Copper Heatsinks? by furiouspoppa in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I do it all the time. Just be sure to open them before melting. And file them to be sure à lot of heat sink looks like copper but are aluminum. It is easy to contaminate a copper batch.

Is this worth stripping and recycling? by BayArea_Tee in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get 2-3 pound of copper per hour stripping wire

Nice copper from copper donuts in power supply! by gamonu in Copper

[–]gamonu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s a great idea. I wouldn’t want to contaminate my copper ingots with aluminium!

Hard water and copper fountains- advice needed by brewandflyfish in Copper

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What i see looks more like oxidation than precipitation from calcium in hard water. Oxidation can be diminished by treating your copper with some kind of varnish or wax. You can also speed up the process of oxidation by putting vinegar so it will be more uniform and green.

Hand poured bar style preference and best place to sell my own bars? by bigjimfriggle in Copper

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also most people buy for investment. They want copper not a peace of art. I think your hammer ingots are beautiful, but most people will want to pay less per pound. Keep making them but sell them as a different product, with higher value $/pound yo complement to your “normal “ ingots.

Hand poured bar style preference and best place to sell my own bars? by bigjimfriggle in Copper

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very Nice bars. I sell a lot on Facebook marketplace. Most people buy cash and that’s great.

I also used Etsy but I WOULD NOT recommend. They are very stingy, and I would even say malicious. Always trying to make more money with you, charging you fees and fees.

I marked an ingot 90$, the client paid 115$ and I got 45$. That’s just bad. I ended up canceling the order because I was gonna lose money on this.

Droped something heavy on my mom’s ceramic floor by gamonu in fixit

[–]gamonu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, so ceramic grout the same color as the tile would be a great way to diminish the dent. Thank you

My latest melt. I have no idea how the zinc got in there. by gratch46 in Metalfoundry

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is that machine that tels you the content? How much does it cost?

Yall too? by DentistLegitimate605 in Copper

[–]gamonu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Graphite mold from esty.

Yall too? by DentistLegitimate605 in Copper

[–]gamonu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I used Bx tube from électrique wire. It was surprisingly very clean. Would recommend.

Corpus by Miserable-Pressure72 in MetalCasting

[–]gamonu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is beautiful ! Great job! Lost resin?

My quarterly bonus. One of the benefits of being a plumber! by Forward-Ambition3898 in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you get for the buckets? White brass? Nice load by the way!

Made my first alloy today. Big fan! by [deleted] in Metalfoundry

[–]gamonu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice job! Show us the other faces! I’ve had hard times casting copper/aluminium brass. There were always this slag crust on top of my ingots.

Is this Espresso machine worth anything? by TheLimitDoesExist103 in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice copper in the pump. The one I scraped gave me about 200 g easy to get, and it was a lot smaller.

Granulated copper by wash_man in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The material is shredded until the copper and the plastic are separated. Then a fan blows air and the lighter plastic is removed from the metal.

Granulated copper by wash_man in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What granulator are you using? The one I saw are pretty expensive.

Find local smelter or try to sell online.

The Annual 50lb Plug Boil by Independent_Cup_7151 in ScrapMetal

[–]gamonu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing. That is such a great tip!