Scrapping 2,640 lbs of electric motors for

In todays chronicle, I'm posting the very fist video I ever recorded for KZbin! I made this when I was off for 2 weeks when Covid was first shutting down the world. I ended up having more recorded for the final vid.... but I accidentally deleted it lol..
But overall this was really fun, and I really enjoy taking things apart for #Copper Extraction!
If you enjoyed the video give it a like and sub to the channel!
#Scrapping #Money

[@bernardmcmahon351]

When I was a young man, many years ago, I worked at a large scrap yard in Trafford Park , Manchester, I worked on magnet cranes, big hydraulic presses etc, quite often big electric motors came in with the scrap, they always had a heavy cast iron casing , I used to smash them about with a big sledgehammer then hang them in a fire in a 45gallon drum after an hour or so I’d knock them about a bit exposing just one end of the copper coils then just snip the ends and pull them out clean , I did this while operating a press making sure there wasn’t too much smoke, I remember once there must have been too much smoke because a fire engine drove straight into the yard and blasted the fire drum and everything around with high pressure hose then they packed their kit up and went without saying a word to anyone. Obviously I was in my late teens then and health and safety wasn’t about, I’m retired now and I realise what I did was wrong in many ways, but the firemen just marching in without a word stuck with me

[@musictube17]

You are a badass Bernard!

[@ChrisHarne]

love the one step at a time batch operation - very pleasing to watch

[@deadmanprodinc]

A great way to utilize your time while learning about the basics of electric motors....oh.....and some pocket money to boot! I enjoyed watching your process, thanks for posting!

[@shaystern2453]

pocket money? over 1000 bucks just in #2copper

[@markduncan6690]

All Right! Clever Guy! Collect up the Residuals!

[@EstebanLopez-rq1op]

Good job!! If you do this again, an impact chisel can save you some time and effort. If you have access to 3 phase.. a small shear will clean the aluminum staters as well.

[@sd90mac8]

Also I use to do this for my dad from starters, to generators, to electric motors ect. Great job you did. I know them griders can get super gotta, you gotta watch it letn cool down for a bit, not to mention you have to replace grinding wheels as well.

[@jssouthtx]

I like the methodology in your disassembly process. 👌🏻

[@MikeTheScavenger]

Damn son! That's a fine pile of scrap you got there! Keep it up!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks mike! Keep up the good work yourself!! Your vids r awesome!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@austincolt1955]

Having been an Electric motor Winder from 1973 until about 1988 full time probably striped thousands if not 10,000 motors mostly far larger than the little Baldors . no need to cut the case off of them .As a matter of fact you could not because we were rewinding them and rebuilding the motors. Great idea if that made it easier for you . 1 We used an air Chisel to cut the windings not a grinder . then they would be burned out in a special oven . I believe once all the insulation was burned off it is much easier to strip . 2. I believe the Clean copper without the insulation on it used to bring a higher price. Very fine job you did there . You probably got a little taste of what electric motor work was like in the 70"s .and 80's . It was hard work but fun work . Great ambition and initiative You will go far .

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks for the info Greg! Ive enjoyed scrapping stuff ever since I was a little kid.... I hope to continue getting these awesome things to scrap!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Theres nothing better than a HUGE barrel of copper!

[@melin1969]

a huge pile of copper ingots )

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

@@melin1969 lol I did make a few ingots out of those. Might do a melting vid sometime

[@thaddeustroyer]

Soooo, unless you need the money this should be your retirement fund. Copper will always be higher in the future and holding on to it only makes your stash that much more valuable. And like you said, shoulda been watching copper prices a little better. I hate missing out on price increases too. Great video and keep scrapping.

[@johndowe7003]

I use a winch to remove copper wire from large motors, it's super quick . Got a vid on my channel if ya wanna check that out

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

@@johndowe7003 just checked it out! That seems like a great method. Might have to get me a winch set up here soon!

[@rondj1965]

Good to see someone put in the work to recycle and scrap these motors instead of tossing them in the landfill. Keep of the good work.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Will do Ronnie!

[@joeldeleon3308]

I work at an electric motor repair & service shop, it is a lot easier to remove the copper when you burn the stator out at around 500 to 600 deg. This breaks down the varnish coating of the wire and it slides out of the stator with just a little effort.

[@BobSmith-cb5xr]

Scrappers wont take burnt copper.

[@MacDaddyRico]

@@BobSmith-cb5xr They used to, but times have changed...

[@brandoncooper1962]

@@BobSmith-cb5xr heat it up and dip it in cold water will turn cooper red again and be clean.

