How To Scrap Brass Door Knobs
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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In this video I show how to take apart door knobs to recover the brass
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I'm 86 years old God's will I'll turn 87 April 4. I've been doing some scrapping. I keep busy yes I'm a female. But I love doing it I need a wire stripping machine. But love your video number one you don't curse on it.i turn to one every other word is a curse word.so I don't like cursing.thanks for lot of things I've learned I'm from Burneyville okla.thank you.
That’s so cool to hear. I truly believe scrapping is for everyone!
I got the basic version of a stripmeister wire stripper from Amazon, it’s really affordable stripper and it’s been awesome!
I don’t like cursing either, I’m happy you’ve found my channel.
Thank you brother, i got 3 boxes of old doorknobs some 10 years ago, never scrapped them til recently, your video is good help my man. Taking in the peeled brass and die cast alum right now, filled a 5 gal bucket, very time consuming but easy side hustle, i was smashing the parts with a sledge, will go to sawzall much easier my friend thank u
Oh that’s so great, I’m really happy my video was helpful.
It’s definitely a great way to earn some extra cash.
@@scrapitall200 yeah just not much weight for the amount of work, but it adds up
Yeah you’re right, but like you said, it does add up.
They’re not my favorite thing to scrap, but I do them when things are slow.
Thanks for the shout out bud. Great video too!
You are welcome, my friend!
Thank you!
I've got several door knobs collected just for this purpose. All the tidbits add up over time. God bless you and thanks for this video.
Yes, they all do add up. God bless you as well and thank you for watching.
Nice video. I have a bucket full of door knobs to scrap myself.
Thank you buddy.
They aren’t my favorite thing to scrap, but brass is brass lol.
@scrapitall200 that's right- scrap everything.
@@CopperEyeJoe scrap it all lol.
There is a small lock on the side of knob, push in with a small screw driver and the knobs will pull off without the sawing no sawing needed.
That’s not on every door knob, most (in my experience) are crimped and have to be cut. I’ve found some like you mentioned and they are so easy.
I live in the UK, and I have never come across door handles with brass covering. The ones I get are all solid brass or solid stainless. The cheaper handles are solid aluminium. I normally just come across solid brass . I see many of the types you have in the American scrapping videos.
Pretty much all modern ones are like this. Older ones will be solid brass or glass handles. Thank you for watching.
I bought that same scale and I love it. Thanks for telling me the model number.
Awesome, I really like it, been great.
I have a few of these lying around. I guess I'll have a go at them some day. Thanks.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching
I enjoyed how you stripped the brass form the knobs. I had always wondered how it was done. God Bless!
Awesome, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. God bless you too!
Yeah man. Rodriguez is top drawer.
Absolutely 100%
I haven't broken down a door handle that way before. May have to next time I get one.
It definitely works better than prying and banging with a hammer.
Really cool video. Never seen that done before! Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you very much! You’re welcome, I’m happy you liked it.
I just found a small bag full of these in the shop! Now I know how to diarm them lol. Great video!
Hope it helps buddy.
Thanks for watching
I breakdown just about everything to separate the metals...Its the only way to make money. Door knobs do take a little time but it is worth it. The way I see it, sitting home watching the TV isnt making you any money, but taking the time disassemble does...
Absolutely agree 100% there’s money out there to be made and most of us could use extra money nowadays. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Wow. You made that look so easy. Thank you.
You are very welcome and thank you for watching.
I absolutely love your channel, and love learning new things, never use to break down my transformers, I do now with the hatchet method I seen on your channel! Thank you! Now to try the machete trick with the motors.
That is so awesome! I’m happy you’ve been enjoying it and learning things to help you scrap. Thank you for your comment.
When I do door knobs, I use my grinder with a cutter wheel and make a cut up each side and put a screwdriver in the crack and pry the brass off.
I’ll have to give that a try, thank you!
Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome and thank you for taking the time to watch!
GOD BLESS BROTHER I ENJOYED THIS VIDEO MUCH.
Thank you so much!
God bless you too brother!
Great video because I just got quite a few of these. Thank you
Awesome!
Thank you and I’m happy my video will help you.
Scrap Rodriguez is a hard working awesome guy
He absolutely is!
Canadian Treasure Hunter does them.
He pretty much scraps everything like I do. I’m a big fan of his. Thank you for watching.
Just a note....many times the lock cylinder that holds the brass pins, where the key goes into, is also brass....not aluminum. Do a scratch test to see if it looks like chrome.
Thank you! I have found some to be brass, which is always nice lol.
Another great video and very informative
Thank you so much for watching another video and for all of your nice comments, I appreciate it.
The pins are tumblers lol !!! Great video bro!!
Have you ever tore down the silver colored ones ? I've wondered if they're aluminum, brass or stainless ?
Yeah sometimes words escape me. Thank you!
Only ones that I’ve done that were silver color were stainless
@@scrapitall200 awesome! Glad I didn't toss them in breakage
GREAT video
Thank you so very much, I appreciate that.
You know that Reed vise brings around $300 in Nebraska!
I did not know that! I really love it, it’s been such a great vise!
