AWESOME MACHINE SETUP!...Poor mans gold...:)...I love copper WAY more than I'll ever love gold...I only have one tiny piece of gold, (gold tooth cap, from the USAF dentist)...Nice collection of copper you have there...It's only going to go up...
@@ProjectShopFl Small wire? Ha, I bet you haven't seen my video on removing copper from mini-transformers. That will give you a laugh. ua-cam.com/video/I4NGTE-lB9w/v-deo.html
Where do I find a granulator like the 1 you have ? I've looked into it several times here in Las Vegas nv and can't find one even a used one that barley works I'll rebuild it. I just would like to find out where to look if you can help. Thank you
That's an amazing homemade setup! The time and thought put into it will pay off if you have a steady supply of wire. More small scale scrapping/recycling like this needs to happen so we don't have to keep messing up nature with more mining.
I don’t know what’s going on! Is this sluice for because he grinds the wire with the rubber/plastic still on right ! If so very nice 👍 job better than gold rush 😊
I chop it up to sell it. Spaghetti wire is too tedious and easier just to throw in the granulator. This copper is from small thin wire. No PCBs. The final product Is 99.9% pure copper no green bits that might just be the camera.
Hey Fuhgeddaboudit....looks like you got this racket in the bag. Starting next week I will be buy once a week to get that insurance/protection $ we talked about. Ok then getter done!
I love what u did here but for scrap i get more money for solid bare bright wire but for so cable thus is possibly a really good idea but it looks a lot funner then stripping wire all day and good way to proses if u plan on melting it down
Thanks, The smaller wire which I call spaghetti wire is sometimes too tedious to strip it’s faster just to throw it in this granulator. I ran that granulator and my wire stripper at the same time.
how do you sell the granulated copper after wards.to just cast it into ignots or sell as is..in Ireland it's hard to sell copper bars I haven't tryed to sell granulated copper.thanks in advance for answwr
Just wondering if you fed circuit boards into your hammer mill, can this separate out the copper, aluminium & tin solder ? I assume the board waist floats off the end ? Awsome to see you advancing !!!
a bro love watching your shows I've learned a hell of a lot I'm retired living in California wouldn't mind doing some of this stuff part time you come by a used wire stripper let me know it can be a small one you've come a long way and you get it done right keep on trucking bro..
I’m not sure but it’s not fast enough, first motor I had was over 3000 rpm’s then it burned up because someone got it James and never shut off the machine. I put a 1700 rpm motor on and it does the job just can’t feed it as fast
@@ProjectShopFl I thought so. I have a similar speed in the mill for the animal grain. I think about your device when writing an engineering thesis, but I'm going to design a two-stage shredding process because it is about car cables with plugs and plastic elements. Sorry for my english, I use the translator. Greetings from Poland :)
@@marcingapski3819 More RPM’s was way better. A two stage or (pre shredder) system is something I’m already thinking about. I found that if you cut the copper wire into half inch pieces it goes through the granulator so much faster and less stress on the machine. I think I’m going to try to make a single staffed pre-shredder but I’ll drop the piece is the weather in the lawnmower and run the pre-shredder at about 50% capacity of the machine. This was just a prototype I set up to see if it was worth it. I learned a lot the main things are pre-shred, and make sure no steel, have lots of water pressure and flow, and break the water tension so the copper doesn’t float on top. The multiple trees on the sluice work good for that I’ve actually got some really good Ideas for the next setup. Thank you again for watching
No I bought it at an auction for $400. It was originally a plastic granulator for a plastic injection molding company. I modified it slightly to chop Copper
Serious inquiry here. I would be interested in a small copper chopper for grinding copper wire if you're able to I could pay you to build one for me. Doesn't need to be this large just need to process a few kilos of material.
It would cost way too much money for me to build something like this. I paid $400 for the granulator in an auction. I would start there. This one was originally a plastic granulator and I slightly modified it. Good luck and thanks for watching
@@ProjectShopFl Did modify anything other than put a faster motor and screen? What kind of motor did you use? Do you think the blades would have to be similar to yours for it to work?
