Originally Posted by
mike1
Haha a backhoe that's great I bet that is a site to see. I did encounter a coil that was steel didn't know they made em like that terrible haha.
The backhoe has a thumb on it Mike. It's pretty useful for doing the teardown on washers, dryers, fridges and stuff like that. The whole idea is to flatten them out and compact the metal so they can fit more on a truck when the scrap yard comes to pick up our metals.
The cooling lines that are built into the walls of a chest freezer are kinda weird. They aren't copper. I think they're some kind of steel. Maybe stainless steel ... i dunno. I don't see much copper in a household fridge or freezer except a little down by the compressor.
There was one thing about the rads i thought to mention :
You were asking about sawzall blades awhile back. It seems like different kinds are good for different jobs. The best ones i've found for cutting the steel ends off the rads are fine tooth sawzall blades. Look for 24 TPI. That's 24 teeth per inch. They give you a cleaner cut with fewer ragged edges. The steel ends come off a lot easier that way.
The finer tooth blades make it so the piece you're working on shakes a lot less when you're cutting it too.
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