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The wire part of that isn't trivial. They were pulling wires in the middle ages for holding armor together, but high volume and specialization didn't come until the Renaissance. Good insulation pretty much requires plastics. Wax could be used before that but it's not as good. Your early motors will have shorts that reduce power or kill it entirely.
Well yeah, definitely not practical to do it with zero tech, a water wheel is better in most cases. Even a bike with gears for an unmovable drill is nice.
But the electric motor can tech up some interesting chemistry later on.