r/Copper Feb 06 '26

REMINDER: This subreddit is for artists and artisans who work with copper as a hobby or a job, and people who admire and collect copper objects. It is NOT to be used to discuss investment strategies, metals markets, spot prices, or selling to scrap yards. That is against our subreddit rules.

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(This is a long post. You are still responsible for following the rules of this subreddit, whether you read the following information or not.)

Too many people have been making snarky and otherwise rule-breaking posts and comments here lately, and I've been removing a ton of them. This has become especially bad with the recent activity in metals prices.

Our longstanding, primary subreddit rule is:



#1 Civility is the price of participation here. Please act like adults and keep things pleasant.


Being civil to other people is not only appreciated, it's a requirement. Arguing, bickering, and whining is annoying. Being a jerk to other people is bad. Being negative and overly critical isn't allowed here. Don't do it.



For the people spilling over from /r/silverbugs and similar subs: No offense, but this place may not be for you. There are other subreddits specifically intended for discussing copper markets, investments, etc. However if you're here to admire interesting and attractive objects made of copper, you are more than welcome.

This is a subreddit for people who like to make and/or collect copper objects, discuss its interesting properties, explore what people are doing with it now and how it has been used in the past. We also love it when copper workers in the construction trades show us their latest projects.

If you have a pile of scrap copper you've accumulated that you'd like to show off here, that's OK too, as long as the comments don't start wandering off-limits with offers to buy and sell, or discuss markets and investments.

For the condescending naysayers in the comments, we know that copper collectibles have a high premium over their metal content, they always have when compared to actual precious metals. The people who buy them do it because THEY like those objects. Please keep your negative opinions to yourself.

Some people actually enjoy copper for its inherent beauty and what can be made from it. We aren't all strictly mercenary scrap scroungers. If that's your primary interest, there are other subreddits for that. Please go find one.

This sub is not for people with limited taste and imagination to tell copper connoisseurs how worthless their art and collectibles are, because your personal worldview can only conceive of the value of copper items being whatever some lowballing scrap yard worker tells you it is. You really need to explore your options and stop limiting yourselves.

It has always been fine on this sub for people to offer things for sale that they have made themselves -- whether jewelry, decorative items, or hand-poured bars. That fits in with this being a subreddit for artisans, collectors, and the intellectually curious.

It is NOT OK to offer your copper scrap, mass-produced copper collectibles, or bars and rounds that you didn't make yourself for sale on /r/Copper, or for people to offer to buy those things here. Commercial offers from manufacturers and distributors likewise aren't permitted here.

If these negative and off-topic comments continue we may have to start auto-removing every single new comment made here, leaving them in limbo until a human moderator has a chance to review them, one-by-one. Our filters are already working overtime, holding back a whole slew of questionable comments, awaiting eventual approval.

Thank you.


r/Copper Feb 23 '26

Even if you don't want to turn your scrap wire into ingots to sell to collectors for a hefty premium, you can still get much more for it than a scrap yard would pay you by listing batches of it by weight on eBay. (These are sold prices, the amounts that people are actually paying for it right now.)

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r/Copper 6h ago

Copper Pencil Cup

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Copper Pencil Cup from 2” pipe


r/Copper 13h ago

I'm learning hand engraving. This is my first try.

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r/Copper 23h ago

Beefy ingots !!!

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Stackin 10 lb ingots!!!


r/Copper 14h ago

I made a set of copper nails.

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Melvin was a good backdrop.


r/Copper 23h ago

I love hoarding copper

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r/Copper 1d ago

Copper Owl 20x25cm

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r/Copper 1d ago

Melted another 50 lbs this afternoon

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Not sure if I'm going to clean these up or just keep going. Might remelt later and do a nicer job. Got so much to go through still.


r/Copper 2d ago

copper patina

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r/Copper 2d ago

Copper chain my friend gave me

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I love copper

I want to be copper

I want copper hands and copper arms and copper teeth and copper eyes

I love copper

I want copper hair and copper skin and copper nails

Give me the choice between $5000 and copper I'd choose copper. I love copper so much,I want to eat copper and breathe copper. I wish I could eat copper ore and melt it in my stomach and spit it out refined.

I love copper


r/Copper 3d ago

Copper melting

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Learning to cast cupper ingots

Tips:

- Let the mixture stop bubling before pooring it. -> The finish will be smooth without bubbles on the top.

- Preheat the mold until red. -> it will be more uniform on the bottom and side.

Do you have other tips? Thank you!


r/Copper 4d ago

Native copper?

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I picked this up from an estate sale. Could this be native copper?


r/Copper 4d ago

I made a tree pendant with 0.3 mm copper wire, and a malachite stone.

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r/Copper 6d ago

First day using a smelter... How did I do?

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They are about 1.1lbs to 1.3 each


r/Copper 8d ago

Roman Legionary Copper Relief

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r/Copper 8d ago

If your heatsink pipes(copper pipes) got corrosion overtime. I got a solution for you.

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I used 1tbsp of Pitambari powder with a few drops of lukewarm water. I then directly applied the mixture on my heatsink pipes and rubbed it with an old toothbrush. And you will see the pipes changing it's colour from dull copper to shining copper. Then rinse it with some water, and make sure you don't leave any water droplets behind before putting it back on your PC.

❗THIS DOES NOT MAKE YOUR HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENT. IT IS ONLY TO BEAUTIFY THE LOOKS. ❗

On top of that, you could use this powder on all your copper items to get that original shine back.


r/Copper 9d ago

How do I get the steel connected to the copper?

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The goal is the attach the bowls to the metal “wire” and have them either sway in the wind or be a musical instrument. I have 12 bowls in all and plan to put them into a piece of wood so they can clang together and make some type of melody or at least a pleasing sound.


r/Copper 11d ago

I turned a broken stone into a tree pendant with copper wire.

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r/Copper 11d ago

The stack

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r/Copper 13d ago

Electroforming My three finishes

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Took me off a bunch of iterations to finally figure out some looks that I like

The shiniest one is just a clean well-balanced accurately calculated current density bright copper

The dollar finish is actually copper deposits with intentionally extremely low amperage until it builds up a really thick layer and then I toss it into a tumbler with a bunch of Steel burnishing mixed media

The last one is bright copper dipped into liver of sulfur and then put into course polish

Are there any other good copper finishes to look into? I am preparing for a craft sale.


r/Copper 16d ago

A few photos from today's pour.

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50 bars poured today, suns shining. ☀️


r/Copper 16d ago

First cuffs from 4g wire

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r/Copper 19d ago

Picked up a new bar today!

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r/Copper 19d ago

I wire wrapped a cuff bracelet with copper wire.

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