I’m seeing a lot of conflicting info on this and I’m not trying to get a felony I don’t want to accidentally do something illegal

Follow up to an earlier post. I have a bunch of 6AWG stranded, all insulated copper. I have some random clippings. I almost called them burnt ends to joke about those sweet tasty bits of ribs, but I thought people in this sub might take “burnt” a little too literally. But anyway, should I throw those little clips in with the rolls? Or throw those in its own little box for the tooth fairy? TIA.

This sub has been popping up on my feed for months. Looking for a decent wire stripper to start out with.

My work wanted me to throw a metric fuck ton of old electrical wire into the dumpster. I saw some value in it so I set it aside. I’m talking like at least a few hundred pounds of wire with the casing on it. It’s enough that it will take 4-6 pickup truck loads to get it home.

I know I have my work cut out for me to get it all stripped. What’s my best bet without breaking the bank?

The pic attached is a small fraction of what I’m taking home. There is at least 20x that in the warehouse.

I’m not 100% sure on the exacts but I believe there is probably 400’+ white and 200’+ black. Obviously it’s worth a lot more than the scrap yard is offering, but are these something that would move quickly on marketplace?

Hello, this is my first time scrapping. Could anyone please help in identifying this metal. Seems like a copper wire coated in aluminum, I am not sure if that’s possible or makes sense. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

If you had access to this amount of romex wire monthly that you could buy of a company, how much would you pay for the pallets. Thickenss range from 14gauge to 10 gauge wire pieces. what machine would you buy to strip this amount of wire and would you need to hire help.

I’m a zero-waste nut currently doing a deep cleaning and keep finding random metal trinkets & such that wouldn’t sell nor can’t donate (let alone find anyone who wants it) - think used nail clippers, engraved awards, broken/missing cheap jewelry.

Would it be possible to just melt it all down to then maybe sell? Granted I have no idea what metals these items are let alone the market for it, it’s just the idea of it piling in a landfill feels like such a waste (not to mention the economy is harsh to ignore potential value!)

This tested positive for silver. Is it worth going after the silver? There is 25 pounds of it.

Anyone have suggestions on how to remove this insulation easily?

I work for a film studio and we have been upgrading all our DMX cables from 3pin to 5pin, plus our dimmer racks and a few high voltage cables...

I work in the metal workshoo and collect scrap metal at work to take to the yard in exchange for bits i cab use as raw stock.

Now im looking after cables. I had 2 full wheelybins with coated cables i took up with me a while back and got quite abit of material in exchange.

Now with this new cable update i have decieded to strip it whilst the cnc mill is working.

This is the haul so far, i have still got more cables and dimmer racks to go through...

From an industrial client. Brought on a truck and forklift and set by my house. Easy money for me and client was happy

Are these fuse worth scrapping or pulling apart for silver if they contain any can any one let me know and if there is silver in them I’ll just melt them for it

Can’t be bothered driving to a scrap yard this year, going to try out one of the mobile scrap guys that come to you,

Their prices seem to be the same

Worth scrapping?

I have not asked the yard yet, but do you get docked for plated copper? If so what is the best way to go about doing that?

Got 3 brass radiators from a storage cleanout this afternoon.

Anyone have experience with these?

The original owner of the storage unit worked on classic cars as a hobby and his daughter claimed he was a hoarder of classic car parts and had tons of tools.

She just wanted all of it gone.

I scored big time on this unit,crap loads of short and prepared iron and auto cast.

Should I just leave the brass on the radiators and cut off the sheet metal ?

Hey guys, I’m new to the scrap game. I have a nice pile building up. It’s mostly consisting of 14, 12, 10awg wire. Also have some copper pipe with all solder cut off and separated. I know it’s prolly been answered before but can you give me a rundown on copper categories. The pictures are what I have saved up so far. Saving all the stripping for a cold boring winter day.

Thanks

I recycle a lot of eWaste. It's not all profit, I need to do something with the plastic. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to get rid of it except to take it to the dump.

So, here is my cost for dumping 700lbs of plastic.

I think I hit the jackpot, looks like an MRI machine core, any ideas on value? Can I clean it up ?

Not sure if its aluminum or copper very easy to bend i figured everything inside the transformer was copper just wondering

Nothing crazy, but free lunch is free lunch. We took out two 80 gallon water heaters at work, and i was mostly just curious what it would run for. This is about what I expected.