Seems to me that around Christmas time and after, strands of lights, extension cords and such are tossed in the garbage frequently. I've been manually stripping wire and have almost 80lbs of stripped wire from the last two months alone just from people tossing light strands and such.
My question to the hive is, has anyone here used a drill operated wire stripper?
Before you ask, no. I am not going into homes and ripping out wiring lol.
Try youtube see if they have a review of the unit you're interested in.
Ive always used a knife of some type. With large wire and medium voltage wire I made a jig and used my router table.
We allowed our MEP Superintendents to maintain a "Copper Barrel" on our construction site and some time during the peak of the manpower phase of the project, typically at the end of rough-in, the Super would take all the piping and electrical personal on the site to lunch on the scrap profits and then divide the balance among the employees.
The problem was plumbers and electricians had the temptation to generate scrap, so an honest and aware superindent was critical.
I deal with three different scrap yards. Two of them won't take any copper smaller than 16/18 ga. Anything smaller goes into the electronics bin at little value.
Seems to me that around Christmas time and after, strands of lights, extension cords and such are tossed in the garbage frequently. I've been manually stripping wire and have almost 80lbs of stripped wire from the last two months alone just from people tossing light strands and such.
My question to the hive is, has anyone here used a drill operated wire stripper?
Before you ask, no. I am not going into homes and ripping out wiring lol.
How does the scrap yard treat you? 99.99999% of people selling wire are meth users.
Seems to me that around Christmas time and after, strands of lights, extension cords and such are tossed in the garbage frequently. I've been manually stripping wire and have almost 80lbs of stripped wire from the last two months alone just from people tossing light strands and such.
My question to the hive is, has anyone here used a drill operated wire stripper?
Before you ask, no. I am not going into homes and ripping out wiring lol.
How does the scrap yard treat you? 99.99999% of people selling wire are meth users.
The first few times it was like that, but they came around and now it's just like any other transaction.
Stripping Christmas lights for Cu? That’s a tough way to make a buck. Are you even making $1/hr?
Christmas lights, piles of wire in the ROW, extension cords that aren't long enough to be worthy of the name, pretty much anything that has copper wire and people consider to be junk.
I think I average around $23/hr after everything is said and done. That doesn't factor in the 11 minutes I spend driving to the scrap yard, or the 6 pack I buy on the way home lol.