The vise and the hacksaw is the way to go. Takes seconds to cut in half.
I have a bad neck that barks at me when I saw too much.
Thank you for watching.
I love to get door handles. I stick them in the vice butt end down and cut them in half long ways with a band saw that way they just fall apart.
Boy I wish I had a bandsaw. Thanks for watching and sharing your method with me.
I install and repair commercial doors and hardware so I have to tools to do it with and they come in handy for scraping as well. Also, anything that is silver in color that comes off of a door, check with a file, you'd be surprised how much Chrome plated brass is out there!
@@martinc591 sure is nice having the proper tools lol. absolutely, I always make a point to check with a file. Thank you!
That was a great video. I learned a lot watching that. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much. That makes me very happy that you learned something.
Scrap Rodriguez is a great member of the ScrapFamily and hustles that scrap that's for sure! Great way of scrapping doorknobs I have a bucket of mixed nobs around here somewhere! CheeRs ScrapItAll
He’s top shelf!
Thank you brother and I hope this video helps you with scrapping door knobs.
@@scrapitall200 I'll definitely be doing it this way for sure!
Awesome!
@@scrapitall200 Have a great day and I hope the Scrap Run Fills your pockets with Scrap Cash! CheeRs
Cracking video cheers keep up good work 👏
Thanks, i had given up on those door knobs before because they are not worth the effort . Ill give this a try next time 👍
You’re welcome. I’m happy my video has helped. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment, I appreciate it.
Great guy been subscribed to him for a long time great guy! Another great video 1st video I ever watch of someone scrapping door knobs that’s neat! That’s like a little micro scrapping session!
Yes he is!
Thank you, bud, I appreciate it!
@@scrapitall200 welcome my friend!
I had always assumed the inside was zinc.
My yard pays me cast aluminum for them
Nice Job
Thank you!
i use them to make handles. on my walking sticks. the older smaller ones!
That is a great idea, thanks for sharing that. Thank you for watching.
Scrap Rodriguez is awesome, great video btw
Yes he is! Thank you, bud!
Pull the knobs off with an L shaped pry bar and hammer while it's in the vice. They slide off the steel piece with a few hits
Thank you for watching, I’ll give that a try sometime.
For getting that “c clip” off you can use a key pin gauge. You should look into getting a “rekey kit” and a set of picks/hooks. You can actually take apart the lock mechanisms almost entirely without having to cut any steel. I don’t know if you still scrap door hardware but once you have a good understanding of the forces at play you can take these things apart in about a minute and a half
Awesome, thank you for the information.
I still do scrap door hardware.
Thank you for watching.
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Zelda reference?
@@scrapitall200 It is. But moreover, it counts as engagement. Good video. I appreciate you catching the brass pins in the tumbler, every gram counts!
Thank you, I appreciate it very much. Thank you for watching the video and leaving a comment. Absolutely, it all adds up!
Begin quest music…..😂
I think what you calling cast aluminum is more accurately called die cast. Recently I got .45/lb. where as aluminum was going for .60/lb. it was my first time to collect that category. I think it has some Al in it, maybe Mg as well. Inexpensive fan motor housings, etc. The best chucks of Brass are in the latch button..sometimes. When you scrap 6 of the same thing at once, one gets more and more efficient. That was my experience with 6 or so handles a while back. Next time I get some, I will have forgotten the details...
Yeah I have a bad habit of calling stuff like that cast aluminum because that’s what my yard pays me for them. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Absolutely, I definitely have that experience with getter more efficient after the first few. Thank you for watching and for your comment. It’s appreciated!
My yard has a die cast (or zinc) category too. A little heavier/denser than cast aluminum. Prices for me pretty similar, but I try to separate the best I can or the yard will help. On different occasions I’ve even had the same types of security camera housings be called cast aluminum or die cast on different days😅🤷♂️
I turn them in as dirty ally or breakage. But I am also not getting 2.5 cents for shred. Happy Hunting,.
Yeah my prices are a big reason I scrap everything, plus since it’s just a hobby to me, my time isn’t relevant to me but I understand for some it is! Thanks for watching buddy.
Useful information
Thank you so much buddy
You are welcome
Another great video my friend
Thank you, I appreciate it bud.
I just rewatched this I was fighting with door handles all day now I know the cut them in half
Thanks for rewatching buddy!
Súper creo que de las pequeñas cosas se puede sacar mucho esa es mi filosofía ❤
Absolutely, I completely agree!
Take grinder after you vice and cut all the way around knob brass will fall off on outside
Thanks for the tip and for watching.
Thank you now I need to get a vice
You’re welcome! Hopefully it gave you some ideas.
Good video
Thank you, I appreciate it.
@@scrapitall200you are welcome
Great video thanks to you and Amen
Thank you so much! God bless you!
Came by to show my support nice video
Thank you I really appreciate that!
