Shrinking my copper volume

Originally Posted by Grey

Any help any advice appreciated .!! I’m collecting a lot ac copper tubing and and thick copper wire and to store it until time to sell is not easy cause I m folding it over and over again and then I beat up a bit with a baseball bat so I can pak it tightly. I’m thinking of getting a shredder that I could put it through (like the big slow moving ones that shred cars) but really tiny , I’ve found this FilaMaker one in Germany that I think could help me . Anyone else having the same issue or has had the same thought ? My goal is to fill up a few 50 gallon drums and truck it out all at once .

You must have deep pockets, long ago I posted a video of a guy that ran his insulated copper through a hammer mill then over a shaker table. I do not have the time to find that post for ya it's in the SMF archives.

I've also made several comments on where to find cheap hammer mills that would be suitable for this purpose.

I'll start you on your journey, https://www.scrapmetalforum.com/dism...mer-mills.html

Originally Posted by Grey

Ya I’ve checked out the hammer mills from cable management and mount baker metal mining , there just to big and loud and I would assume they sound like a helicopter landing in your backyard . Have u ever heard one working ? I haven’t , are they as loud as I think they are ? Also those shaker tables cost even more than the hammer mills $$$ that’s why I’m thinkin of a little shredder I just wanna reduce the volume of all my copper .

Yea the hammer mill is noisy when metal strikes the hammers, the largest electric mill I had was a 10 hp then a smaller 3 hp electric then a large New Holland from a feed mill that I currently have parked at the farm.

The New Holland mill needs about 100 horse power, I was looking to purchase an older Minneapolis Moline tractor for the job but other projects seem to get in the way.

I'm into a black sand project the sand is from placer and I'm hoping it has a bit of platinum group in it, so far I've ball milled 35 pounds then panned some of it and ended up with some heavies that need to be assayed for values before I proceed with this project.

Once I have some spare cash will send a sample out for an assay, if this comes back with positive results then it's off to BC in the spring to obtain more of this black sand.

Part of the process will be with a shaker table, these are easy to build at a fraction of the cost of a commercially made table and work at recovery just as good if not better. If a table is required then I'll build my own.

The Mt. Baker tables are fine, they work but its not rocket science. The Baker table uses a thick rubber mat with the grooves cut into the matt, the throw is 3/4", tilt and water flow is adjusted to type of material being run.

The early table like the Wilfley had raised wood to channel the material, here's a link to another forum that I also belong to that describes the Wilfley table in some detail. https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/wilfley-table

Even the Oyster farmers use shaker tables to classify their harvest by size.

You'll find plenty of plans for do it yourself table on the internet.

I ran some copper through my 10 hp hammer mill, the wire came out in Perls - very hot.

Also processed a couple of barrels of plug ends from computer cables, those heavy moulded plastic ones with the gold plated pins. Those made some racket going through the mill.

The mill goggled up those two drums in less than half an hour.