[@maryrecklein4614]

Pop did motors from 1939 to 88. Baking stators..dipping..lacquor..all steps I recall.

[@gangcai2876]

Yes. I saw someone did that.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Recall going to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard electric motor shop during 1970s where ship had motors reworked / rewound and returned to service. It was incredible.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Heck I wish I could have gone with you! We would have bought up every motor there!

[@jflyg2175]

For 22 of those motors purchased new would roughly cost around $33,000 usd. Wonder if there cost effective to repair them?

[@mjac8373]

Great video fun to watch. You are no stranger to hard work and your approach to the project was excellent. Great exercise too, huh?!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Oh absolutely lol... I like firewood for a workout..... but my gosh, scrapping is tough too lol

[@travissmith5238]

Thanks for sharing. Keep on scrapping!!!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

You bet! Thanks for watching Travis! More scrapping videos are on the horizon!

[@collinemorris]

A few years back I scrapped probably 4-5 big, t frame 3 ph motors, ranging from 30hp - 75 hp, 300 to 500 lbs in gross weight. I thought for a moment about tearing those down to extract the windings. Thanks for the video. Absolutely no regrets scrapping them whole, as long iron. Lol

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Haha now where’s the fun in that 😂😂?!

[@austinhernandez2716]

As iron? Not electric motor? I'm confused.

[@getchasome6230]

@@austinhernandez2716 He got robbed at the scrapyard

[@charltonheston969]

It should be around 40 cents per pound for electric motors @ scrap yard

[@jpnphom5470]

It’s good to see you’re demonstrating safety. This happened recently to my 10 yrs experienced fabricator. The grinder wheel shattered and sent him to the emergency room with deep wounds/25 stitches on his inner thighs and torso..

[@bigteddy66]

I'm guessing as in this video the guard was removed? Really silly move.

[@ShainAndrews]

Says the post 2020 account...

[@bigteddy66]

@@ShainAndrews what do you mean?

[@dawnpeterson3215]

My buddy almost lost his nipple with a wheel that went a flyin......

[@RedeyeCountry]

Well done, you're a hard worker. I wish I had 22 of those LOL

[@thekingtroll2]

This showed up in my feed so I watched it. Very interesting. You certainly deserved every single penny you got for scrap prices doing all that hard work.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks king troll!

[@mattterk753]

I always heat up the core once I cut one side of the copper off, makes it easier to pull out

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I will definitely be trying that in the future

[@keshatton2334]

I have to say well done for your use of PPE, personal safety equipment is so important. Nice Job buddy

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

It’s not worth the risk to do it faster without ppe! Thanks for checking out the vid!

[@CurlyQLink]

@Supermies After getting sliced twice, I would agree with your suggestion.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

That was fun. The way you methodically went from unit to unit makes it satisfying to watch. I'm as lazy as the day is long. I would of put six up on the bench and worked on those.....somewhere in there I would of run away to buy ice cream. Thanks for psoting

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Haha yea this way was was a little more cumbersome….. but it did make for a pretty interesting video. Thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

@@CountryBoyChronicle It was a great video. Watching you could feel the work as you had to go step by step with each motor. If they were all up on a bench it would of never captured all the work it took.

[@DeanG55]

Get yourself a strong magnet to separate those iron shavings from your copper dust! There is money in the gold dust, that is, if you can melt it. Amazing video you did! You got a strong back, young man! Keep it healthy. I look forward to many more videos from you.

[@Xero-Hero]

Great job for your 1st YT video. 134k views in just a few days. I don't know what constitutes a video going viral, but I'd say this probably fits in the parameters.

[@bickybickford]

I remember when I was a kid back in the 1970s people use to throw the cores into a big bonfire and burn off all the plastic and glue then once cooled the would hit it with a sledge hammer and presto clean copper wire. This was way before people knew about or even cared about the environment.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I wish I could have grown up in those days!

[@bickybickford]

@@CountryBoyChronicle ya but then you would be in you 50s like me.

[@Rabbit.760]

@@bickybickford hitting the wire with a hammer once cooled would make it bright and shiny again? Does the black stuff just fall off?

[@j.d.2703]

@@Rabbit.760 lol

[@Libzargae]

I used to work at a copper factory in shawnee Oklahoma. I was so tempted to save and take home some shaving on days i was working a saw but "stealing" copper was def the #1 way to get fired. People still did it but a couple got caught while i was there. I used to scrap a lot also so the first day i seen all that copper i was like a tweaker in a meth store, could barely contain myself lol 400 pound pieces of copper shaped like 10 pennies stacked together, these things were 15 feet high, 20 feet deep and 120 feet wide. That was just the bare blocks, there was that much plus some already made into all sorts of diff things. Was one of the more interesting jobs ive had, paid pretty well but dangerous, everything in that place wanted to cut you or crush you or burn you etc.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

That sounds AWESOME!!!

