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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:26 pm 

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Given the small amount of copper on this I don't suppose anyone has tried to remove it have they? I was thinking that I would just collect them and turn them into the scrap yard for whatever copper price they would give. Probably the lowest grade since it's on metal.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:28 am 
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You can unwind those, but it will take some time. Best thing to do is sell as a copper bearing motor.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:40 am 

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When I get those, I clip off the ends and the copper just pulls right off.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:12 pm 

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spotts wrote:
When I get those, I clip off the ends and the copper just pulls right off.

What type of tool do you use to cut those? I could only manage to wiggle each post back and forth until it snapped off then take off the copper. Unless you can blow through stripping these quickly, I will probably just sell to scrap yard as a CBM. Always looking for new ways though!


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:21 am 
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A standard pair of sidecutters works good, I always unwind by hand then sell the metal core as a art supply to a friend of mine.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:11 pm 
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I find that the copper colored varnish is an indicator that real copper is underneath the insulating varnish. 50% of the time when there is red varnish, its aluminum. A scratch test should tell you what type of wire is used. Now when I see a red varnish, I just toss it into the CBM pile and sell it as is. The tiny wire is not really worth the time, but that's just IMHO.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:14 pm 
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My easy solution is to put a small piece of sheet metal on top of it Like the side of a DVD or Hard drive case. any sheet metal laying around.
Then smack it with a hammer
Use a magnet pick up all the fine pieces and powder.
The wire is #2 copper or #2 aluminium since it's /almost/ always coated in a varnish
Prices vary by region among other things

The black or dark material will be ferrite Or hematite. Both about 20¢ a pound.


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