if you like your hacksaw, your gonna LOVE your sawsall, zak.....sounds like you are on your way. BTW, do you cut one side of the windings off completely or do you just cut one side in two ? It really depends on the size/type, but when I started cutting some completely off and punching them through...things really picked up for me...I love it. I NEVER sell motors. Now if I had 900 of them, it would be a different story !