[@TECHNICUSChannel]

You have new S,u,b! Brother in scrap, i too dismantling different electronic scrap and getting pure copper from different founded devices, i will be watching you brother in scrap!! Keep scrapping awesome video! Supporting you!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks! I’m currently on the hunt for more big motors like this 👀 !

[@stevesrt8]

good job! alot of work for sure. cheers

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

It sure was! Scrapping things is a lot of work, but I really enjoy it. Ive been that way ever since I was a little kid.

[@monsterq6]

Seriously great video. This is an important job for our planet. Very satisfying. Good on you for advocating the face shield! Be well brother god bless

[@CrimFerret]

At first I was "Wait, those can be re-wound if you don't totally destroy them." Then I saw that a lot of them looked like they'd been under water at some point with all the rust inside. The cost to deal with that on motors this small wouldn't be worth it. Great video.

[@_Anthony___]

These motors are outside 24/7, so it's an eventual thing with these things

[@ShainAndrews]

Every one of them was rebuildable and probably had nothing wrong with the windings. Rust? What does rust matter?

[@solarnaut]

2:15 " those actually looked pretty good, and honestly, some of these might have been good motors. I don't even know. " The ETERNAL DILEMMA ! There's definitely something awesome about frankensteining and rejuvenating things and there are often some "real wins" in that column, but it is not always self evident when to stop beating a dead horse. B--)

[@stuartsmg1]

Waiting on somebody to buy the rewound motors is ridiculous when you could just recycle them

[@ScrapRushUK]

Hi, new sub here in here in 🇬🇧. Really nice video love the the format you use with the voice over and showing with 1 item in real time then time lapsing the rest. And all that beautiful copper as well.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Appreciate that! I just finished filming my next scrap video this afternoon… just gotta buckle down and edit! Stay safe over in the uk my friend 👍🏼

[@ScrapRushUK]

@@CountryBoyChronicle will do and will look forward to watching it. My next video won’t be up until a few weeks in to the new year, can’t wait to get back to creating some content. Hope you, your family and friends have a lovely new year.

[@c123bthunderpig]

Best part of video - I didn't break a sweat watching :-) Seriously very well done, especially like the assembly line format, I think that sped up the break down process and yielded the most amount of scrap. So many guys do them one at a time.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

lol.... so long as you were entertained mr THUNDERPIG!! and yea ive noticed you don't have as much wasted motion if you do a lot of something like this. Your not setting down tools as much and that honestly speeds things up!

[@keshatton2334]

I agree, gets a good rhythm going

[@keshatton2334]

@@CountryBoyChronicle Yep gets a good rhythm going

[@seanwright8786]

You picked up on the same thing t j.g at I was about to comment on. In fact, the same words (assembly line method). In my line of work(journeyman electrician) that's how we do it.

[@waderands6884]

That was the number one thing that I related to as well. This way you're not juggling and misplacing your arsenal too, and in between phases you can relax a little bit.

[@BeachsideHank]

Cut the wired butt end of the coils off like you did, leave the clean side intact. With the stator vertical, slip a rod through opposite winding loops. Locate a bit of heavy timber twice the length of the stator, now you're going to drop the stator like a pile driver onto the timber which is propped vertical. Work your way around the winding nest changing the rod location, it will all come off rather easily and neatly with not much effort, gravity doing most of the work. ☺

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I tried that actually , but didn't have any rod heavy enough to not bend. gotta get me some 1" round rod. That would probably do it

[@andymanaus1077]

@@CountryBoyChronicle There are several ways to remove the windings. If you are careful to cut the copper flush against the stator housing then you can punch the copper through using a large pin punch and steel mallet. I made a custom punch by grinding down a rod into a teardrop shape. You can use a big old screwdriver. Grind the tip into a point and tap it through as BeachsideHank suggests. It won't bend like a mild steel rod and it comes with a nifty built-in handle. A wedge tool can help break the initial resistance. You can make one by cutting a triangular piece of steel 300mm x 50mm x 4mm (12" x 2" x 5/16").

[@MikeBarbarossa]

Id use some kind of press set up to work the windings out

[@CruiserMac]

Wow, now that is a pile of motors !

