SDS hammer drill

Lunatics.

Originally Posted by alloy2

Lunatics.

I bet. That video is of all the motors I've done I got all the compressors done to I have to do they relays next

Originally Posted by mike1

I bet. That video is of all the motors I've done I got all the compressors done to I have to do they relays next

You did good Mike. I only had 17 window ac compressors and it took awhile. Got the last of em' finished up yesterday. The regular fridge/freezer ones are a lot easier to do.

Originally Posted by hills

You did good Mike. I only had 17 window ac compressors and it took awhile. Got the last of em' finished up yesterday. The regular fridge/freezer ones are a lot easier to do.

Thanks I appreciate it. It's hard work doing scrap for sure. Unless your doing wires haha then that's easy just feed it into the stripper.

Originally Posted by mike1

Thanks I appreciate it. It's hard work doing scrap for sure. Unless your doing wires haha then that's easy just feed it into the stripper.

Whoo boy ... you really have to work for it sometimes. Did an old Craftsman radial arm saw yesterday. Had to cut through cast iron to get the motor free. What a beast. I tried cutting the crown off with a carpenter's wood chisel. That didn't seem to work very well. I found that a sharp chisel made cutting the strings super easy though. It's the best way i've found so far. Better than a hatchet or the claw from a straight claw hammer.

Have you tried the hammer drill chisel on the strings ?

Originally Posted by mike1

I bet. That video is of all the motors I've done I got all the compressors done to I have to do they relays next

Did you cash in the copper before the big drop? we went from #2 copper at $3.80 down to $2.60/lb here

Originally Posted by greytruck

Did you cash in the copper before the big drop? we went from #2 copper at $3.80 down to $2.60/lb here

I was able to do most of it before it tanked luckily oh I see your price is the same as mine is. I was hoping it was going to hold out but that shocked me. I got the motors done now finally. I'm going to try to get some golf cart chargers hopefully.

Originally Posted by greytruck

Did you cash in the copper before the big drop? we went from #2 copper at $3.80 down to $2.60/lb here

I cashed out all of my copper and most of the brass before it dropped. Took about a $ 150.00 loss on the last bit of brass due to the price drop. The drop seemed to coincide with Mr.Trump announcing a 90 day postponement of the tariffs. It's hard to say what the future might hold. The tariffs might be a good thing for us if they do eventually go into effect.

I'm back in scrapping & stockpiling mode again. No more selling for awhile. It might be for years if the economy goes into recession and prices drop.

Originally Posted by hills

I cashed out all of my copper and most of the brass before it dropped. Took about a $ 150.00 loss on the last bit of brass due to the price drop. The drop seemed to coincide with Mr.Trump announcing a 90 day postponement of the tariffs. It's hard to say what the future might hold. The tariffs might be a good thing for us if they do eventually go into effect.

I'm back in scrapping & stockpiling mode again. No more selling for awhile. It might be for years if the economy goes into recession and prices drop.

I took a huge hit on my copper and brass. probably lost over $300 on mine but oh well, its happened before. Copper is going back up but no one is raising there prices and i dont blame them.

One thing about the tariffs is, i hope prices actually drop back to around 100/ton for steel. I got way, way, way too much competition in my area. need some to drop out of the game. I swear its been years since the cord cutters have been around, and now seems they are back.

Originally Posted by greytruck

I took a huge hit on my copper and brass. probably lost over $300 on mine but oh well, its happened before. Copper is going back up but no one is raising there prices and i dont blame them.

One thing about the tariffs is, i hope prices actually drop back to around 100/ton for steel. I got way, way, way too much competition in my area. need some to drop out of the game. I swear its been years since the cord cutters have been around, and now seems they are back.

Steel is a bit different here because it's so rural. It has to be trucked out in 15 ton loads in order for it to be cost effective. People occasionally try to do it by the pickup truck loads but they don't make much after expenses.

Try to ignore the cord cutters as much as you can. It's like most anything else in life .... you only get out of a thing .... what you are willing to put into it. The cord cutters ? They generally don't make much of an effort so they don't have much to show at the end of the day. They aren't much of a threat to you.

I'll tell ya though ... i have been tempted to coat those cords in grease, burnt transmission fluid, or old differential oil.

Originally Posted by hills

Steel is a bit different here because it's so rural. It has to be trucked out in 15 ton loads in order for it to be cost effective. People occasionally try to do it by the pickup truck loads but they don't make much after expenses.

Try to ignore the cord cutters as much as you can. It's like most anything else in life .... you only get out of a thing .... what you are willing to put into it. The cord cutters ? They generally don't make much of an effort so they don't have much to show at the end of the day. They aren't much of a threat to you.

I'll tell ya though ... i have been tempted to coat those cords in grease, burnt transmission fluid, or old differential oil.

Steel here is very abundant. if prices drop down the part timers drop off cause thats really all there is at the curb besides alum patio Funiture and such. Oh and Cords too lol. I agree with the cords, not much value really. just annoying if you come across a washer and dryer and the cords are gone and the wires ripped out.

If "something" happens to your cords, it will be interesting to see how the copper holds up.