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Komentáře • 208

  • @DiametralPitch
    @DiametralPitch Před 2 lety +479

    This is probably the safest way to do it. Tungsten carbide is as brittle as glass but much harder, so it almost doesn't bend at all and will break cleanly everytime and break long before the vise gets close to crushing your finger. Also allows the operator of the vice to apply careful pressure. Not bad considering I've seen people use pliers and hammers before.

    • @ballbag6031
      @ballbag6031 Před rokem +3

      Its actually not brittle like glass close but it has more give than glass

    • @Coastal_Cruzer
      @Coastal_Cruzer Před rokem +3

      All tungsten is brittle

    • @kylehenline3245
      @kylehenline3245 Před 10 měsíci

      No idea what happens once you add tungsten to the mix, But I work at a sign shop that mills glass on a CNC router on the regular and have snapped plenty of 1/4" carbide endmills and even a few 1/2" endmills in it. It does break the too glass on occasion (and every now and again we get glass with a stress spot) but the vast majority of the time the material is ok the carbide just fails.@@ballbag6031

    • @IJustBeMackin
      @IJustBeMackin Před 9 měsíci

      @@Coastal_Cruzer not at all pure tungsten is what is used to drill into rocks

    • @Coastal_Cruzer
      @Coastal_Cruzer Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@IJustBeMackin brittle doesn't mean weak. Tungsten is brittle, it snaps, it does not bend.

  • @lonismith6491
    @lonismith6491 Před 2 lety +1036

    Watched a story where they went to 3 different places/hospitals…. Ended up getting the handyman at the last place & he used work tools to remove the ring. Lol

    • @hornedowl_
      @hornedowl_ Před 2 lety +8

      If there is no doctor get whoever has tools

    • @purehitman24
      @purehitman24 Před 2 lety +1

      I did this when I was 14 to get my grandfather's ring off his finger.

    • @678friedbed
      @678friedbed Před 2 lety +6

      spent 7 years on college and doesn't understand that hard things shatter and are actually pretty easy to break.

    • @alexanderjames6274
      @alexanderjames6274 Před 2 lety

      On untold stories of the er?

    • @Unstrict
      @Unstrict Před rokem

      ​@@678friedbedtheres also a finger inside of it

  • @scottcaine4514
    @scottcaine4514 Před 2 lety +265

    Hospital: "That'll be $4000 dollars sir."
    Patient: "Crap. Should have had the workshop that provided the ring remove it."

    • @christ1ancad3
      @christ1ancad3 Před 2 lety +6

      If that costed more than $50 I'd never pay it. That's crap

    • @pineappler6473
      @pineappler6473 Před rokem +1

      @@christ1ancad3That’s healthcare in the US. And there isn’t any “I won’t pay for that”. They will MAKE you pay for it.

    • @somerandomturtle4775
      @somerandomturtle4775 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@pineappler6473at least its not canadian heathcare

  • @n00n1n
    @n00n1n Před 2 lety +103

    Tungsten brittle so you can use advice to clamp it and it'll shatter on numerous sides rather than a gold ring which is much more malleable what you need to usually cut off

    • @SunTzuMedia
      @SunTzuMedia Před 2 lety +1

      What's your best "advice" for this?

    • @Coastal_Cruzer
      @Coastal_Cruzer Před rokem

      Do you have any further vice for situations like this?

    • @varun009
      @varun009 Před 5 měsíci

      *cemented tungsten carbide. Actual elemental tungsten rings do exist and the two should not be confused considering elemental tungsten is the strongest metal on earth.

  • @southernzen365
    @southernzen365 Před 2 lety +319

    You sure that wasn't in a machine shop somewhere? 🤔

    • @puppieslovies
      @puppieslovies Před 2 lety +19

      They brought medical gauze. Most guys working in a shop don't even seem to know how to wash their hands

    • @stainlesssteelruler143
      @stainlesssteelruler143 Před 2 lety +13

      @@puppieslovies they got the high tech cloth thing from the OSHA fun box.