Hello friend. I like your setup very much. Clearly you are very talented! What kind of modification did you do to the plastic granulator? Excelent work, new sub
I don't remember I made my own screen. I believe the original holes were 1/8" but did not liberate 100% of the copper from the insulation. I inlayed a piece of sheet metal and hand drilled my own holes. twice actually first time the holes were not big enough. I will be making a new one here soon.
it was just a prototype I was experiment with, I paid $400 for the granulator, and probably had $300 in pumps and valves. maybe less I find a lot of stuff for free
I made this video before I even had a UA-cam channel or even considered making videos. I will be rebuilding a new system and will explain the whole thing as I build it
@@ProjectShopFl do the blades meant for plastic work fine with shredding the copper? I'd much rather save the money buying a plastic granulator than one meant for metal if it works.
That was a plastics granulator in it's earlier life. They had a tendency to heat up from friction and melt down the plastic. Had to let it cool overnight and chip it all out.
That’s exactly what it was, I bought it at an auction from a plastic mold injection company. I paid $400 for it and put a faster motor on it and reduced the screen size.
@@ProjectShopFl Taking the pan out of the bottom was a good idea. We had a vacuum line hooked up to the pan and fed the granules back into the machine on top. Stuid idea with a granulator that ran 100% of the time and a vacuum machine that ran intermittently. It would clog up and melt down. We had several of these machines.
@@born2soon I am thinking of building a Cable conveyor to move the chops to the sluice. I started building a prototype. Something like this. cablevey.com/tubular-drag-conveyor/?.dFIDYemwQZWYJGVRpL8jxw.0&
@@ProjectShopFl My company, Collins and Aikmann, went out of business in 2007 and everything was sold at auction. We made all that plastic trim you see inside your minivan, and dashboards for Dodge Ram, Durango, and most of the Jeeps.
I’m in south Flordia. Yes it can be scaled down. That was just a prototype, I was playing with to see if the concept would work. I have since taken that apart and with the knowledge I learned I an about to build a new compact unit witch will be faster, more efficient, and compact. That set up even having 3 harbor freight pumps did not have enough water flow. I am adding bigger pumps and vibration to the new setup. I will be making videos of the build.
I don’t sell or have plans for this. It’s something I built out of scrap I had laying around. I’d be happy to answer any questions you have just ask here or email me. Dereksawicki@etr.co
It came with it. It was a plastic granulator I got at auction for $400 . I’ll find the make and model I contacted the manufacture and got the manual and part #’s and break down. Those blades are like $700 a pice
1 min per tray. 3 trays in 3 minutes . One 5 gallon bucket every 3 minute. Each 5 gal bucket of plastic copper mix has about 36 lbs of copper. 5 buckets of mix = 1 180 Lb 5 gal bucket of pure 99+% copper chops. So it could wash easily 5-600 lbs an hour. 1-2% loss in copper stuck to insulation witch I run again and recover some but have an idea to grind the insulation down further and run that with less water pressure.
Not sure. Definitely not as fast as the sluice. Maybe 200 lbs per hour but I never checked. I always run the granulator while running my wire stripping machine, so I feed both as fast as I can
I’ll check but 1/8 was too big and 1/16 was too small so I think I custom made my screen by putting a pice of sheet metal on the inner part of the screen and drilled from the back side.
you started down low then panned up my 1st thought was a mad scientist haha but hey I like it prototypes are never fine cut right? I was going to subscribe but you got me on something else
The machine is not set up right now but I do have about 75-100 lbs of chops I have left over. How much did you want? I’ll send pics of what I have when I get to my shop later
I use my wire stripper for anything over 12 AWG, but I’ve put 8AWG through it just to see if it would chop it. It did it but it didn’t like it and I’d rather strip it with my machine because I get more money for bright and shiny copper wire then copper chops. That granulator is a plastic granulator I just did a couple modifications to make it chopped copper. Thanks for watching
How do you figure that? When I sell copper chops I get in between bright and shiny and number one copper. Maybe where you are it’s different but this is how it goes where I sell my copper. #1 bright and shiny, #1 copper chops, #1 copper, #2 copper, #2 copper chops
Wow. You are the Rocket Science of scrapping copper wire!
