Tag: technique

The gap between steel price and copper price on the same appliance is a few minutes with the right tools. Here's the teardown kit that pays for itself and the order of operations that gets the good metal out fast.

Between 6% and 12% of a motor's weight is copper winding — more in small motors, less in big ones, double in DC. Here's the math on selling whole versus tearing down, with a calculator.

Stripping wire isn't hard — stripping it fast enough to be worth your time is the skill. Here's every method from utility knife to machine, real speed numbers, and the one thing you should never do.