Originally Posted by
Copperchopper
Im new to this forum, but I am not new to scrapping. I work for a demolition company and have done alot of it. However i havent processed alot of things. I get easy copper wire and pipe all the time so when things have copper thst sre hard to get to they just go into a metal dumpster and get sold as shred.... Well im stsrting to bring thid stuff home and trying to take it apart.. I did a soda machine an old water fountain and now i have this giant breaker box.. The buss bar has already been tsken off the back but now im stuck tsking it apart piece by piece trying to get all the brass and copper out.. Have any of you messed with these? Also i have gigantic fuses with copper bars sticking out on either end i thinj its all worth going thru .. Any advice? Is there anything in here other than brass or copper? I see some small piece thst seem to not be copper or brass but are non magnetic...
Some copper parts maybe tin plated, you'll know the difference between aluminum and copper by the weight, you can always do a scratch test.
Screws and such that give a problems, if its a screw give the head a decent rap with a hammer this relieves the tension on the thread. Believe it or not when a screw or bolt is in use its stretched under tension.
If the screw or bolt is still giving you a beef, hit the head from side to side this procedure make the hole oblong or egg shaped, the screw should come out now.. You notice I said should and not would come out,
Last resort bigger hammer.
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