😂😂😂
Your bucket system is gold! Awesome job brother!
Thanks
@@ProjectShopFl I was rewatching your video and thought maybe a
conveyer built to your "plastic and water" to separate garbage bucket.
I want to build similar machine. What kind of motor are you running? For the granulator.
You sir are a mad scientist genius. You sure know how to make do with what you have. That bucket system made my day.
Thanks, Wait till you see what I have in store for the next one.
Beautiful setup.
Thanks! 👍
This setup is next-level my guy!
Thank you this was a prototype to prove the concept, I learned a lot and I am gathering parts to build an even better one. Thanks for watching
both of the greatest youtubers
AWESOME MACHINE SETUP!...Poor mans gold...:)...I love copper WAY more than I'll ever love gold...I only have one tiny piece of gold, (gold tooth cap, from the USAF dentist)...Nice collection of copper you have there...It's only going to go up...
Thanks
Is it cost-effective? Seems like a lot more expensive than stripping instead of chopping.
It is for small wire that would be to tedious to run through the stripper.
@@ProjectShopFl Small wire? Ha, I bet you haven't seen my video on removing copper from mini-transformers. That will give you a laugh. ua-cam.com/video/I4NGTE-lB9w/v-deo.html
Fantastic would love to see more
Soon you will
Omg i want a make with those excellent machine!! Very good idea for scrapping! I like it ! Greetings from my scrapping channel
Hello Thanks for watching.
Where do I find a granulator like the 1 you have ? I've looked into it several times here in Las Vegas nv and can't find one even a used one that barley works I'll rebuild it. I just would like to find out where to look if you can help. Thank you
I got mine at an auction.
How did you get started....or are you going to make me go look for the very first vid you ever made way back when?
I think I went in to detail on the live streams I did. There are only like 4 of them but I answer questions and give good advice.
it might not be pretty but it sure as hell works!
that was a prototype I built to prove the idea I had, I am gathering up the material to build the Final version
@@ProjectShopFl Mission accomplished!
That's an amazing homemade setup! The time and thought put into it will pay off if you have a steady supply of wire. More small scale scrapping/recycling like this needs to happen so we don't have to keep messing up nature with more mining.
@@andyjohnson3790 thank you
Can't wait to build my shredder. Very cool man
Thanks
Do you sell the chops at your scrap yard, or do you need a different kind of buyer for the chops?
I sell to an exporter so they buy anything.
I was wondering if something like this could be used to get the insulation off easier... I wonder if this is what the scrap buyers use...
They use something similar
Very interesting - thank you for the link.
No problem, Thanks for watching
Wouldn't just filling a massive tub and then dumping the granules in cause the plastic material to float and let the copper sink be just as good?
It would remove some plastic but not all.
WOW, GREAT STUFF.
Thanks!
Impressive setup!
Thank you
I don’t know what’s going on! Is this sluice for because he grinds the wire with the rubber/plastic still on right ! If so very nice 👍 job better than gold rush 😊
Yes, Gold rush was the inspiration for my sluice.
What would you make this for? where is the copper from? PCBs? i see some green bits in it and at the end just a mix mess
I chop it up to sell it. Spaghetti wire is too tedious and easier just to throw in the granulator. This copper is from small thin wire. No PCBs. The final product Is 99.9% pure copper no green bits that might just be the camera.
Excellent. very good job
Thanks
Hey Fuhgeddaboudit....looks like you got this racket in the bag. Starting next week I will be buy once a week to get that insurance/protection $ we talked about. Ok then getter done!
😂😂😂 good luck with that. lol
Really neat!! Good work!!
Thanks
I love what u did here but for scrap i get more money for solid bare bright wire but for so cable thus is possibly a really good idea but it looks a lot funner then stripping wire all day and good way to proses if u plan on melting it down
Thanks, The smaller wire which I call spaghetti wire is sometimes too tedious to strip it’s faster just to throw it in this granulator. I ran that granulator and my wire stripper at the same time.
It’s still number one
Now that’s how to rinse it !!