[@billsmith5166]

Nice job. That jar of copper dust was very satisfying for some reason.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I thought so too lol. I still have it actually.... I might make a melting video with it lol

[@jaywalker712]

One thing for sure young man, you are a hard worker. Near me "dirty" copper wound motors bring .30 a pound and #2 copper is 3.15 so I figured you had 2640# motors = 792. and after cleaning the #2 copper you had 1143.00 , plus the aluminum cast and misc steel.

[@vintagedashboard6810]

I use to replace burned out motors in giant condensers by myself and it wasn’t fun. After 30 years of that work my back was gone and I ended up on disability at under 60 years of age.

[@bartschwartz7217]

It’s good for pocket money but u better have a real full time job

[@vintagedashboard6810]

Yeah right and I have a very comfortable life. No worries at all.

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

I'm a woman who adores copper!!! Awesome video, have joined you 👍

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I enjoy copper too! thanks for watching!

[@remady5827]

I work at a motor shop and we use a air chisel to cut the top of the winding, that burn the winding and pull the remaining amount if copper out with a good pair of needle nose pliers.

[@wayneday3916]

Suggestion.. To remove copper from motors I use an air chisel it's a lot faster for me and air chisel cost me 40 bucks.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I really love the idea of an air chisel…. I really want to get one!

[@drmodestoesq]

@@CountryBoyChronicle Habour Freight....dirt cheap.

[@drmodestoesq]

@@CountryBoyChronicle You gotta have a big compressor though. Air chisels are real air hogs.

[@calvinevans9547]

Air chisels, & skip the step of splitting opened the stater case. With one end cut on the copper you can use the edge of the starter to pry out the copper. This works well with those size motors. Bigger same process but to pull nut in order to pull copper you will need to burn to pull out copper. This will help break down the finish on the copper and they will slide right out. Commit on the value of a good motor was spot on new bearing are cheap. Assuming you have a market for used motors and can sit on them to get your money back. Air chisels ,good luck.

[@rhec-cornbread]

What was the cost of the motors if you had to buy them compared to the amount paid to you for the copper?

[@stevt100]

I scrapped a bunch of xray tubes at one time, got brass, aliminum, steel, copper and stainless steel out of em. Took several trips to the scrap yard but i made a bunch of money.

[@louisrichards3702]

try using amachete to split the stator in half,put the half in a vise and pryout CU with a long thin pry bar or screw driver,,cutting the end off puts CU dust in the air and wastes CU,plus the wear and tear on grinder and cutoff wheel.other wise good vid..

[@totalrandomness7282]

$1,000 worth up here in upstate ny. Plus that cast aluminum would have brought 50-75 cents a pound

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Dang! Our prices aren't that high ! although your cost of living is higher I bet.... Thanks for watching Seth

[@danielabbey7726]

Man, this is my kind of scrappin! Just subbed - would like to see you do a breakdown of the economics (cost for the motors etc. vs. scrap price).

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks for watching Daniel! Yea I’m definitely going to start being more thorough with my information on each scrap out! While also learning how to film stuff the best way possible, YouTubing isn’t as easy as it looks lol

[@danielabbey7726]

@@CountryBoyChronicle Yes, KZbin looks easy but definitely isn't! Made a few videos last year handheld with my Android, and it's a challenge.

[@victoryfirst2878]

I used to do what you are doing now. Hard work that one just loves to do. Shame you did not sell when prices are high. That is what I did and just wait. When you sell when price is up you are able to really fill your wallet. Nice work fella.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks!

[@garbo8962]

Years ago I did some work for a smart guy that owned a few scrape yards. He had a pile of motors 20' high and maybe 35' long . Asked the foreman how come he didn't scrape them the 4 or 5 years he continued to collect them Said he was going to fill up an one if of the sections of a ship then send them think it was to India to have the copper removed and sent back to him. His largest scrape yard was right on a large river that had a loading pier. After the copper came back he locked it up In one of his warehouses until copper price went up. Heard he dropped out of high school during the depression to help his family. Was a millionaire before turning 50.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

That guy sounds like a baller

[@dibbla]

How much in value did you get for the barrel load of copper?

[@frankensteincreations4740]

Next time you do this make a fire. Burn them with indirect heat. About 750 f that size motor about 4 hrs heat sustained. Coils will pull out like butter compared to what you had to deal with. 👍 10 year motor rebuild shop experience lol

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks 4 the tip! You think any of these were worth rebuilding? Or would my time have been better scrapping them??