    • @purehitman24
      @purehitman24 Před 2 lety +2

      @@puppieslovies any decent shop should have a first aid kit somewhere with gauze in it. Some of the shit guys do in there best believe they do 😂

    • @lukewalker5111
      @lukewalker5111 Před 2 lety +1

      Hospital maintenance department should have a vice, that floor doesn't look like a workshop either.

    • @PotatoeJoe69
      @PotatoeJoe69 Před 2 lety

      It's in the janitors closet of the hospital Lmao

  • @nicpete492
    @nicpete492 Před 10 měsíci +11

    If you get a ring stuck on your finger, go to the jewellery store. Way cheaper & quicker than going to an emergency room

    • @RehabProjectSRCB
      @RehabProjectSRCB Před 8 měsíci

      Not always an option, most Jewlery stores close around 5 to 6pm, and open 8 to 10am. So if it happens at say 7pm, youll bow have to wait 13hours or more to then get it cut, if theyre open definitely the best bet. But if jot 13hours is long enough to loose a finger so the er is your best bet then.

    • @Killbayne
      @Killbayne Před 7 měsíci

      how does getting another ring stuck on my finger help me with that???? /s

  • @quinncykaluzniak5429
    @quinncykaluzniak5429 Před 2 lety +46

    Tungsten carbide rings are workshop legal in most cases because instead of pinching your finger they'd just break apart

    • @chrislambe400
      @chrislambe400 Před 2 lety +6

      Tungsten has magic anti degloving properties?

    • @quinncykaluzniak5429
      @quinncykaluzniak5429 Před 2 lety +2

      @@chrislambe400 I mean if you're wearing gloves over or under the ring they'd come off too, but tungsten carbide does break at certain angles which the rings exploit for the safety of the wearer, but since it's not officially approved, but silently approved it then varies shop to shop/jobsite to jobsite depending on the company you work for, best to ask a friendly superior about it or check the OSHA guidelines for your workplace regarding jewellery and PPE

    • @DG-en7do
      @DG-en7do Před 2 lety

      @@chrislambe400 a crushed finger is better than a crushed finger with a crushed ring stuck on it

    • @justinhudson3851
      @justinhudson3851 Před 2 lety +8

      @@quinncykaluzniak5429 lol degloving is when the ring catches something and rips the skin and flesh from your finger, like pulling a glove off. how does that make it "shop legal". any shop I've ever worked in or been in said no rings, or wear em if you're brave

    • @quinncykaluzniak5429
      @quinncykaluzniak5429 Před 2 lety

      @@justinhudson3851 never heard the term used for that

  • @dickjohnson9582
    @dickjohnson9582 Před 2 lety +12

    "I feel like I'm in a third world country"... You are buddy.

    • @Mesasie
      @Mesasie Před 10 měsíci

      Ahhh yes. The privileged person who has never seen a true third world country. Where your ignorance on your sleeve my friend.

  • @bettystouffer6012
    @bettystouffer6012 Před 2 lety +2

    Dr Harb is a cutie pie

  • @indrakurniadi2012
    @indrakurniadi2012 Před 2 lety +8

    People ring get *stuck* on his finger
    Workshop : *it's free real estate*

  • @raylouis7013
    @raylouis7013 Před 2 lety +1

    Friend of mine is a jeweller and lives in a very small country town in Australia. He's been called in twice in the last 5 years to remove rings.
    Both he managed to repair and return to the owner.

  • @VR46Monster
    @VR46Monster Před 11 měsíci

    the use of the vise is really clever... when it snaps the vise stays where it was

  • @spaghettileggs1570
    @spaghettileggs1570 Před 2 lety

    Carbide will break with a drop or a hammer blow.. yes carbide is strong but only for friction/durability factors.

