Martin Eastburn fired this volley in
:

Shear off the winding down the metal core. both, both sides. Pound
out
the windings.

Martin, that's what I already described to him.

Back in the late '60s, it was still economical to rebuild those big ones,
without delaminating the core. That meant sawing out the old windings,
then re-winding them in place, using at most a hand-held bobbin, and
sometimes just a parking lot with room enough to swing the free ends of
larger square wire while bending it place with a leather mallet.

But the start was always the same. Saw off the coils flush with the
core, and beat out the material that was stuck with Hi-Sol Varnish.

Lloyd