Splitting Massive Electric For Copper & I Damaged The Copper King

[@donh-k8o]

Could use an old blade from a road grader

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@markrice3502]

now comes the best part getting the copper out it looks like your going to do really good on it too thanks for sharing with usgreat video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@canadian_grower420]

You, sir, have the sweetest shop with all the right tools from one scrapper to another, I'm jealous af 😅 😅 😅

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks!

[@JodyRooney-j8l]

I like the fact that you use your knee to strip your wire I do the same always & all my pants are torn on the right side... this is a good video I like your style... thank's

[@savatripfcs4761]

Cut end of copper off with gas power saw, use your wood or Charcoal inside, then use air chisel with blunt curved end to push loops out. Done many tons this way when i was younger.

[@ZXLNT]

Definitely air chisel on the big stators while he is pulling with the stator pulling. If you have an extra person, "Steve" can push the wiring out from the back side while the stator pulling it pulling the wire.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I can't be boring all the motors. lol

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Project Shop FL & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Project Shop FL & Friends Randy

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks Randy! 👍

[@experiment7752]

Good business god bless you brother❤

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@handdancin]

yeah buddy, the pakistani and indian scrappers are absolutely next level for doing alot with a little. i think you might have better luck if you use a hammer and chisel to work open a seam in the stator before you send the blade in for the first time. once its split seems like everything is smooth. you can see how that lamination is folding on itself, but once things are wedging apart its easy going. you just need some way of starting it wedged apart

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Funtobuy]

Yesterday I watched a video of somebody using a small electric jackhammer on motors. Worked pretty good. Used a spade to split it in half and a fork to pull out the windings.

[@ProjectShopFl]

They seem to work well on the small motors but I don't see that working on the big ones. lol

[@jeffd8725]

Really looking forward to seeing the copper actually come out

[@ProjectShopFl]

Next video.

[@PhilipRomeo69]

Awesome job on splitting sir stay safe see yall on the next one

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@RobertLivingstone-n4g]

Great video very interesting good job

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@redfishfun540]

Man just saw a video of them recycling under seat cables I said the copper key needs to get a hold of some of that😂😂😂😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

I've seen that too but I've never seen it at any scrapyard in fl.

[@peterbosser2049]

cool video .wish i had some of your cool tools

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@peterbosser2049]

@@ProjectShopFl yw

[@tillmansomethinrother8649]

Maybe you could build a blade like a trident only with a flat piece of metal. Where the center piece is pointed thick, but pertrudes out about 2 inches and then begin the tapered cutting edge angled back. Just a thought. You could call it. The Trident blade. Lol 😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@myfastcars]

RECOMMENDATION: Get the torch and V groove that slot on the I Beam to give yourself a little more of a safety slot so the blade doesn't make contact with the beam as bluntly or as easy. I would also put an edge on that blunt tip. The flat broken part is wadding up the laminates and putting a lot of pressure on that system.. A more sharpened round point with a better edge will better slide between the laminates. Man, that's a lot of good copper!!! Drooling!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@noneyabeeswax3200]

My wedge on my log splitter is as you describe real thick at the very center I think my splitter is 24 ton. Hey where did the official PSF boot sponsor logo wind up going? I haven’t seen it around and my attention span is very short I need to be constantly reminded like 90% of America

[@AirelKramer]

I've tried to split one electric motor with a standard log splitter..and all it did was flatten the one side....and pinched it... Learn from a mistake and don't do it yourselfs

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I don't plan on using a log splitter.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 I have not put it anywhere yet.

[@usocrazy6133]

I wonder if you drilled pilot holes it would create a path of least resistance for the blade tip.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@williampepper6379]

What do you think about taking a 10" or 12" 1/2 thick AR 15 target like you can get at Academy Sports or off of Amazon that AR 500 plate for rifles is tough stuff ???

[@ProjectShopFl]

I think it would probably work great.

[@dennishinkle5010]

Would it help to drill a hole to start or at least partially

[@ProjectShopFl]

Possibly

[@silverlicious2086]

Rules we're meant to be broken (sometimes), including blades. 💪🏻 Welp, growing pains are a good thing once in a while. Time to re-tool. Will save you time and money in the long run. Nice work!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I'm finding the weak points. lol

[@silverlicious2086]

Exactly. That's what growth is all about. Literally pushing the "cutting edge". If things aren't breaking, then we're not trying hard enough. I can relate man

[@damienreisner2183]

Lot of engineering went into that wedge. Love the bevels. Fire up the old Cincinnati mill and make a few.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I might make a few blanks tonight. 👊

[@MsDoobly]

It could be an idea to cut a bit into the metal first with a con saw and metal disc, to give an entry point for the blade.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@myfastcars]

Come up with a Galione Type Blade. Hydraulic blade against a heavy duty metal back stop. The shearing action may work great!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@johndaley9188]

Pakistan motor shop. I think the electrician that did their shop did yours too. Switches held up with bent coat hangers. 😅

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@keithruss1925]

i think starting the split with a hand tool like a chisel just to save the point from curling up the spot it starts splitting at would save more wear and tear on the expensive pieces

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@theholidayboy543]

I always double check my motors before tearing them apart because I have done way too many that turned out to be aluminum because I didn’t check first.

[@ProjectShopFl]

That sucks, Thats why years ago I started checking and paying different prices for transformers.

