And a face shield or at the very least, goggles. I assume the ones that appear to have a window-screen like mesh pattern embedded in them are fiber reinforced.
I've been recording "Storage Wars" on A&E all night, pausing to look at how they cut locks. They even showed how easy it is to open a safe with an angle grinder. Cut the hinges and crowbar the door out. The huge electric jobs they use seem to open most locks within seconds.
-- Bobby G.
Cutting the hinges off most safes will yield nothing as (most) safes have pins that engage more than one side.
An easier way to open a safe, at least the low-priced fire safes, is to attack the top with a hatchet or angle grinder. The safe is clad in 1/16" steel which can be cut with an angle grinder or roofing hatchet. Below that is a couple of inches of concrete, also easily (relatively) removed. Beyond the concrete is another thing layer of metal. Get through that, and you're in.
When you watch a 14" diamond blade in a cut off saw go through stuff it makes you wonder what would stop it. The guys cutting up the old concrete and steel in a slab I had removed made bite sized chunks of 6" of concrete and #5 rebar in a short time. The steel is tough on the diamond blade but it eats it.
"Ralph Mowery" wrote in news:xJ6dnZcUXq_6-UzTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.com:
if you have one,a Dremel MotoTool and an abrasive cutoff disc will cut it.
or visit Harbor Freight and get an angle grinder and cutoff wheel.
I wonder if running water thru the hose would prevent that. Or just careful placement of the dry ice
Steve
"Robert Green" wrote
Seems to me that they have proven the old stories of giant squid. Definitely of a size that could easily take a man. Then there's the old Kraken stories.
Steve
But if you're not careful, you can get inflated.
That's the origin of inflation.
If the key is corrugated, the lock is cheap!
But have you used it on a hardened steel shackle by a quality manufacturer? The only place I see hardened steel that anyone would need to cut is on locks.
And chains
Like I said, it's eaten everything I've fed it. If I ran across a hard case, I would pull out the hand grinder or smoke wrench.
Steve
Yes, it definitely cuts hardened chains. Those be the ones with the slight discoloration of a greenish yellow shiny tint, right?
Steve
not necessarily
greenish yellow tint says to me cadmium plating, not necessarily an indication of any hardening process...
nate
You're right. Them too.
I went to the trailer store last week to buy the necessary items to put safety chains on a friend's trailer. In the bucket were 25' lengths of hardened chain. They were some off color, not chrome, not black. I just tried to describe the color I saw. But the man DID say they were hardened. I would say that man knew what he was talking about. The bolt cutters cut it with no problem.
Steve
HF rotates their stock through sale quite fast. Keep an eye on their flyers and it will likely show up within a month or two.
HF cheapo, or a good one, they are a very handy tool.
Steve
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