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Found a celing fan last night..

Postby AdamsSamoa » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:49 am

Found a celing fan last night on the side of the road. Any advice?
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Re: Found a celing fan last night..

Postby sparechange » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:12 pm

These only take a few minutes to take apart and expose copper windings. Windings easily pulled after cutting with hacksaw/hand grinding wheel. Depends if you have time to spend doing it. About 15 minutes with proper tools. May not be worth the time, but interesting taking apart.
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Re: Found a celing fan last night..

Postby AdamsSamoa » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:39 pm

Got all week end...

Trash day in my neighborhood yeilded a ceiling fan, a TV, and 2 vacume cleaners... gonna ice down a six pack and start scraping.
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Re: Found a celing fan last night..

Postby AdamsSamoa » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:13 pm

Made quick work of the copper windings with my Dremel.
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