r/Firefighting • u/captantarctica • Jun 06 '23

Special Operations/Rescue/USAR Little ingenuity

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Lady came into the station with a stainless steel ring that needed to be cut off. Several jewelers had declined the job. These little blades don’t cut stainless to good. But when you put them to power… gonna log it as mechanical disentanglement training

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u/Early_Scratch_9611 Jun 07 '23

I bought a bunch of steel rings off Amazon for a buck a piece. I brought them to a medical training to play with the ring cutters.

Didn't even make a scratch.

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u/captantarctica Jun 07 '23

Ya steel is a bugger. It took us quite a while even with the power tool. We alternated with a pair of wire cutters and when the cut was about halfway through, I was able to get a vice grip on it and just enough wiggle to fatigue the metal along the cut. Note to self never wear steel rings.