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    While all of your suggestions are very creative and may be helpful, I am a straightforward and to the point kind of guy. I would take it to the yard and see what they would buy it for, sell the doggone thing and move on. In all the time spent trying to get this thing apart you could generate a lot more scrap to sell.

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    You can know the weight of the copper and the steel with some simple calculations. If I remember correctly calculate in inches width x length x height x .383 for the copper. for steel same calculations except X.289 This is the weight of one square inch x the total square inches. For rounds calculate Pie or 3.141 x half diameter or rad then X length. Then x .289 or .383 depending on material. I forgot the square inch weight for aluminum and I have never needed to know lead. These values are a bit over the actual value less then 1 percent. I use them for calculating weights when lifting with cranes with straps and or chains and there easy to remember then the long 6 or 7 digit actual number. These calculations are handy when estimating what some loads will pay.
    How I remember. 289 is an old Chevrolet motor. 383 is an old Mopar motor. I have owned both long ago.

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