Welcome to the board. Nice pictures.
I am confused why you are cutting the outer casing twice. I will take those types of compressors and cut around it half way up.
I notice your blade is snagging the wires. I am guessing that is why you changed and cut through the laminated plates in the last pictures.
A simple solution to the snagging wire is, Buy a long blade with as many teeth per inch as possible. The trick is to use that one blade for cutting the one end of the windings and nothing else. I use compressor oil to lubricate and cool the tool!
I hope this will save you some time.
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