  • @jeremycanterohioprospecting

    They don't break against people's faces it takes an immense amount of pressure like you see in this video I'm kind of amazed that they didn't smash his finger in the process crushing his bone exactly right where the ring is

  • @M10N8M2
    @M10N8M2 Před 2 lety

    That’s because carbide is very strong or hard metal it’s not really flexible so instead if bending it snaps it’s also really good for saw or knife blades

  • @RandomBubble
    @RandomBubble Před 2 lety +12

    “Feels like im in a third world country”
    Lol

  • @everestfalls
    @everestfalls Před 11 měsíci +1

    In the hospital you get that removed and they'll charge you $3900 for it.

  • @lavaunjohns7796
    @lavaunjohns7796 Před 10 měsíci

    I have an eternity band with 2 carats of princess-cut diamonds surrounding the entire band and put it on the wrong finger. Needless to say, you can't cut through diamonds so they used a miniature saw to saw the sides (and my finger a few times) until they could get it off. Luckily they didn't lose a single diamond and my hubby fixed the ring for me. Learned a valuable lesson that day.

  • @mc1023
    @mc1023 Před rokem +1

    Tungsten Carbide is a really brittle metal but it also really hard to cut, you basically need a diamond tipped tool to cut it, so yeah crushing it it would be the best way to remove it.

  • @thatonegearguy
    @thatonegearguy Před 2 lety +1

    This is why my wife and I wear silicone rings from Groove Life more than our metal bands.

  • @codyreber8370
    @codyreber8370 Před 2 lety

    Problem with tungsten carbide is that it's incredibly strong. It's not something you can easily score, and diamond burrs are slow and require coolant to cut it.

  • @matthewdavis3906
    @matthewdavis3906 Před 2 lety

    This is actually a Safeish way to remove a tungsten carbide ring. It’s why I prefer them. They break instead of bend and warp.

  • @coldish6899
    @coldish6899 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Went into the ER cause I had a ring stuck and there weren’t enough people who wanted to grind away at it so I had to do it myself and then the fire department finally came after 12 hours and snapped it off immediately I lost feeling in that finger for like a year

  • @mammandablues
    @mammandablues Před 7 měsíci

    Please try putting windex, ( has to be windex brand) first. It's an old school one but it WORKS!!!

  • @SkylerCleary
    @SkylerCleary Před 2 měsíci

    Him: Shit, I could have done that myself

  • @justinbrown7480
    @justinbrown7480 Před rokem

    That’s why you wear gold it cuts really easy with wire cutters

  • @kotimoto
    @kotimoto Před 2 lety +2

    This material is very brittle, but hard.

  • @autoplusyes
    @autoplusyes Před rokem

    Bro youtube....there are insane methods where its free....the string method works perfectly

  • @TheDieselDangler
    @TheDieselDangler Před 2 lety

    They used the vice because it’s carbide, very hard material but also brittle. To hard to cut it. You would need carbide to cut it.

  • @frostysgreens7456
    @frostysgreens7456 Před 2 lety +6

    I have the same tungsten ring I thing exact and I was using a ratchet and it broke it’s pretty cheap tbh imo

  • @echoreaper8804
    @echoreaper8804 Před 11 měsíci

    That's why I had one of these when I worked construction.. if it was to catch instead of bending on my finger it would break away. Still best to have stretchy so it just gets ripped off

  • @vanniyo8988
    @vanniyo8988 Před 2 lety +7

    I always heard this is why jewelers stay away from making 24 k gold rings. The metal is softer which can deform and cut off your circulation.

  • @CatKingKeefie
    @CatKingKeefie Před 10 měsíci

    Tungsten is literally MEANT to break. It's known as a safety ring.

  • @paullee3660
    @paullee3660 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Don’t need to go to the hospital. The jeweller will have a tool for cutting the ring off without cutting your finger. Saves a trip, because he can then re-size it for you.

