injunjoe 
I just stripped a condenser motor, (fan motor for outside ac unit).
Starting weight was 12 pounds. At my yard they give $0.20 a pound.
After about ten minutes I ended up with 2.25 pounds of #2 copper, thus leaving 9.75 pounds in steel scrap.
Motor as is would be worth $2.40
Cleaned the copper comes out to $7.31 at current yard prices.
Left over steel is worth $0.98
So in about ten minutes I now have $8.29 in total scrap worth.
That comes out to 5.89 profit for cleaning the motor.
So in an hour I will have made $35.34, not bad for standing in my work shop having coffee.
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