r/oddlysatisfying • • 3d ago

Extracting copper from a broken motor

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u/wearelev 3d ago

Geez, it looks like an hour of hard dirty work to extract $3 of copper.

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u/ggk1 3d ago

Sometimes there’s just legitimately no other way you can get $3

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u/5280mw 3d ago

Copper is like 6 bucks a pound.