[@frankensteincreations4740]

@@CountryBoyChronicle nah. Motors of that small hp are throw away. Now days anything about 50hp and down aren’t worth the time. Unless they’re a special frame size, ie; have a weird shaft, or foot mounting that is odd for the NEMA frame size

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Motor info , section with copper is called a stator, in a motor rewind shop we had a special tool to cut the winding head off, then we would burn the stators in a special burnout oven, then remove the copper , would save time cutting stator frame to remove the core

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thats awesome James.... I need to get me one of those ovens!

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

You don’t need a fancy oven for scrap stators ,,old days we used a fire pit just burn them

[@cobbmobb9661]

I know a voice of a good man ever time hope grandpa enjoyed it as much as I did watchin

[@cobbmobb9661]

Fb Chev man add me

[@silverstreak3710]

how long in total did the whole process take? Great video

[@andro7137]

Watching this operation explains why the commercial metal recyclers send electrical machines to China for stripping.

[@keneastman5045]

I was looking to find and easier way to get copper out because I do it the same way as you did nice to know I'm doing it right thanks for the video

[@jfarinacci0329]

Really informative vid. Thank you.

[@ricks5756]

This is why you need good industrial grade tools. Metabo is expensive, but also won't burn out like those cheap Harbor Freight tools will.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Hilti and Milwaukee are far from harbor freight lol! I’ll have to try out some metabo tools for sure tho!

[@tylerhall6455]

@@CountryBoyChronicle Metabo (the ones made in germany) are the best angle grinders. Trust me. I'm a welder and I don't buy anything else.

[@emanuelmifsud6754]

@@tylerhall6455 Hitachi are very well made. I use them as a Metalwork teacher , they are precisely made and reliable, only if made in Japan, Hitachi makes power tools and everything else up to ships. They know precsion and reliability. Anything made in China is made to a price and therefore may not last. I use many tools a day , not just grinders, Hitachi is the best I see for the price.

[@frankbullitt4556]

You mean Horror Freight ?

[@jakekreke8756]

He's using hilti not Hitachi huge difference, the metabo grider is a beast but its corded, Milwaukee has the best battery platform hands down. Harbor fright is trash

[@AtlasReburdened]

Chances are that most of those just needed something simple to repair them. You probably could have repaired and sold 3 of them and gotten as much money as you did from scrapping them all.

[@morto360]

I was wondering about that too... even if you had to rewind them, it would bring more money then scraping them I guess.... but I dont know really.

[@Christian6.1803]

My exact thoughts

[@aromaticpillow]

It looked like most just needed new bearings. Might have been thrown away because they got wet and bearings rusted out.

[@pokerinthei]

@@morto360 No, rewinding is only affordable on 50+HP motors. Even then, you have to be able to sell for retail price, which usually requires a warranty. If you are selling it as "used", even rewound, you can't get enough to make it worthwhile.

[@dawnpeterson3215]

Wrench is a great idea! I scrap with my step dad. He taught me cut one side of coil with grinder. Flush. Heat it up. Big screw driver for prying. Punches on the cut side to work it through. Imma try the wrench tonight......

[@streetcopper1151]

Damn bro 👊🏻 good job I was drooling over this video like looking at a steak .. 👊🏻

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

This was a decent little haul 🔥

[@streetcopper1151]

@@CountryBoyChronicle ya buddy .. I just did 300 pounds of motors that’s small potatoes to your haul 👊🏻

[@xvideodventurer4826]

Great job saving the dust, make every little bit count, I always say.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I still have it to this day. It looks cool in that jar

[@xvideodventurer4826]

@@CountryBoyChronicle cool 😎

[@RSST662]

Where did you source those motors from and how much did they cost you each and / or in total ? Thanks !

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

I ask the same questions... How much $ invested? How much time? How much $ made?

[@edpodellis]

I did the same thing with motors from air dryer machines used by telephone companies. Made lots of extra money from those burned out motors !

[@johncashler3611]

I use to do this all the time, 3 metals. Copper, steel and aluminum. Melt the aluminium off . Save the bolts for other projects. Use an air chisel and sharp bit to knock wires off one end , then a long screwdriver to start pry the other end out then switch to a channel out tool wires come out easily

[@franceszetts6874]

That is best way to take a number apart.....like assembly line. Working smart....nice job..

[@8ZRD11R]

Interesting video and I enjoyed it. Just one thing though, 2,640 lb is roughly 1.2 tonnes. Going on current prices, 1.2 tonnes of electric motors are worth a shade over $1,000 AUD as scrap without even touching them. 363lb of copper is about 150Kg, worth at absolute best $1,500 AUD. Is it really economical do do that much work and nearly burn your grinder out for less than $500 Australian? If that dozer in the background could be repaired using the same time and energy it could earn $500 AUD in a few hours. Not knocking your work, just making a point.

