Quote Originally Posted by jimicrk View Post
One of the yards I go to has something with jaws that look like a huge pair of bolt cutters operated by foot pedals. I've watched them cut 1/2" up to 2" copper pipe with it. They cut the copper into 12" pieces and then toss them into a gaylord for #1 copper. Any solder joints are cut out and put in a separate gaylord for #2 copper.
Some yards use that machine to clean dirty brass as well