The next one will be awesome
how do you sell the granulated copper after wards.to just cast it into ignots or sell as is..in Ireland it's hard to sell copper bars I haven't tryed to sell granulated copper.thanks in advance for answwr
I sell as is. Its in between a #1 and #2 copper price. Most places won't take ingots because they don't know if its mixed metal.
i wonder how long it took you to build this set up
It was trill and error over a few weeks
awesome to watch :)
Thanks
whats the benefit of shredding the copper?
Some wire is too tedious to run through a wire stripper or to small.
@@ProjectShopFl how is the thinner wire stripped? is it just chopped up then filtered?
@@johndowe7003 It’s chopped up so fine it gets liberated from the plastic
Then the water just washes the lighter plastic away
What are u using to chop the wire up that small ,cause I got ton of wire
A modified plastic granulator
Just wondering if you fed circuit boards into your hammer mill, can this separate out the copper, aluminium & tin solder ? I assume the board waist floats off the end ? Awsome to see you advancing !!!
I have a granulator not ha hammer mill and I only ran copper wire through it.
a bro love watching your shows I've learned a hell of a lot I'm retired living in California wouldn't mind doing some of this stuff part time you come by a used wire stripper let me know it can be a small one you've come a long way and you get it done right keep on trucking bro..
Thanks
how many revolutions per minute does a shaft with blades have?
I’m not sure but it’s not fast enough, first motor I had was over 3000 rpm’s then it burned up because someone got it James and never shut off the machine. I put a 1700 rpm motor on and it does the job just can’t feed it as fast
@@ProjectShopFl I thought so. I have a similar speed in the mill for the animal grain. I think about your device when writing an engineering thesis, but I'm going to design a two-stage shredding process because it is about car cables with plugs and plastic elements. Sorry for my english, I use the translator. Greetings from Poland :)
@@marcingapski3819 More RPM’s was way better. A two stage or (pre shredder) system is something I’m already thinking about. I found that if you cut the copper wire into half inch pieces it goes through the granulator so much faster and less stress on the machine. I think I’m going to try to make a single staffed pre-shredder but I’ll drop the piece is the weather in the lawnmower and run the pre-shredder at about 50% capacity of the machine. This was just a prototype I set up to see if it was worth it. I learned a lot the main things are pre-shred, and make sure no steel, have lots of water pressure and flow, and break the water tension so the copper doesn’t float on top. The multiple trees on the sluice work good for that I’ve actually got some really good Ideas for the next setup. Thank you again for watching
How many lbs per hour can be processed?
I'm not sure I never kept track. This was me just experimenting to see if I could actually chop and wash the copper.
I was just curious because I'm in the process of building a shredder and building a sluice box like you have
Straight genius👍
Thank you
Did you make the chipper yourself?
No I bought it at an auction for $400. It was originally a plastic granulator for a plastic injection molding company. I modified it slightly to chop Copper
So what do you do with the cooper with it being so small?
Sell it as copper chops. Its like a # 1 price, but soon I'll be melting it. lol
@@ProjectShopFl
Is melting / ingots worth more ?
Or are you going to make a product ?
@@hansknutson2327 I want to make a product
Good job
Thank you
Serious inquiry here. I would be interested in a small copper chopper for grinding copper wire if you're able to I could pay you to build one for me. Doesn't need to be this large just need to process a few kilos of material.
It would cost way too much money for me to build something like this. I paid $400 for the granulator in an auction. I would start there. This one was originally a plastic granulator and I slightly modified it. Good luck and thanks for watching
@@ProjectShopFl Did modify anything other than put a faster motor and screen? What kind of motor did you use? Do you think the blades would have to be similar to yours for it to work?
This is awesome!
Thank you
I wanted this type of system...I have 0.5mm to 2mm wires
Can you help me....
I built it from scrap. The granulator I got for $400 at an auction. I made a few videos on it.
@@ProjectShopFl my whatsapp number 9895463553
My business is plastic scraps recycling....
Kiya ayesa maahine nahi jo pilastik ko or kopar alag kare Pani ka istemal nahi karna pade alag karne mai bataye bhai
English please
Hello friend. I like your setup very much. Clearly you are very talented! What kind of modification did you do to the plastic granulator? Excelent work, new sub
Thank you, I sped up the rotation by removing and replacing the motor and I had to make a custom screen. I will be making videos on it soon.
