Breaking down copper aluminum fin [video] - Page 2

Originally Posted by Filthy

this video was taken today. its dealing with small units found in window air conditioners. when dealing with the larger central air units, you might cut it with a sawzall to make it into more manageable size pieces and use the same method. please comment with more tips or anything you might do different to make the job a little easier. thanks

I have been told by many the copper was either not worth my time or it was not accessible for me to salvage. You certainly make this look easy enough, I am eager to try your method and am going out to my garage to do so now! (ps: I have 6-7 ac units to break down, so I find your tip GREATLY helpful) Thanks, again!

Dude, I don't want to bust your chops too much, but what the kiwi said about safety is important stuff. I *have* messed up my hearing and it's not cool. Long hair and power tools can turn you in to Christopher Reeves in an instant--get it caught around a high speed spinning shaft and your neck could be broken. And the sparks coming off of the grinder not only hurt the paint and glass of the nearby vehicles, they can also ignite fuel fumes if the vehicle isn't in 100% top condition.

That all said, mega-thanks for showing how these things should be busted apart. Take care of yourself, dude, you got a long way ahead of you to go.

--Geoff

finally a video showing how to cut the loops off the ends properly, and also how to extract the copper tubes from the aluminum, nice job

Originally Posted by Filthy

So I bought a pair of earmuffs for noise... And I have to admit, those things make a huge difference. I would cut and hammer all day with those things on. Kiwi was right. Amen, brother

I still miss my hair sometimes, but only when I see it on video

You would not believe the amount of **** I get from the wife because she thinks I'm ignoring her and I just plain can't hear her.

Whatever you paid for those muffs is money well spent, trust me.

--Geoff

I have a set of ear protection with a built in radio. some of the best money i ever spent besides forum membership

Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

I have a set of ear protection with a built in radio. some of the best money i ever spent besides forum membership

Now that sounds like some nice ear protection, ...I've usually used ear plugs or ear muffs in the past, ...but being able to have tunes/radio would be nice too.
Would be nice for cutting the lawn with the lawn tractor too, ...noisy pigs that they are.

The smaller one and 2 row I find are easy to separate with the knife (A safety Note: Breakaway blades should be avoided, ...those tips can do just that, snap off even when not convenient and go airborn), when I attempted a 3 row one, ..that was somewhat tedious. But I had not seen the bandsaw technique either.
Which is also why I haven't attempted a 5 or 6 row that I aquired from a heatpump, ...was thinking of just dumping them off as Al/Cu but they are still kicking around in the garage atm.
Might give that a try with the bandsaw.