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    Stripping Solid Copper Wire with Treadmill Motors

    Hey guys. Been awhile since I have posted but, I have been making some videos of different scrapping topics. I have two videos posted so far.




    My home made copper wire stripper using treadmill motors.




    A review of the copperminetools.com wire stripper that I recently purchased.



    Check out these videos. I have more videos showing the copperminetools.com wire stripper in use and I will have other videos about scrapping.

    You guys have any good ways of obtaining copper wire to strip? I spoke with my yard today and they will sell me insulated copper wire but not at a price where I would make much profit.

    Enjoy the videos!!


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    You guys have any good ways of obtaining copper wire to strip? I spoke with my yard today and they will sell me insulated copper wire but not at a price where I would make much profit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverockdzl View Post
    You guys have any good ways of obtaining copper wire to strip? I spoke with my yard today and they will sell me insulated copper wire but not at a price where I would make much profit
    I see you are from SD! Cool. As far as buying wire from the yard goes...yeah, they want you to strip it so they don't have to. Not a good deal for you.
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    Hi very clever, this would have to be one of the best home made ones ive seen.Have you tried to slow the speed down I see two good reasons for this 1 you would get a more consistent cut as the fast speed means less contact with the insulation 2 the speed that grabs the wire looks a bit dangerous getting slapped with it would really sting if not cut.You are definitely on the right track, Thanks for sharing your video, and I look forward to seeing more. HAPPY SCRAPING

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    wow I want one.....!

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    Nice to see a quick thinking local guy!! Totally agree with you only doing heavier gauge insulated wire. Now I have to go find me an old treadmill or two

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    Hey thanks for the review of our wire stripper! Your suggestions are duly noted, the homebrew wire guide that you made is awesome. Do you mind if we share your video around?

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    He might still be around, the last time logged in was 8-15

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    Hey. I am still around. Had some surgery and busy with kiddos. Coppermine, show the video around. I feel like you have a quality product but it needs a tweak here or there. I need to find some more wire to strip. I put out an ad to buy insulated copper wire but I didn't get any response. I want to get insulated wire before other people just take it in for 75 cents per pound. Have fun!

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    Quote Originally Posted by silverockdzl View Post
    Hey. I am still around. Had some surgery and busy with kiddos. Coppermine, show the video around. I feel like you have a quality product but it needs a tweak here or there. I need to find some more wire to strip. I put out an ad to buy insulated copper wire but I didn't get any response. I want to get insulated wire before other people just take it in for 75 cents per pound. Have fun!
    Sorry to hear about your surgery, hope everything went well!

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    Thanks for these helpful Review. Nice suggestion.

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    treadmill motors make a good electric generator

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    Saw your video before joining the forum.nPosted a question on YouTube in comments but if you see this first can you tell me how close are the two motors where they thread together, are they directly on top of each other or have a gap? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Raquel

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    Quote Originally Posted by NinjaGal View Post
    Saw your video before joining the forum.nPosted a question on YouTube in comments but if you see this first can you tell me how close are the two motors where they thread together, are they directly on top of each other or have a gap? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Raquel
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    NinjaGal is new to the forum yes but not a guy. LOL! :-) Are you confused about my question?

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    The OP has not been around since June.

    I would make the gap equal to the smallest copper core of the wires you plan to strip. About the size of a pencil lead, or slightly less should do.

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    Stripping Solid Copper Wire with Treadmill Motors

    thank you. I've made one almost identical (I think) to his and I am having an issue of getting the one motor on top to get close enough to the grooves of the bottom one without it coming up a bit. would you happen to know if the one is directly over the other one?



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