A lot of times the silver bit can be zinc instead of aluminum. Weight is a good way to tell. Being that little bit is almost half a pound im thinking its zinc
It’s definitely zinc or a combination of zinc and aluminum but my yard just pays me cast aluminum so I’ve got into the habit of calling it cast lol
Thank you
@@scrapitall200 gotcha! I didn't know if you knew or not. It's crazy how there's so much difference between so many scrap yards. You'd think by now they'd be uniform. I bet they sell it off as zinc though lol
@@woodworkingandepoxy643 oh I’m sure they do lol.
It is definitely crazy how different they operate. I do need to do a better job at saying what the metal is and not what my yard pays me for it. I do appreciate you pointing that out. Information is always valuable to me, so thanks again.
@@scrapitall200 anytime!
I have to ask the obvious question.
Is this actually worth it?
The amount of money you'd make from the microscrapping effort of tearing down down knobs cannot possibly be enough to pay for the time you'd spend doing it.
I’m a hobby scrapper and I don’t count my time. But, I did make $4,000 last year doing what I do as a hobby.
been dismantling door handles 46 years , sick of the sight of them , if im bored i take them apart properly, if im in a hurry they get cut up in our 60 year old mecdev alligator shear !
Wow, I think I’d be sick of them too lol.
Alligator shears? That sounds epic lol.
Thank you for watching.
That thar, is slicker en deer guts on a glass doorknob.
😂😂 You win for the most creative comment!
@@scrapitall200 Can't wait to get the check.
@@artstrology I’ll get right one that 😂
quarter pound of brass is about 50 cents. plus about 10 cents for cast and steel. is 60 cents.
if you got rolling and did 10 in an hour you are making about 6 dollars per hour.
thankyou for showing me that this upgrade is totally not worth doing.
Glad to help. Thank you for watching.
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I just turn a 75 cent bucket into the 10$
@@takealookatlifeinc.6274 that’s awesome!
Scrapping door knobs?
I recently got all the door hardware from a change out done in a 200+ unit apt bldg.
I did the easy clean up for brass and took it in. The knobs similar to in this vid I kept pending scrap lessons like this video - thank you!
The stuff that had least brass I took in. They paid me for brass bearing at close to same rate as zinc diecast.
That’s great! Thank you for watching and sharing this comment, I appreciate hearing from y’all.
Nice channel
Thank you so much
You're welcome
God bless
Great video. I have been throwing mine in shred. Not anymore
Thank you and I’m happy you liked it. Thank you for watching and for subscribing. I returned the favor on your channel.
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Just a suggestion wouldn't it be easier to cut the knob in half instead of trying to pull the metal out of the middle? Another suggestion is if you can keep them pins undamaged you can probably find a locksmith to give you a little more then scrap prices for them, another good suggestion is weigh the product before tearing it down get your weight and price price you would get for it then after break down get weight and price of each item
I could cut it in half, the reason I don’t is it uses up more of the cutoff wheel which costs money (albeit not that much of a difference) and also I’ll lose more weight from cutting it and turning it into dust (again, not that much loss, but still loss) I guess it comes down to personal preference. Thank you for the suggestion, I do appreciate the feedback.
I never thought about saving the pins aka tumblers to sell to a locksmith. I’ll look into that, thank you!
I might start doing the price comparisons, my only thought is there’s a big difference in scrap prices depending on where other people live. Great suggestion and I absolutely appreciate it. Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment.
@@scrapitall200 some can calculate about what they would earn at their scrap yard, I myself like watching it in a video a rough estimate on about what you will make as is to what you can make separating it, on the cutting in half with grinder is just a suggestion especially when you got bulk
@@moondog4313 yeah I can try and do that with some of my videos, it’s a good idea and I’m sure others will enjoy seeing the difference as well, thank you!
As far as cutting the door knobs that way, I’m going to give it a try and I will let you know what I find out. Might even do a newer video and if I do I will make sure to credit you with the idea. Thanks again bud.
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Thank you my friend.
Thank you friend. New sub
That's not cast aluminum its diecast.
Yeah I know. My scrap yard pays me cast aluminum price for that and I got into the habit of calling it that. Thanks!
I’ve gotten better at not calling it that anymore lol
Thank you for watching.
Most doorknobs are only brass coloured chrome unless you score the expensive models from posh homes. With these the only brass is in the keylock itself. A lot of fiddly work for what you're getting. I prefer electrical brass from old porcelain fuse holders- only have to unscrew them!
Every door knob I’ve ever done is brass as you can see in this video.
I’m a hobby scrapper and I do it because it’s really fun, the money is the cherry on top
Good content, but you are too wordy! No need to spell every detail out!
Thank you for watching and your feedback, I appreciate it.
That’s just my nerves getting to me, I expect as I get more comfortable talking to a camera things will flow more smoothly.
I, for one, appreciated the detail as processing door knobs like this are new to me.
@@al9929 thank you, I appreciate that.
That's actually a zinc alloy but I also put it in with my cast aluminum and my scrap yard buys it.
Same with my yard, they categorize it as cast aluminum so I got into the habit of calling it that. Thank you for watching.
@lockpockinglawyer
What’s that?
Nice brass my friend, don't forget to email me my friend god bless 🙏
I can’t see an email address for you! God bless
You don't need to cut them. Push the little tab and they'll come apart.
Most don’t have that tab!