Stepper Motor Arc Reactor

Step 2 Remove Stepper Motor Rotor

Stepper motors (and virtually every other rotary motor in existence) consist of 2 fundamentals parts: a rotor (the moving part of the motor in the center) and a stator. Once you either purchase or salvage a stepper motor, the first important step is to remove the rotor of the stepper motor (as we will not be using this). Having no luck attempting to pry at the rotor shaft with pliers, screwdrivers, and hammers, I turned to the ever-useful dremel tool and cut it off.  This will leave you with the casing (the backplate, if you will), and the stator (the part with all the coils of wire).