Where 2 Buy Copper!!!

PsyKoRealm · 03-14-2003, 12:20 AM

Hey all i just wanted to know where I could score some copper blocks for WB making. BESIDES ONLINE!!!! I know DD and some other places, but what types of stores/businesses would carry copper blocks???

MadDogMe · 03-14-2003, 04:44 AM

I have the same problem but in the UK, if anyone knows a good score in/near Dorset, in the Poole Bournemouth area would be bestest

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IdimiDodjimi · 03-14-2003, 05:51 AM

PsyKoRealm:

Try at some local scrapyard. My brother bought some cheap copper strips here in Croatia. We also bought some good HS there...

Cheers..

crane · 03-14-2003, 08:34 AM

Call some electrical contractors or visit them on a jobsite and ask about getting some bus bar cut-offs. I use 1/4" x 2" ,but it comes in wider sizes.

pokpok · 03-14-2003, 10:17 AM

scrap yard
or machine shop, ask them if u can have some of the stuff they throw out. i havent had luck with gettign copper this way though

Fixittt · 03-14-2003, 02:55 PM

I used to work for a machine shop, and I can tell you that they dont do alot of copper. but when they do, a good friend of mine gives me all the scraps. As a matter of fact, he gave me 5 peices of bus bar today.

So try and get in good with them, and stop off every so often to check in with them.

MeltMan · 03-14-2003, 03:35 PM

Mmmmm.... Bus bar....

PsyKoRealm · 03-14-2003, 04:14 PM

Well I was talking to a friend of mine today and he told me that his dad, who is a welder, uses copper blocks for various purposes. He showed me some of the blocks and they look perfect. He told me he would ask his dad where he got them and get back to me. I'll report back when I hear from him.

pokpok · 03-14-2003, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MeltMan
Mmmmm.... Bus bar....

what is a bus bar...from that pic that looks like it got blown up...whats up with the silver on the sides?

redleader · 03-14-2003, 05:14 PM

Looks almost like solder.

IdimiDodjimi · 03-15-2003, 01:14 AM

Yeah, what for ate those "bus bars" ?

leejsmith · 03-15-2003, 03:33 AM

bus bar are normaly used for very high power distribution systems.

like in a local telephone exchange.

MadDogMe · 03-15-2003, 04:44 AM

It's a bus as in Front Side Bus, it's a main artirial highway for electricity to run down, normal multicore wire would glow white hot or just melt explosivly!

. I did'nt know telephone exchanges used it though?...

That probably is solder, though I could'nt imagine trusting that kinda current to a soldered connection!, bolt holes only please!...

PS, the discolouring is just tarnish/oxidisation...

IdimiDodjimi · 03-15-2003, 07:02 AM

Thanks for explanation, its lot clearer now.
I started ti wonder what kind of buses you drive there

PS Sorry for mistyping (ate=are)

leejsmith · 03-15-2003, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MadDogMe
It's a bus as in Front Side Bus, it's a main artirial highway for electricity to run down, normal multicore wire would glow white hot or just melt explosivly! . I did'nt know telephone exchanges used it though?...

That probably is solder, though I could'nt imagine trusting that kinda current to a soldered connection!, bolt holes only please!...

PS, the discolouring is just tarnish/oxidisation...

before the new digital system x exchanges they had mechanical exchanges that required lots and lots of power.

03-14-2003, 12:20 AM	#1
PsyKoRealm Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UC Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 38	Where 2 Buy Copper!!! Hey all i just wanted to know where I could score some copper blocks for WB making. BESIDES ONLINE!!!! I know DD and some other places, but what types of stores/businesses would carry copper blocks??? __________________ Athlon T-Bird XP 1700+ (1.43@2.0) PURE HSF BABY!!!!!!! EPOX NForce2 EP-8RDA 256MB DDR400 300w PSU 20GIG Western Digital 40GIG Quantum Fireball MSI Gefore 4 Ti4200 @ 280 / 610 48X Lite-On @ 52X Fireware Flash 16X DVD SBLive! Value 10/100 LAN Zalman HSF

03-14-2003, 08:34 AM	#4
crane Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: so cal Posts: 82	Call some electrical contractors or visit them on a jobsite and ask about getting some bus bar cut-offs. I use 1/4" x 2" ,but it comes in wider sizes. __________________ dirt rules

03-14-2003, 02:55 PM	#6
Fixittt CNC Beyatch Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Tulsa Spell it backwards Posts: 721	I used to work for a machine shop, and I can tell you that they dont do alot of copper. but when they do, a good friend of mine gives me all the scraps. As a matter of fact, he gave me 5 peices of bus bar today. So try and get in good with them, and stop off every so often to check in with them. __________________ Creator of the Spir@l Block Longest post ever http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&postid=43808#post43808

03-14-2003, 03:35 PM	#7
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Mmmmm.... Bus bar.... __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

03-14-2003, 04:14 PM	#8
PsyKoRealm Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UC Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 38	Welding? Well I was talking to a friend of mine today and he told me that his dad, who is a welder, uses copper blocks for various purposes. He showed me some of the blocks and they look perfect. He told me he would ask his dad where he got them and get back to me. I'll report back when I hear from him. __________________ Athlon T-Bird XP 1700+ (1.43@2.0) PURE HSF BABY!!!!!!! EPOX NForce2 EP-8RDA 256MB DDR400 300w PSU 20GIG Western Digital 40GIG Quantum Fireball MSI Gefore 4 Ti4200 @ 280 / 610 48X Lite-On @ 52X Fireware Flash 16X DVD SBLive! Value 10/100 LAN Zalman HSF

03-14-2003, 04:44 AM	#2
MadDogMe Thermophile Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Just shut up ;) ... Posts: 1,068	I have the same problem but in the UK, if anyone knows a good score in/near Dorset, in the Poole Bournemouth area would be bestest ...

03-14-2003, 05:51 AM	#3
IdimiDodjimi Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Croatia Posts: 12	PsyKoRealm: Try at some local scrapyard. My brother bought some cheap copper strips here in Croatia. We also bought some good HS there... Cheers..

03-14-2003, 10:17 AM	#5
pokpok Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: rsm,ca Posts: 87	scrap yard or machine shop, ask them if u can have some of the stuff they throw out. i havent had luck with gettign copper this way though

03-14-2003, 05:14 PM	#10
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	Looks almost like solder.

03-15-2003, 01:14 AM	#11
IdimiDodjimi Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Croatia Posts: 12	Yeah, what for ate those "bus bars" ?

03-15-2003, 03:33 AM	#12
leejsmith Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: notts uk Posts: 408	bus bar are normaly used for very high power distribution systems. like in a local telephone exchange.

03-15-2003, 04:44 AM	#13
MadDogMe Thermophile Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Just shut up ;) ... Posts: 1,068	It's a bus as in Front Side Bus, it's a main artirial highway for electricity to run down, normal multicore wire would glow white hot or just melt explosivly! . I did'nt know telephone exchanges used it though?... That probably is solder, though I could'nt imagine trusting that kinda current to a soldered connection!, bolt holes only please!... PS, the discolouring is just tarnish/oxidisation...

03-15-2003, 07:02 AM	#14
IdimiDodjimi Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Croatia Posts: 12	Thanks for explanation, its lot clearer now. I started ti wonder what kind of buses you drive there PS Sorry for mistyping (ate=are)

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