    • @janets7291
      @janets7291 Před 10 měsíci

      I had to have my ring removed when I broke my wrist. Was already in the hospital, the ring had to come off because it would cut off the circulation to my finger as my hand swelled.

    • @legros731
      @legros731 Před 10 měsíci

      Not with a tungsten carbide ring you can't resize it and no need to cut it
      tungsten is super hard and brittle and won't deform and just break like show here
      Tungsten is used as cutting tool material for cnc

  • @therougeshoppingcart9707

    Diamond tip won’t do much for tugsten carbide, with that cutting blade you’d be there for hours

  • @moshpitmachine
    @moshpitmachine Před 8 měsíci

    We had to bring an engineering guy up with his cart to get a ring off the other day lol

  • @Arizona_rider
    @Arizona_rider Před 2 lety

    If you can’t get a ring off, spray the finger with windex

  • @yojeli
    @yojeli Před 2 lety +1

    I'm getting a silicon one some day, def want to avoid this

  • @arizonaadventureriders9384

    The best way is vise grips, clamp turn a an 1/8 clamp repeat until ring break. I had one on and shorted across a battery with wrench and it broke into 3 pieces and left a decent burn but didn’t have to pull it off

  • @Viralsmells
    @Viralsmells Před 10 měsíci

    It’s all about hardness. Gold is soft and will bend and deform, while tungsten shatters like ceramic almost. Wife shattered my ring once. 😅

  • @wearetheresistanceprepping1883
    @wearetheresistanceprepping1883 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Damn, I just checked to make sure I can still take mine off.👍

  • @DustyTheDog
    @DustyTheDog Před 9 měsíci

    My step dad got a tungsten ring because they don't bend, and his gold one bent and nearly cut his finger off. The issue is that if you do need to break it, it's really hard and expensive to fix because tungsten has such a high melting point and is so hard.

  • @doug1863
    @doug1863 Před 2 lety +1

    I have a the same ring. It’s just slightly less harder than a diamond but it is brittle

  • @juremp4172
    @juremp4172 Před 2 lety

    Well tungsteen is hard but brittle so breaking it is cheaper then using a diamond tool

  • @Rantsack
    @Rantsack Před 9 měsíci

    It’s crazy that people would go to hospitals instead of a jeweler to remove the ring.

  • @disgustingratsewer
    @disgustingratsewer Před 2 lety +5

    Bro imagine if it just bent instead of snapping 😖

    • @daltonlopez4623
      @daltonlopez4623 Před 2 lety

      Tungsten is hard and brittle. If it was any other metal it would have bent

    • @disgustingratsewer
      @disgustingratsewer Před 2 lety

      @@daltonlopez4623 good, had me worried cause it looks like putting your hand in a crusher

    • @sirlinkthefourth6755
      @sirlinkthefourth6755 Před 7 měsíci

      That's why titanium rings are sometimes an er nightmare, not because of amputations that's just a stupid mith. They are incredibly tough but it also bends while tungsten carbide is incredibly hard making it good for machining and getting broken by unexpected machinist that push a little too hard, although that's becoming less of a problem since a lot of places just have a button you push now

  • @benedictroberts678
    @benedictroberts678 Před 2 lety

    This is the exact reason I'd want one

  • @theoriginaldeity
    @theoriginaldeity Před 2 lety

    Floss works the best

  • @106640guy
    @106640guy Před rokem

    If your ring is made of a hardened metal, this would only work

  • @MaryManion
    @MaryManion Před rokem

    Recently had one stuck. Used dawn and ice for mine, was very lucky it worked. This is scary

  • @damware20
    @damware20 Před 2 lety

    I've never understand getting indestructible rings all you gotta do is jam a finger and they can get stuck

  • @jamsmusings
    @jamsmusings Před 2 lety +2

    With tungsten that's a pretty smart was due to its brittleness. Do not do this if you have a gold ring. You'll crimp your finger lmao

  • @spider3755
    @spider3755 Před 2 lety +1

    How could someone even put that on that's crazy

  • @MrHaljohn2814
    @MrHaljohn2814 Před 2 lety

    Tungsten is very scratch resistant, but brittle. A small hammer will break it as well.

