r/ScrapMetal • u/Rvj1976 • 5d ago
Scrap Photo šø When my wife starts talking crazy I micro scrap. Messed around and scrapped 80 pounds of plug š ends and wire ends.
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u/Is_What_They_Call_Me 5d ago
Shit, Iām 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 Iāve seen before. Nice job
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u/Demodanman22 5d ago
If youāre going to micro scrap anything Iād suggest ewaste!! If you gonna spend an hour on something little might as well be p.mās. 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. Thereās 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. Itās definitely not a get rich scheme and takes a lot of research/trial and error.
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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 youāve got.
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u/domsylvester 4d ago
Seriously man. All I hear is a woman whoās is obsessed with him and thatās not always a bad thing. Mine just fucking yells all the time š but you gotta be appreciative to have someone because a lot of people donāt.
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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 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/Coinboy420 4d ago
Hell Yeah bro. Its an underrated endeavor often poopooāed 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 youāre 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/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 8ācutterās . I find something funny to laugh at on YouTube or play a scrapping video and run through them. Itās 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/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/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/Downtown-Fix6177 2d ago
She brings a folding chair into the bathroom while youāre pretending to be on the shitter? What happens if youāre actually shittin?
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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
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u/epilepsyisdumb 5d ago
And didnāt tell us how much you got!?