@@ProjectShopFl Thank you friend
Very interested! Ty
I would buy chopped Copper from you. It would save me having to strip and wind. I can just pour it into the crucible. It's what I want.
When I start chopping Ill let you know
excellent bro! can u give me the full detail about machine. i will make it in india
It's a repurposed plastic granulator.
What size is your screen holes?
I don't remember I made my own screen. I believe the original holes were 1/8" but did not liberate 100% of the copper from the insulation. I inlayed a piece of sheet metal and hand drilled my own holes. twice actually first time the holes were not big enough. I will be making a new one here soon.
Where do you sell the copper and how does it pay?
I sell to an exporter and I get around number one copper price
What kind of cost is this I really could use a system like this
it was just a prototype I was experiment with, I paid $400 for the granulator, and probably had $300 in pumps and valves. maybe less I find a lot of stuff for free
I wonder how the chopper works
I've made a few videos on it.
hi whats the water sluce for please
cleaning chopped copper.
good video but I would like a commentary to go along with it. thanks
I made this video before I even had a UA-cam channel or even considered making videos. I will be rebuilding a new system and will explain the whole thing as I build it
this is pretty awesome! can you recommend a chopper/shredder?
Honestly I’ve only used this one which is a modified plastic granulator. I’m sure one specifically made for copper would do a better job.
@@ProjectShopFl do the blades meant for plastic work fine with shredding the copper? I'd much rather save the money buying a plastic granulator than one meant for metal if it works.
That was a plastics granulator in it's earlier life. They had a tendency to heat up from friction and melt down the plastic. Had to let it cool overnight and chip it all out.
That’s exactly what it was, I bought it at an auction from a plastic mold injection company. I paid $400 for it and put a faster motor on it and reduced the screen size.
@@ProjectShopFl Taking the pan out of the bottom was a good idea. We had a vacuum line hooked up to the pan and fed the granules back into the machine on top. Stuid idea with a granulator that ran 100% of the time and a vacuum machine that ran intermittently. It would clog up and melt down. We had several of these machines.
@@born2soon I am thinking of building a Cable conveyor to move the chops to the sluice. I started building a prototype. Something like this. cablevey.com/tubular-drag-conveyor/?.dFIDYemwQZWYJGVRpL8jxw.0&
@@born2soon Do you know if they still have those machines, do they have extras maybe I could buy for parts?
@@ProjectShopFl My company, Collins and Aikmann, went out of business in 2007 and everything was sold at auction. We made all that plastic trim you see inside your minivan, and dashboards for Dodge Ram, Durango, and most of the Jeeps.
looks like gold rush gold sluice hahhaaa
That was my inspiration
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Wow seems to work really well can it be scaled down for a smaller operation? Can I contact you about this. I’m in California what state are you in ?
I’m in south Flordia. Yes it can be scaled down. That was just a prototype, I was playing with to see if the concept would work. I have since taken that apart and with the knowledge I learned I an about to build a new compact unit witch will be faster, more efficient, and compact. That set up even having 3 harbor freight pumps did not have enough water flow. I am adding bigger pumps and vibration to the new setup. I will be making videos of the build.
Do you sell the plans for this. How do I contact you. My email: arnold.matthew.jones@gmail.com
I don’t sell or have plans for this. It’s something I built out of scrap I had laying around. I’d be happy to answer any questions you have just ask here or email me. Dereksawicki@etr.co
Phone number please
Check this out
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how mach do make pore pond in lb i l love have machine like that
It's the same as #2 copper
A woodpellet pickup system i used in simular setup, for self loading
Thanks for the suggestion
Imagine if that was gold
I wish, That’s where I got the idea for this contraption
@@ProjectShopFl lol yeah definitely a high banker set up. Pretty cool though. Great way to clean up the copper.
Do you have a build vid on this ?
I do not, this was before I had a UA-cam channel and even thought about making videos. I will be building a new one here soon.
Sweet im looking for word to it and seeing it in action
Where is this
South Florida
Where did you get the blade for the granulator?