[@NoName-sy3di]

I think something you probably dont understand is he did it for fun too, i do it for fun, it takes some time out of my day and i also make money....when i do things for myself i dont c9nsider labor in the cost because i enjoy doing it...free couple hundred bucks and some time burnt and booze drank ya know?

[@namtheman]

Don’t forget he’s also got the other aluminum and steel scraps to sell adding to the total

[@allahbinpeppa156]

Made a lot more from this video. So yes, four months later it seems worth it.

[@mattym8]

He’s nearing a million views on this vid which is worth more than the scrap copper.

[@getchasome6230]

Exactly. You also have to think he paid for the motors too... it's not worth it at all. That's why the guy he got them from didn't do it.

[@fredhoy6697]

I've watched several of these similar videos and the thing that no one has yet said is how much they made for all of their efforts. That's the point. Is it profitable?

[@joshuamorris9050]

If you have an efficient way to do it hell yea

[@joshuamorris9050]

Trying to pry it out is not easy at all most use a hydraulic press.I’ve used two fork trucks b4 and a stainless steel rod

[@thegrumpygerman]

I make money turning and burning. But I also have access to unlimited stuff. Some people have limited sources.

[@masongreen4882]

Depends where you live but I have herd that you basically break even on it depends on how much supply you have if you have a lot coming in then just bring them all in at once unles of course you got a vary effective way to break them open and get everything.

[@overlordp.3758]

Yes sir it is..I am an Hvac technician. I have a coworker that does this. He says sometimes it'll pay his mortgage.

[@kevinnugent223]

Thanks for the video, alot of work , i got tired just watching you 😄

[@jtrawson1559]

My did di electric motor repair along with appliance repair and both commercial and residential air conditioning and refrigeration. We had a 6 car garage with a work space. I wanted to use one bay after Dad retired. So we cleaned out jut the electric motors from that bay. It amounted to over 44,000 pounds. There were several hundred vaccuum cleaners too and toaster and mixers etc. To keep my mouth shut when Dad was working he had me make the windings for the motors and I had to count out loud - 5 years old. All the time he as teaching me how electric and motors work. I asked a lot of questions and he gave very technical adult answers. When I would wear him out, he would say, go talk to your mother now. I became a physicist.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Cool story the man Jt! Thanks for watching!

[@elbobsi]

If you have an air compressor, buy a cheap air hammer and it will get the windings out of the motor very quickly. Cut one side of the windings off like you did, but instead of using a wrench and hammer on the other side, use an air hammer. It will be much quicker!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I’ve seen other guys on KZbin do that. Definitely going to invest in one myself. Thanks for watching!

[@silencefiction60]

I really liked watching those being broken down. About how much does a working one of those fetch?

[@kevinvermeer9011]

A new 7.5 HP, inverter-duty, name-brand motor like that lists at about $1200. Judging by the corrosion on the fan shroud, they had a pretty rough life!

[@silencefiction60]

@@kevinvermeer9011 Holy cow! I had no idea!

[@kenjetton4567]

About 4 to 5 dollars per hp so those were 10 or 15 hp motors 3600 rpm motors sell them to rewind shops and you don’t have a bunch of labor in them and you probably make more dollars …..I started doing that in 1981…….the air chisels work really good

[@RobertClolery]

O you're aching back!

[@switchofftogettagrip1400]

Awesome, saved to watch later, have about 50kgs worth of motors, will be putting this video to use 👊 one man's trash is another man's treasure (my partner thinks I keep things just for the purpose of doing so, incorrect, everything - almost has value).

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Heck yea buddy! I can’t wait to get more myself! Lemme know how it all goes!

[@Mr_guernsey_explorer180]

I stripped a lot of normal engine in last week just with a Stanley blade and hand got around 25 kgs at mo but I don't take it monthly I wait for 6 months as copper is hard to collect up I sometimes sit home in winter months stripping engines and get around 200kg before summer comes hopefully this winter is a good one going to try 300/400 kgs if not to busy at work

[@xESPplayer500x]

At least you wear ample amounts of ppe. So many people on KZbin cutting with a disc and wearing no protective gear whatsoever.

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

I agree, I always wear PPE, makes me cringe when others don't, especially when they have no guard on their grinders 😬

[@VenturiLife]

Or pouring molten metal in flip-flips and shorts.

