Desta 
This is a thread on which I am going to try (TRY) to document my findings and education through doing (And what I find here) each day im able to do SOMETHING scrapping related. I wont always be able to do it every day, im aiming for at least one time a week.
Reasons:
1) To get input from the veterans so I can save time in the future.
2) To educate people on what I find in my own adventures starting from day one. Maybe it ends up one of those threads filled with smarts in it!
3) To keep my own sanity.
So lets start with today:
Found 2 carpet vacuums on the curb right across the street.
Got em home, beat the hell out of them, got some wire, and the motors (Forgot to get wire from inside the handle but got the power coards)
STarted taking apart the engine and OH WHAT A MESS. And time consuming.
Time for me to get real technical with yall,
I yanked the spinny thing out of the square thing and took to trying to get the copper from it
Square thing? Pain in the ass, so got out the saws all and right down the center. Turns out, its copper colored aluminum (Silver inside) So that sucks. Dunno what to do with that metal, where to toss it. Maybe smelt it? I dunno. I know people dont like ingots for scrap selling but I am doing this for fun and smelting ingots looks like fun too. (And sell on ebay maybe.) But if its copper coated aluminum how would that work?
So got the spinny thing, its copper in there but no idea how to get it out, I spent a hour trying to find a way to get at it, no luck, kinda frustrated, but I got some ideas tomarrow, maybe angle grinder or something.
Made a hell of a mess.
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