It came with it. It was a plastic granulator I got at auction for $400 . I’ll find the make and model I contacted the manufacture and got the manual and part #’s and break down. Those blades are like $700 a pice
Wow
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Are you chopping up wires and separating the copper and vinyl?
Yes
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How long do you pass the copper in water stream?what percentage of plastic remains in copper after final cleaning?
1 min per tray. 3 trays in 3 minutes . One 5 gallon bucket every 3 minute. Each 5 gal bucket of plastic copper mix has about 36 lbs of copper. 5 buckets of mix = 1 180 Lb 5 gal bucket of pure 99+% copper chops. So it could wash easily 5-600 lbs an hour. 1-2% loss in copper stuck to insulation witch I run again and recover some but have an idea to grind the insulation down further and run that with less water pressure.
Very effective system...what is the screen size in which the wire is chopped?
And how much do you chop the wire in an hour?
Not sure. Definitely not as fast as the sluice. Maybe 200 lbs per hour but I never checked. I always run the granulator while running my wire stripping machine, so I feed both as fast as I can
I’ll check but 1/8 was too big and 1/16 was too small so I think I custom made my screen by putting a pice of sheet metal on the inner part of the screen and drilled from the back side.
Mr these chops you sale it in copper number 1 copper number 2 or bare bright prices
Check this out
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Bring it back!
Soon it will be back and better than ever.
@@ProjectShopFl I keep telling people about gold rush florida Derek edition.
@@phullofhistory7224 Haha Thanks
Hi I hope that doesn’t end up in your drinking water 💦?
It is a self contained system
Gooooood
Thanks 👊👍
Excellent good industry
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damn, they couldn't have designed in some sorta hopper to save them the shoveling work?
There is a hopper with a vac system, I never used it because this was just a prototype
he made this in his garage. you're so smart make one yourself and and upload it.
@@danielwharton4088 😂😂😂
How much complicated you want your machine ?
yes
Very complicated! lol
Common man just get the copper chopper done already.
Haha, ok
Are you shitting me? Lol nice!
😂😂😂
Aise banatay h video great
Thanks
you started down low then panned up my 1st thought was a mad scientist haha but hey I like it prototypes are never fine cut right? I was going to subscribe but you got me on something else
I’ve been called that before. Lol thanks for watching
Nice. Shame its not gold.
That’s where I got the idea for this
Copper Rush....
😂👊👍
Cleaning ?
I don’t understand what you’re asking
do you sell that copper i would like to buy
some
Yes, by the pound
@@ProjectShopFl How much per pound please
I get $1.80 a pound in south Fl but it could change every day with how crazy the market has been
@@ProjectShopFl If i pay you 2.00 a pound would you ship me some to ohio i will pay for the shipping
The machine is not set up right now but I do have about 75-100 lbs of chops I have left over. How much did you want? I’ll send pics of what I have when I get to my shop later
Fuck having gold flakes on my steak I want this springled on my steak
😂😂😂
How big #AWG will it handle?
I use my wire stripper for anything over 12 AWG, but I’ve put 8AWG through it just to see if it would chop it. It did it but it didn’t like it and I’d rather strip it with my machine because I get more money for bright and shiny copper wire then copper chops. That granulator is a plastic granulator I just did a couple modifications to make it chopped copper. Thanks for watching
Sir choper mechin how meny hp motor
It has a 5 hp 1700rpm motor, It use to have a 3000rpm motor witch worked a lot better
Definitely better than mining that shit..
Way to recycle bruh
thank you
Why? You have just downgraded the copper to the lowest grade and price for scrap.
How do you figure that? When I sell copper chops I get in between bright and shiny and number one copper. Maybe where you are it’s different but this is how it goes where I sell my copper. #1 bright and shiny, #1 copper chops, #1 copper, #2 copper, #2 copper chops
What, how does cleaning up copper or any metal downgrade it?
Homemade?! LOL!
I did buy the granulated but it was a plastic regulator and I modified it for copper
Sir u r from please
South Florida USA check this out
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Ok ok
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Show me pleace wire crushing
Not sure what you are asking
I think he wants to see the chopper in action. So do I.
И оно того стоит?
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That’s a bit vague but thanks for watching anyway