Scrapping 2 way paging equipment, found a bunch of things that I am unsure of

Originally Posted by Strouty

After messing with the transformers, I talked to the scrap yard and they are willing to pay 20 cents a pound since they are copper on copper. I figure it is not worth the effort at this point. If I had my bandsaw going, I would try cutting them in half, next time I guess.

If you have a larger angle grinder and are confident about using it.
Just cut one end ofc the copper wire coil and punch the rest of the coil out.