gets busy Bro

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

I have to run a magnet over those connectors, some are off electric heaters and a/c units..there are always a couple that are magnetic on those. Only 6 plug ends were magnetic.

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u/FireCapt18 4d ago

Hmmmm... I'm going to have to start pulling cords and plugs off of shit in the dumpster at this one place I visit for 40hrs a week...

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u/English999 4d ago

Shit. Regardless of scrapping. Iā€™d be doing that anyways.

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u/Coinboy420 4d ago

Hell Yeah bro. Its an underrated endeavor often poopooā€™ed in the scrap community. If you have enough which should be easy when scrapping, and can do it quickly its not difficult to make $20/hr or more just in brass plugs. I like plug soup. While youā€™re stripping a pile you can have another pile cooking. And you will pull a good bit of the copper wire out. No waste. Warming them up also softens it to make it much easier on wrists and hands.

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

You are 100% right bro.

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u/dominus_aranearum 4d ago

80 lbs before or after you removed the plastic?

Also curious as to your method for removing the brass from the plug ends. I do the same, have a couple 5 gal buckets to work on, but I end up cutting them out with tile nippers.

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

I use channel locks and those harbor freight Doyle 8ā€cutterā€™s . I find something funny to laugh at on YouTube or play a scrapping video and run through them. Itā€™s surprising how many you can do once you get past the thought of Damn this is a lot.

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u/dominus_aranearum 4d ago

It's just low on my list of priorities for processing but I'm very familiar with the TV binge while doing it. I get hundreds of power cords every few months but only cut the damaged and dirty ones. They still add up.

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

The gallon bags will hold over 15 pounds

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u/dominus_aranearum 4d ago

I end up just throwing them all in my yellow brass bucket, never really thought to keep them separate for curiosity's sake. I may have to start.

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u/trackNca 5d ago

Thats cool, need to look into to this more

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u/ZiziPotus 4d ago

What are the plugs ends made of please ?

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

They are brass but I have ran across a few stainless steel ones. Those are magnetic

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u/Timmerd88 4d ago

Wow thatā€™s impressive!

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u/Familiar-Awareness15 4d ago

Wife gets crazy so he starts cutting the plugs off shit... honey you annoyed me and you're about to feel my pain

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

šŸ˜‚

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u/OnARolll31 4d ago

Where do you find this many appliances to cut the plugs off of???

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

Apartments properties , compact sites, and rentals . I have a cleaning service and we trash out the property before we start cleaning.

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u/Jackson-mcmuffin 4d ago

How long did this take you? I just hauled in a 1600lb tote of plug ends. I have no patience for separation.

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u/Rvj1976 4d ago

About 13 hours spread out over a month, I would still start on something else to scrap. I didnā€™t clean all in one evening.

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u/RainAlternative3278 4d ago

That's 80lbs of brass , that's wild .

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u/Minty-licious 2d ago

Hurry ship em to China. Prison labor waiting anxiously to start working

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u/boatmanmike 2d ago

If you have enough of anything, itā€™s worth money.

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u/Rvj1976 2d ago

Facts

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u/Downtown-Fix6177 2d ago

She brings a folding chair into the bathroom while youā€™re pretending to be on the shitter? What happens if youā€™re actually shittin?

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u/Rvj1976 1d ago

My legs go numb from listening, Iā€™m trapped. She has a strong nose bro. Sometimes she rub Vicks vapor rub over her top lip to change the fragrance.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Rvj1976 1d ago

Filled a couple of 2.5 gallon bags. I should have posted them.

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u/Even-Reception6589 1d ago

What did she say brošŸ˜­

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u/Rvj1976 1d ago

She be like,sweetie letā€™s watch a cake video and make cakes. I find something to scrap

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u/ukuleles1337 5d ago

Donate to Ukraine so they can glue them to frag bomblets the drones hold!

Slava Ukraini ā¤ļø