[TheForge] reclaiming copper

[Dan Scheid]

Terry what gauge wire are we talking here? Some 20 years ago I thought it
would be neat to make chain mail for my horse. I was given a few 100' of
aluminum wire 1 and 0 gage wire. I took it slit about 2 feet hooked the wire
to a post and grabbed the insulation and just yanked it off it tears quite
easily or you could use a plane, or scraper build a striping jig.
Dan Scheid
 (lost on the east 40)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of terry l. ridder
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:23 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] reclaiming copper
> 
> hello;
> 
> comments below.
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Dan Brewer wrote:
> 
> >
> > The first is that you will need a bigger furnace.
> >
> 
> i do have a large crucible furnace that takes a silicon carbide crucible
> for melting brass. however, since i am doing this without any help and
> that i am living on painkillers ( one every 6 hrs ) for the trashed left
> side of my body. the coffee can foundries are more than enough. i am
> here 24x7x365 days a year.
> 
> >
> > Next is that you will need lots of flux.
> >
> 
> charcoal and coal.
> 
> >
> > And you will need a real crucible.
> >
> 
> not sure what you attempting to say here.
> 
> >
> > The melting temp of copper is not that far off of that of steel.
> >
> 
> the last time i checked:
> copper          1083 deg C        1981 deg F
> steel    1370 - 1505 deg C 2500 - 2735 deg F
> 
> the steel ultimately depends on the type of steel.
> 
> >
> > Your crucible will be red hot and fragile.
> >
> generally are once the crucible furnace is running along.
> 
> >
> > A clay graphite or silicon carbide crucible is what you will want to
> use.
> >
> 
> over kill for my purposes.
> 
> > If you are just burning off the insulation use a weed burner.
> >
> 
> as ralph pointed out there is a big difference between 'bright' and
> 'burnt' prices that the scrap dealer pays.
> 
> >
> > Dan in Auburn
> >
> 
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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