amdx fired this volley in news:lr3puf$pi3$1@dont-
email.me:

Iggy, I'm not sure you need to de-laminate the iron to remove the
copper. if you just cut through the windings flush with iron on both
sides, then you can use your press to push out the center section.
This video shows what I mean, from about 2 minutes to 2:45. I can't
tell
exactly how your transformers are built but I suspect similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0md3HyohxCk
But wait, this one is a little better,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnjF5Hj2Udg
See 1 minute 48 seconds to 2 minute 20 seconds.
I don't see any reason to disassemble the iron laminations.

I keep telling him that, Mike. I've disassembled several dozens of those
in my life. Again, not to be scrapped, but to be re-built.

There was a time when labor was cheaper than materials.

Lloyd