Is It Worth Stripping Copper Wire For Scrap? Should You Buy a Stripper?

I’ve gotten pretty good at stripping #1 wire. What I get a surplus of it collected, I strip it while watching a movie or something, like my grandma crocheting a scarf.

You do an amazingly thorough job on your scrap videos. I've been scrapping a long time and done lots of research as well as self experience on most all parts of scrapping. I must say, your scrap videos are THE MOST thorough, detailed and informative! Well done, Sir. I commend you.

"Life is always better with a stripper" - Thub 2021

As a former Chippendale from the 80's, I love your humour! 😎 I'm new here, and as I have a lot of things with copper wire within that I could scrap and lighten my life load, I decided to educate myself for profit, thus through a search I found you. I now subscribe and will continue to watch and learn. Thanks! 👍

As a young college student looking for any sort of extra wages I will do any sort of “time wasteful” thing just to double my dime

The inuendos are layers deep in this video! Gonna need a stripper to get through all those layers! Hahahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I can't even! I'm dying laughing!

I've learned more from your videos than I have in 3 yrs... My local yard has been awesome since it changed hands. I started doing this more often to help our local Cub Scout pack due to this pandemic. It's helps alot. For me the only thing I'm going to get is the STRIPER 😂 (MACHINE.) Wire I can get alot of most don't bother with it here. But the copper/brass I turned in about 1 mo ago brought our Pack almost $500. That was what I collected over last summer. I had over 300 lbs in the brass. Most over look that item here. But that was my gain. It would have been more but 5 foot surgeries was a set back. Now it's game on..... 😂

Thanks brother I appreciate the info you’re putting out here! 👍

Such a great video man. It was super thorough and FULL of awesome information.

I have a small drill powered tabletop stripper. Your teaching session was most informative! Thank you.

I bought a Stripmeister after debating a while, and it paid for itself the first time I used it!! It does all wire extremely easily even romex. I've been stripping all wire ever since I bought it.

Top notch info squire, many thanks 👍

grew up in the 1970s. Dad was an electrician and brought home wire scraps by the bucket. I was his wire stripping machine.

Thank you you just talked me out of buying a $160. wire stripper .Very helpful 👍🏻

Thanks for the info. This was veeeeery helpful!

Thanks man, I came into some wire and was debating on if it was worth stripping, you saved me a lot if time

Youre the best! You sure have helped me make more fron the yards and taught me a lot! Thanks dude

Hello Thub. First I would like to say as always, (even though it's my 3rd comment ever on your videos) thank you for putting your time, and effort into making these videos. I cannot stress enough at how much the videos you put out keep me from absolutely losing it with everything going on not only in my life, but around the world. So thank you, I'm not sure if you've ever been told this, but you're simple, joy-filled, positive, encouraging, informative, adventurous, absolutely are a necessity in my everyday life. You have unknowingly, and most likely unintentionally, saved my life. Being who you are, and doing what you do, is an absolute inspiration. Keep doing the thing! ~Humbly Human: Jason R.

Thats how all videos should be. Right to the point and informative.

At my scrap yard they pay me #1 price for all stripped Romex, THHN stranded, basically anything that's not copper - clad. So I do a cheaper motorized copper stripper (180.00) and it does great. I just cashed in my stock pile of copper scrap and I received about $4800.00!! It was about 1300 pounds of completely stripped #1 copper!!! I stripped as a hobby during the winter. Oh and I'm an Electrician so I kinda have a Neverending supply of scrap