Get the plasma cutter from harbor Freight. The blue invertor one, not the red pos. You can get it for like 500 with the 20% coupon. It has almost a 100% duty cycle and cuts the cases a helluva faster than anything. I only use the torches anymore for portability sake. If I had a big enough genny, then I would be using the plasma full time.
But once you learn the zen to the plasma cutter, the tips last a helluva long time and you will be splitting the cases fast.
Here is another tip too. I have a winch on the push bumper of my truck. I installed a d-ring to one side on the bumper. First I take the stator and throw it in a wood fire. This burns all the varnish and oil crap out of the copper windings.
Now take the stator cinch it in cold water. Now the windings is loose and u can pick by hand. For the stubborn ones, hook the winch to the windings and the stator with a small chain to the d-ring. Push the button and the copper windings will pull out quicker than snot out of a hankie.
I have it down to almost exact science. I can do most compressors in like 1 per 5 min ratio or less. So like 10-12 hour. Which it equates to min 1 lb copper to 2 lbs copper per stator. This equates to $36 hour to $72 per hour for labor by math.
So anyone that says it aint worth it then sell me the compressors. My yard buys them as sealed units for 15c lb. I thought they were considered electric motors, but was wrong. So I will buy the compressors for 20-25c lb if anyone here does'nt want to fidget with them. :>
Oh and hate to say this. But for whatever unknown reason the one yard here will accept burnt copper as #1 no matter the size or anything. If the copper was through a fire then its automatically #1. So this is another reason for throwing the stators in the wood fire. I guess the copper is technically clean by burning it lol.
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