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

@@VenturiLife that definitely gets to me too!

[@VenturiLife]

@@SollersSrappingandDiving What gets to me is the idiots that also jump on you, when you leave a comment regarding use of PPE to try and help others. Clearly they have never suffered a serious burn or injury themselves.

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

@@VenturiLifeI hear you, unfortunately it happens no matter what the comment, there is always somebody who wants a little fight in the comments section to feel good🥱😆

[@jpnphom5470]

Some of these big mothers goes for 70 or way more dollars on Craig’s list..it doesn’t worth to got the copper out...

[@prestonberg9604]

I usually put it in a vise after I cut one side off just like you did but I found that pounding them out is easier than trying to pry them out

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I actually had really cool footage of me pounding it out, but I deleted it on accident lol

[@prestonberg9604]

@@CountryBoyChronicle I have a really nice snap on air hammer with the right size punch it would make things wayyyyy easy. Most of the motors I do are from my work. I strip down PTAC’s and each one has two small motors and then the ac compressor motor so it adds up quick

[@simplescrapping]

That was a serious amount of motors and copper. Good job my friend😁👍. Greetings from Greece

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Yes it was! It's cool you'r watching all the way from Greece. Thanks for watching Simple Man!

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

Well fancy seeing you here in this copper video Simple Man 😜

[@simplescrapping]

@@SollersSrappingandDiving I don't know how I get here.... this is not my field 🤣🤣

[@SollersSrappingandDiving]

@@simplescrapping 😆

[@yongyi527]

How much did you pay for the motors, how much time did you put into it, and how much $$ did you get for it? How about the aluminum and steel?

[@jamesbroomfield7799]

Yeah. He never said what he got right? Or did I miss it? I don't remember hearing how much he got

[@joshschneider9766]

You need to link up with bigstackd he's in Australia and does this sort of melt once A week on his channel. He can get you a discount on devil forge furnaces they are super efficient and very well priced. Great job man, thanks for sharing hope to see more!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I’ve been following him for a long time. It would be an honor to do anything with him lol !!!

[@015diesel]

Yip definitely agree9

[@joshschneider9766]

I've never had anywhere to melt but I'd absolutely love to someday

[@art1muz13]

Great job!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks!

[@stevemarshall5197]

The fans would make fantastic flowers welded to a metal stem. Should also make money

[@pneumatic00]

Maybe this off the wall, but with that many of the same motor (Baldors are considered top-grade motors) I might have contacted a rewinder/rebuilder guy and inquired as to the cost of a rebuild. And maybe see if you could hold half a dozen of those off to the side and see if he would know you had them and if he had a customer for them, offer them to his customer. Those are $750 motors if they are a dime, and they looked more like they might have needed bearings, not rewinding.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

That’s actually a pretty good idea. 90% of these were locked up and filled with a bunch of gunk. Do you have contact info for a person I could get into contact with in the future ??

[@pneumatic00]

@@CountryBoyChronicle I personally do not, but you should do a research Loop which you can do in 15 minutes. First you look at the nameplate & get the model number and see what it costs in the Grainger catalog. If they don't make that model any more, you should still be able to Google the model number and that will tell you it is a 5 horsepower 240 volt motor (or whatever) and you need to find out the NEMA frame number, which relates to the bolt pattern of the mounting deal. All that information should be very easily available. Next, you will look up the price of the thing on eBay. I would be stunned if that motor new is less than $800, and you'll probably find them for sale used on eBay for 300 bucks, just used, not rebuilt. Then you look up "motor rewinding (or rebuilding) near [your zip code]" and get some names of some rebuilders hopefully near you. Get some phone numbers, call them up, tell them you have six Motors with that model number, and if they ever have a customer who would like a rebuilt motor, you will offer them as Cores and sell them for a hundred and fifty bucks each. And they don't have to buy them they just have to know that you have them. You take some good pictures of the motors & their name plates. It doesn't cost you a penny, the worst thing is you take them to the scrapyard three or four months later. On the other hand, maybe they buy them from you and you sell them for twenty times what you're selling them for now. Those are very high quality Motors, very expensive to buy, if they do not stink inside from burnt electrical Parts, with new bearings that would cost probably 75 bucks, that's a $400 - $500 motor used, rebuilt.

