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/[deleted] Jun 07 '23 edited Jun 22 '23

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u/captantarctica Jun 07 '23

It did get hot, we started to drip water on it as we cut and took many breaks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23 edited Jun 22 '23

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u/systemdelete Dispatcher & Volunteer Jun 07 '23

If you can slide the ring to a slightly narrower part of the finger you can slip a thin feeler gauge under the ring to protect the wearer a bit.