[@rickstewart9716]

Sorry about the blade Derek.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I knew it would not last.

[@georgeWhitfield-z1f]

feed the algorithm, feed the beast

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you! 👍

[@williamdawson3353]

Why don't you put a white board on the wall and record all the things you need/want to do. It would be a hoot to see it fill up. Trailers, Copper King stripper, press etc....

[@ProjectShopFl]

Dude I have 4 of them in my office filled but I am only one man and am stretched thin. I'm trying to get more constant help.

[@dommyboysmith]

​@@ProjectShopFlwish I lived near you. I'm an insomniac that Micro scraps all night. Maybe I'll move to Florida 😂. I almost did move there. I'll let you know if I do. 15 hour days are nothing for me

[@matthewelliott2213]

I honestly was so sure you were gonna start a lecture like, "a stator is like a woman... first time is rough-- maybe second or third-- but that fourth time... you're knocking it out in minutes!"

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@ernietillman5952]

You need carbide steel are from like a cutting edge of a plow, summon that nature and that'll never break

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@AdemK-e6p]

First comment and first like hey project shop I love the copper motor videos

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you! 👊

[@donniebrown2896]

Was wondering if you checked those for Chinesium

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@AirelKramer]

I cut the one end and pull them out thats exactly what i do... I also use a grainder and other hand tools.... I differently like rhe work smarter not harder ... But then you brake thing and they cost more

[@ProjectShopFl]

It's a good thing I can fix the equipment. lol

[@AirelKramer]

@@ProjectShopFl no doubt....

[@SalfordRed83]

You gotta be pissed you didn’t get a forklift sooner. Your a good jockey on it to 👌..

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, If I had the money I would have.

[@carlosaguero4965]

Do you have a baking oven for processing large transformers and stators? I am retired 20 plus years running a multi yard company and have seen how much easier it’s to breakdown copper with a baking oven. Of course you need natural gas supply to make it cost effective.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I don't want to be burning if possible

[@brianrucker3484]

Try a machete on the smaller motors that your big press crushes

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@drewzavasky2562]

get the cutting edge from a cat or komatsu or deer dealer.. they have em in stock...

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@PCMcGee1]

Bandsaw?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have one I will be using for some things but the big stators I don't think it would take for ever and would eat blades.

[@Д.Неуловимый]

Maybe you should stop breaking your equipment and start preheating big stators in your big kiln. At least the most glued ones.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm looking for the week points, This is just a prototype. I don't want to be burning the motors I want to use brute force.

[@25vrd48]

Derek dozer scraper blades aren't really that hard . They wear out and get replaced and they are not flat , they're curved . I'd recommend talking to the people at a steel supply about getting a piece of steel to make the blade . There are lots of grades of steel to choose from , one that is hard enough that will do what you want but not too hard that would shatter . You are putting a lot of pressure on the blade and I'd hate to see you get injured by your equipment blowing up . I've seen press's and/or attachments shatter and fly every where . I've still got a piece of steel in my arm from an accident with a press . We had a 300 ton press in our shop and it was scary . Stay SAFE .

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info.

[@unchained20000000]

If ya keep on saving your nugget $ you'll be able to buy a big smelting pot to separate the Faris from the non Faris.

[@ZXLNT]

Ferrous

[@unchained20000000]

@@ZXLNT ty my spell check was sleeping.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@deadwood3764]

If stuff ain't Breaking.Your not trying hard enough!

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂😂 I like that saying. lol

[@carlosaguero4965]

I don’t mean burning. Rather something that is called pyrolysis. It’s an automated closed environment with environmental protection and an afterburner for noxious gases. If you want to learn more about this we can talk or exchange emails. It’s the same oven used by motor rebuilders to bake the enamel on the windings. It’s the best and only way to break down motors with minimum labor.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have an incinerator that's probably the same thing.

[@SuperRashead]

Hi there. I'm sorry i am asking, no offence, But are America the only country, that makes things that last forever? No EU materials does last or holds, tp be useed. I just thought i heard in the beginning of the video, what you said of the cylinder.Just never heard you make this statement like this before! Lovess your videos!

[@ProjectShopFl]

No I'm sure other countries make things that last. Usually if its made in the USA It's of a higher quality at least it use to be. Now things say "Made in the USA with Global Parts" lol

[@SuperRashead]

@@ProjectShopFl Great to hear yoour opinion. 😀 Thanks man!

[@ericcapucci9869]

lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍👍

[@RahmanAbdilah-g7s]

Tinggal di belah pakai parang atau kampak..lebih cepat..

[@ProjectShopFl]

Terima kasih atas sarannya

[@empirefinds]

It's like Elon says to many restrictions keeping people down. People should be responsible for there own safety. As for India the pollution and dangerous chemical s and the way they have open sewage systems running through the streets electrical cables everywhere and all where sandles gives me anxiety.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂😂

[@dylanshea755]

Try candle wax works better

[@ProjectShopFl]

Works better for what?

[@eby6114]

​@@ProjectShopFlhe's saying as a lubricant

[@ZXLNT]

@@ProjectShopFl Probably lubricant for the blade..

[@carlosaguero4965]

No sir it is not. I am not trying to sell you anything. Simply trying to offer suggestions from 20 plus years operating scrap yards.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the tip! I have an incinerator that's why I was asking.

[@timcurtis6607]

BLAH BLAH BLAH

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok 👍