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  • Diesel-Dad

    Active Member
    Jun 25, 2016
    305
    HARFORD COUNTY
    How big and bulky is a cutting torch setup? What's the smallest most portable set up? I was watching "Storage War's" and they were using what looked like a battery powdered angle grinder to cut off locks. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Brushless-Li...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==


    Depends on the torch. I’ve seen torches longer than I am and I have a few victors that break down to a manageable size. The bottles is really the issue. The smallest I can think of are larger than a 2l soda bottle.


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    Docster

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 19, 2010
    9,768
    I accidentally cut myself a couple of weeks ago. It was a small cut, but every time I took the dressing off it started bleeding again. I couldn't believe I didn't have any bleed stop. I went down to the local Walgreens and picked up a package. I really didn't need it for that small cut, but it pissed me off that I didn't have anything other than gauze and pressure to stop the bleeding.

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    Small cuts are what I use Super glue on. Cheap, very effective and comes off by itself in a few days. I've used it on scalp lacs that usually bleed profusely.

    Someone asked about the clot dressings but I would argue they would be appropriate for large and or deep lacs with much venous bleeding
     

    ToolAA

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Jun 17, 2016
    10,500
    God's Country
    How big and bulky is a cutting torch setup? What's the smallest most portable set up? I was watching "Storage War's" and they were using what looked like a battery powdered angle grinder to cut off locks. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Brushless-Li...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==



    For work I keep a 20v Li battery powered angle grinder and reciprocating saw, impact wrench and flashlight in my car all of the time. I have decided that the grinder and saw with a few backup batteries can be incredibly useful.

    A lot of people think cutting the hardened lock is the best approach but the weaker link point is usually the cheap soft steel hasp or eye bolt that connects the lock to the chain. I could probably cut/grind through the hinge pin on any chain link fence gate in 10-15 seconds vs trying to cut the lock.

    Also don’t forget a simple crow bar through the hardened lock can be used to twist the hasp and sheer soft steel in a matter of seconds. Same for twisting a steel eye bolt from a post.

    It also worth checking out even simpler and quieter methods to open some locks like making your own vibration lock picking tool out of an ultrasonic toothbrush or using gallium to melt aluminum lock housings.
     

    Archeryrob

    Undecided on a great many things
    Mar 7, 2013
    3,064
    Washington Co. - Fairplay
    Electrical tape and butterfly's can fix anything!! My daughter had a fit everytime I say I'd never had stitches except the one in my nut bag from the vasectomy. :lol2: I've been lacerated and just butterflied it and it was fine.

    Now they say superglue is even better.
     

    ToolAA

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Jun 17, 2016
    10,500
    God's Country
    Electrical tape and butterfly's can fix anything!! My daughter had a fit everytime I say I'd never had stitches except the one in my nut bag from the vasectomy. :lol2: I've been lacerated and just butterflied it and it was fine.

    Now they say superglue is even better.


    In a pinch sure you can even just use staples. However in a situation where you may not be near proper medical care infections a concern. I’ve had cuts which were properly stitched but I didn’t properly keep the laceration clean and managed to get a serious infection. In less than a week my index finger was swollen like a 1/4lb hotdog and spreading to my entire hand. I went back to the hospital and they had to create a new cut near the original injury so that they could drain the pus from my finger. I think, as punishment for my carelessness the doctor made this incision without lidocaine. I couldn’t believe the amount if sheer pain that I felt as they cut my finger open and then squeezed out about a tablespoon of nasty puss and then gave me two more stitches.
     

    Bullfrog

    Ultimate Member
    Oct 8, 2009
    15,160
    Carroll County
    Also don’t forget a simple crow bar through the hardened lock can be used to twist the hasp and sheer soft steel in a matter of seconds. Same for twisting a steel eye bolt from a post.

    It also worth checking out even simpler and quieter methods to open some locks like making your own vibration lock picking tool out of an ultrasonic toothbrush or using gallium to melt aluminum lock housings.

    I've never tried this method but I've seen it in a few videos. You rotate the wrenches (or one of them) and use the jaw as a lever. May not work with the thicker hasps. One video recommended positioning one wrench vertically, to break the thin part of the hasp where the notch is, instead of trying to break the thickest part.
     

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    Sirex

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    Oct 30, 2010
    10,380
    Westminster, MD
    Small cuts are what I use Super glue on. Cheap, very effective and comes off by itself in a few days. I've used it on scalp lacs that usually bleed profusely.

    Someone asked about the clot dressings but I would argue they would be appropriate for large and or deep lacs with much venous bleeding

    We tried that on my son when he cut his hand while building a model car. Didn't seem to work too well, but then again he did need a couple stitches.
     

    Archeryrob

    Undecided on a great many things
    Mar 7, 2013
    3,064
    Washington Co. - Fairplay
    But this is the stuff you need to watch out for. Thousands to Millions of people are killed from excessive exposure to Dihydrogen Monoxide

    http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

    Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:


    Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
    Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
    Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
    DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
    Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
    Contributes to soil erosion.
    Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
    Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
    Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
    Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
    Given to vicious dogs involved in recent deadly attacks.
    Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere, and in hurricanes including deadly storms in Florida, New Orleans and other areas of the southeastern U.S.
    Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.
     

    ground chuck

    Rookie Jedi
    Sep 28, 2013
    4,174
    Charm City County
    I've had a Sawyer Squeeze in my hiking pack for at least 10 years now. I'd recommend one for anyone.



    Here's a link to one of the new models (that costs about 1/4 of what I paid way back when).



    https://smile.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-SP128-Filtration-System/dp/B00FA2RLX2/
    Im in love with my sawyer. So glad i didnt get a katadyn. Ive drawn water out of some really questionable places at dolly sods, still alive to tell the story

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    StantonCree

    Watch your beer
    Jan 23, 2011
    23,932
    So I’m gonna admit i bought these. I like the idea, we will see in theory.

    9 out of 10 times i forget a charger or my battery bank when i get crammed with long days. I’m gonna put a few of these on my work bag.
     

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    kstone803

    Official Meat Getter
    Feb 25, 2009
    3,924
    Ltown in the SMC
    So I’m gonna admit i bought these. I like the idea, we will see in theory.

    9 out of 10 times i forget a charger or my battery bank when i get crammed with long days. I’m gonna put a few of these on my work bag.

    My daily work bag is a swiss gear that has an onboard battery bank. You provide it but it lives in the bag and there's an external USB for ease of plugging stuff in. If you carry a bag you may wanna look into one. I love it for travel.

    Link (I think I have the 2760)
    https://www.swissgear.com/backpacks?backpack_features=268&dir=asc&order=position
     

    jollymon

    Active Member
    Dec 6, 2016
    852
    Now in Tennessee ,
    With working from home is the new norm we were able to make a bunch of extra house payments and come Monday it will be paid for. Only insurance and taxes from here on out. I'll keep working from home till I retire or they tell me that I need to come in or travel then I'll get give them a "SeeYa" .
     
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