My first ac teardown

I use a angle grinder with a metal cut-off wheel, just runs down right next to the metal takes the loops off clean. Also i don't mind cutting compressors as some bigger ones have alot of copper.

Sorry for the double post but the yard that I go to quit taking sealed units so I always cut them open. They are pretty easy and I wait until I have a bunch of them at a time to do. The only bad part is when you cut one open and then cut the "copper" windings only to find out that it is aluminum.