Originally Posted by mgburg

(Scrap yard didn't want that job...it would reduce the price for the coppper.) Once the jacket was off, I switched over to a metal-cutting blade and split the copper line outer from end-to-end, removed the copper center conductor, unwraped the spiral teflon spacer from around the center, then I cut the the two pieces into 15' sections to make the transport easier and manageable...and I was able to scrap out the line with minimal loss (copper "dust")..the whole job was done w/the B&D 7" circular saw, one 7" masonary blade and the one 7" metal blade. At the time, "clean" copper was going for about $0.85 - $0.95/lbs..