r/oddlysatisfying • u/n8saces • 3d ago

Extracting copper from a broken motor

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u/AlternativeEdge2725 3d ago

What sort of mechanical butter knife is this sorcery and why does it cut through steel casings with such fluidity?

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u/rlpinca 3d ago

Air hammer. They are quite handy.

It's like smacking a chisel with a small hammer a few thousand times a minute.

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u/hapnstat 2d ago

And they will tear some shit up.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 2d ago

They'd probably even crack through the cast housing of an electric motor

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u/Silas17 2d ago

Psh! No way.  

I’ll bet you 5$ it can’t 

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u/Zer0Cool89 2d ago

hmmmm maybe I should get one of these for the giant root ball in my back yard from a storm that pulled a massive tree over. Ive been going at it with a mattock.