When I was a younger man (not that I'm all that old now) just out of high school, working at a minimum wage job, trying to make it in life I did a lot of scrapping. I tried the removing copper from electric motors..
I tried several different approaches to get it out and none were all that easy (or super successful) for me as I recall. The things I recall trying are "burning" it to burn the adhesive coating, cutting the armature in 2 with a chop saw, snip and dig with side cutters.. I was a teenager, and I'm sure I tried several other destructive ideas to make it happen.. I had to have tried a hammer in there somehow, a hammer fixes every issue.
I'm sure there may be smarter ways that would make it easier however. Seems like I tore apart a couple dozen motors of various sizes, and for the life of me, I don't think it filled up a 5-gallon bucket..
Fast forward 15 years: Just today I took in a load of scrap.. I think there was 4 electric motors and one alternator.. 10 cents/LB, compared to the 4 cents/lb "shred" is bringing.. Took me about 2 minutes to load em, about 3 minutes to unload and weigh em.. 78 pounds, $7.80.. or $1.56 per minute.. I'm happy, they're out of my hair. Not worth a special trip, but since my dump trailer was full, I decided to load everything up.
That said, when it comes to starters/generators: I buy a lot of junk tractors, combines, trucks, etc. to part out.. I pull every starter, generator, alternator and take them to my local auto-electric rebuilder.. I tell him up front what I want to put in them per item. He tests em, cleans em up, does what needs done, and I sell them as either "good working" or "rebuilt", depending on extent of the repairs done to each piece. The units that are not financially feasible to repair I bring home and stick on the shelf.. maybe later down the line I can steal a good part out to fix a different broken unit, or I sell em as a core.
Sorry for the long post. Good luck in whatever you decide to do.. Depending on your location, I'd might be interested in purchasing them if you don't want to take the time to tear em all apart.
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