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Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/15/2011 3:57:50 PM    jkern   Posts: 44 Joined: 5/23/2009 Status: offline Are there any cheaper alternatives than the JarDoctor at $8.50 per pound? I imagine even shipping 20 pounds will cost quite a bit. Post #: 1

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/15/2011 6:11:45 PM    AntiqueMeds   Posts: 2013 Joined: 3/6/2009 From: Frederick, MD. Status: offline you can save shipping if you pick it up at a bottle show. < Message edited by AntiqueMeds -- 9/15/2011 6:13:35 PM > _____________________________ My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/ Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/ Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to jkern) Post #: 2

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/16/2011 10:22:29 AM    SC pontil collector   Posts: 252 Joined: 2/15/2011 Status: offline You can try a reclamation yard that buys and sells copper wiring by the weight. They usually have in different size gauges (say 10 t0 18). Also if you know of an electrician, they always have cut off scraps that they throw away. I have access to both, so my copper costs are very low. Sc pontil collector (in reply to jkern) Post #: 3

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/17/2011 8:47:04 AM    jkern   Posts: 44 Joined: 5/23/2009 Status: offline Sc pontil collector: How do you cut it into small pieces? (in reply to SC pontil collector) Post #: 4

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/17/2011 11:00:26 AM    SC pontil collector   Posts: 252 Joined: 2/15/2011 Status: offline If you mean how do I cut the stripped copper into small tumbling size pieces. I bought a very good hand copper and take the copper strand and make a series of indentations into the strand. When I have finished a strand, I just crumble the strand by hand into a container. The larger gauge copper, I just cut the strand into small pieces into a bowl. It takes time and I am sure someone on the forum has an easier and faster method for cutting the copper. The copper I buy at the reclamation center comes stripped of its plastic coating and is ready to cut. The copper wire I get for free from the electricians, I use an electrical wire stripper to split the plastic coatings off. I do a little about each day and it simply adds up over time. This way I have fresh copper just about all the time. I never mixed my new copper with my old copper. I hope this helps. sc pontil collector (in reply to jkern) Post #: 5

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/17/2011 2:21:40 PM    Poison_Us Posts: 2952 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline I remember someone built a rig for their drill press to cut copper.  Using a large bit and some guides seems to work for them.It's somewhere in the forum...just havnt found it yet. < Message edited by Poison_Us -- 9/17/2011 2:24:03 PM > _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to SC pontil collector) Post #: 6

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/17/2011 7:45:47 PM    jkern   Posts: 44 Joined: 5/23/2009 Status: offline Do you mean a manual cable shearer like this: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=hand+copper&gs_upl=1163l3619l0l3725l11l11l0l0l0l0l423l2386l0.1.6.1.1l9l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1082&bih=521&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=926874348009526324&sa=X&ei=TzB1Tuq-N8nz0gH5t6zfCw&ved=0CFcQ8wIwCQ ??? (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 7

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/18/2011 5:22:08 PM    epackage Posts: 9798 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online quote: ORIGINAL: jkern Do you mean a manual cable shearer like this: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=hand+copper&gs_upl=1163l3619l0l3725l11l11l0l0l0l0l423l2386l0.1.6.1.1l9l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1082&bih=521&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=926874348009526324&sa=X&ei=TzB1Tuq-N8nz0gH5t6zfCw&ved=0CFcQ8wIwCQ ??? No he does not, he means like this, the easy way....Jim http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-170604/mpage-1/key-cutting/tm.htm#170605 _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to jkern) Post #: 8

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/19/2011 3:17:04 PM    jkern   Posts: 44 Joined: 5/23/2009 Status: offline What might the metal cylinder be that gets drilled? Perhaps some type of spacer? (in reply to epackage) Post #: 9

RE: Cheapest way to buy cut copper? - 9/19/2011 3:43:13 PM    epackage Posts: 9798 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online It can be anything, you can make it out of wood, it's just something with a hole large enough to feed the copper wire into so it can be cut by the fluted edge of the drill bit....Jim _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to jkern) Post #: 10

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