Purchased some scrap copper wire.

Nice!! You might have to smuggle that that big bright pile out all in disguise so no one sees you but probably in your neighborhood, they'd probably just go "hmm" and not give it a second thought

Update. I have stripped about 3/4 of the copper wire I purchased thus far. I have roughly 130 lbs stripped with a good pile left to go. I have stripped wire a bit at a time but I have not spent a whole lot of time doing it. I figure I have less than 5 hours into this batch of wire. I can strip many feet in mere seconds with my copperminetools.com stripper. Below are photos from tonight. Once I am finished with this round of stripping, I think I will sell and I will pick up more from my electrician friend. I spoke with him the other day and he is more than willing to sell me more.

This length of wire is probably 40+ feet long. I put it through the stripper in less than a minute. It is just as quick to peel the insulation off the wire.


The rubbermaid tote weighs about 100lbs. The red bucket has the big stuff and some copper that was tarnished. I am gonna see if the scrap yard will take it all as bare bright. Otherwise, it would go as #2 and thats only 15-20 cents less per pound, not too big a deal.


This is my set up. The drill is an older one that my dad had sitting around. It works great and it hasn't burnt up yet. The copperminetools.com wire stripper came with two blades. The one you see installed is used for the larger wires. The other blade is pinched between two wire guides. The wire guides really make a great path for the smaller wires to go though the stripper smooth without sliding out. I will have to take more photos of the other blade. Have fun!