[@xESPplayer500x]

Not worth the time. Would probably cost him more to fix than scrap. I used to rebuild alternator

[@xESPplayer500x]

@@CountryBoyChronicle no problem homie keep at it

[@pneumatic00]

@@xESPplayer500x Fine. It's not worth investing 15 minutes of research and 3 phone calls? A typical car alternator costs between $85 (rebuild) and $200. new OEM and they are produced in the millions which gets the cost way down. A 5hp Baldor motor is a $400-$800 item. Certainly, it would not be worth it to rewind a small motor but if the best 20% of those motors could just get by with new bearings, I believe a rebuilder could re-bearing the thing and sell it for $550 so it could be worth even $75 to buy some cores. What's CB getting for the motors now? $10-$15?

[@mcbunjo]

What price do you pay for motors and compresors? Edit: nice job

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks Mirko! And I cant honestly remember... it was before the massive spike in prices!

[@cindystevensdiy1932]

Thank you very informative.. Nice pile of Copper.. im looking to find Copper ladened.. items like these..

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

They are out there Cindy…. You just have to look!

[@richielittlewood867]

Good clean job 👍

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@lourias]

When electric motors fail, remember the BBC: Bushings Bearings Capacitors Sure, if a motor overheats, the caoting on the windings will fail, but if there are no burnt areas, check to see if BBC could be sufficient to restore the motor.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

I will definetly remember this in the future! doing some scrapping now and I will definetly be saving some of the motors!

[@angelogoreham4155]

Scrap yards in my area don’t make you take the casings off motors. That really sucks you have to go through that much labor.

[@drmodestoesq]

True that. They don't "make" you take the casings off the motors. They just pay you 10 cents a pound for the motor. The number two copper is now 4 U.S. dollars a pound. That's 40 times as much money. Worth a few sore hands at the end of the day. And there's also the sense of accomplishment.

[@angelogoreham4155]

@@CountryBoyChronicle same here I do it on the side in the Boston area. At this one place they laughed at me and said I was crazy for doing the same thing you are.

[@angelogoreham4155]

@@drmodestoesq na at this one place the guy will give me the same with casings on or not. I do hvac so I’m at the scrap yard as much as work they don’t break my balls like that. Anyway you definitely are right as far as price drops at most places when you don’t separate everything.

[@angelogoreham4155]

@@CountryBoyChronicle lol absolutely nothing better than some extra cash that’s free.

[@daftnord4957]

i just finished a 40hp motor last night. to get the steel body off i had to cut 2 opposite side with the grinder and whacked it countless times with the biggest sledge i have and eventually popped both halves off, the steel laminations were rusted to the body. also an air chisel was my best friend. i peeled off chunks of laminations until i could slip the windings out

[@joshjohnson6163]

I cut my teeth in small enterprise replacing bearings in motors like those off of grain bin fans and augers for local farmers when I was a kid, it's the easiest thing to fix and most common part to break on them, made pretty good cash. 😊

[@epoxeclipse1]

Looked fun.

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Very fun!

[@johnwest7202]

Awesome job man

[@robertgoss4842]

You are a very enterprising young man. I would liked to have known your final take on the deal. Also, I myself am far too lazy to have undertaken such a project.

[@LannisterKing]

love your channel you gained a subscriber

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Much appreciated!

[@reesegary]

Cool video. Scrap what you can now. I just talked to my local scrap guy, he said next month he expects prices to go down. Take care friend 👍🇺🇸

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Im definitely trying to get some of my scrap processed now. I also had a scrap guy tell me prices were going to be going down soon as well.... and he told me that 2 months ago lol. They've only climbed since

[@zbigniewczaykowski514]

any scrap guy will tell you that because they want you to sell to them what you have now

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

@@zbigniewczaykowski514 you got that right

[@ozzesty7314]

Copper prices are going to go higher as more electric cars are being built.

[@SilverScorpion]

New video! Super job! Added

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks for watching mr silver scorpion!

[@raymorgan5767]

great job!

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thank you ray 👍🏼

[@154g]

I have a coworker that does this, all the time he takes doing this, it seems most of the time, hes working harder scrpping than his regular job

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

It’s definitely a lot of work! But it’s nice to be by yourself and de stress 👍🏼

[@scrapbongo786]

Woah now that ia a haul and a half! New Sub /cheers ScrapBongo Liked

[@CountryBoyChronicle]

Thanks for checking it out scrap bongo!

[@davea5150]

Lots of luck!!!!

[@familydogg1234]

I like your assembly line method. I'd never pay for metal. I spend enough on tools and various blades not to mention time and electricity. Thanx

[@goatandyourmom9690]

If you use a sawzall instead of a cutoff wheel your saved dust won't be full of cutoff wheel material. And I've found it to be quicker, cleaner and quieter.