i addition to the already mentioned tools.. i will add the 2 i use when i scrap electric motors, i use a 20 inch long flat blade screwdriver,mine has a square shaft,, grind the narrow sides on the flat end at an angle ,almost to a point,,and where it gets wider, grind that same to the same width as shaft,just great to prying out copper windings out of laminated steel motors.usually furnace or ac coil motors.after i cutoff end of copper first and put it in vise letting the cut end set on bottom and pry away , easy and fast..now for those long ones out of tall ac compressors, DONT cutoff one end of copper,,i use a AXE head to cut them in half,, NOT a hatchet head,most hatchets are worthless, they are thick like a chisel all the way to the cutting edge,, find a axe where it tapers thinly to the edge,and it will go in between the laminates and use a 5 pound hammer..never gets stuck, ,once in half put in vise an pry out copper windings.
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