  • @thetoasterisonfire2080

    Good thing carbide is rather brittle

  • @Sueze
    @Sueze Před 2 lety +1

    I really am curious how did a ring easily slip into the finger but literally impossible to take it off literally 5 minutes after

    • @nomamesweigh
      @nomamesweigh Před 2 lety

      He’s had it on for a long time. This happens to people who don’t take there rings off. Do some research, it’s actually pretty crazy, I couldn’t imagine how long it would take tho

    • @brentongilmore5853
      @brentongilmore5853 Před rokem

      Also swelling of the hands and feet can be caused by a lot of things, for example a broken hand/arm. Long term swelling can be from weight gain or heart failure.

  • @artmoore1917
    @artmoore1917 Před 11 měsíci

    If you don't put one on you won't ever have this problem 😊

  • @jeffburdess2237
    @jeffburdess2237 Před 2 lety

    Vise grips work a lot better.

  • @upurkilt7246
    @upurkilt7246 Před 2 lety

    This is why i dont have rings. I witnessed a guy get the skin basicly pealed back and un shethed his finger leaving just the bones.

  • @HopOPwndTheHippo
    @HopOPwndTheHippo Před 7 měsíci

    There's a machine designed to do this somewhere, alone and crying.

  • @egoruderico3038
    @egoruderico3038 Před 2 lety

    That’s why I will invent tungsten carbide rings with plastic straps. I can already see the money showing up in my bank account 💰 💰 💰

  • @wildcat_reloading
    @wildcat_reloading Před 2 lety

    As it's tungsten carbide it's brittle this wouldn't word with a normal steel,gold,titanium or silwer ring

  • @althanyguiamen8760
    @althanyguiamen8760 Před 2 lety +4

    Hi Doc, can I sent you a picture and can you please identify it and what can we do to treat it, I hope you this reach you. Thank you

    • @althanyguiamen8760
      @althanyguiamen8760 Před 2 lety +1

      So that I can send you this??

    • @Grahame99
      @Grahame99 Před 2 lety +4

      lol

    • @peasbowl
      @peasbowl Před 2 lety

      I'm sorry, but I figure you'd have to book an appointment with your local doctor :(

  • @mikaelalabbassi8639
    @mikaelalabbassi8639 Před 2 lety

    Diamond tip dont work on tungsten its to hard vut its brittle and the only way to get it off is cracking it

  • @steveofthesnow5257
    @steveofthesnow5257 Před 2 lety

    Just use a ring cutter, no need to risk crushing the man’s finger. We’ve cut off rings tighter than that one with little to no issue.

    • @rotten2209
      @rotten2209 Před 2 lety

      It's Tungsten carbide not a malleable metal. A "ring cutter" won't do much for it.

  • @jeepmanxj
    @jeepmanxj Před 2 lety

    Just set a set of vise grips up and it pops them quickly

  • @temple1992gabriel
    @temple1992gabriel Před 2 lety +1

    It’s tungsten it’s hard to break

  • @MM2009
    @MM2009 Před 11 měsíci

    Strip of fabric will do just fine , no need to destroy jewellery

  • @kyraandrews8065
    @kyraandrews8065 Před 10 měsíci

    That is exactly why I don't wear a ring I am an electrician

  • @alexandrakreiman2115
    @alexandrakreiman2115 Před 2 lety

    I've used lots of ring cutters as a nurse, just never used one on a finger. If you know, you know.

  • @joshroi8610
    @joshroi8610 Před 2 lety

    This was definitely done in a shop lol

  • @MisterRorschach90
    @MisterRorschach90 Před 2 lety

    If you cut a tungsten ring with a diamond tip bit rather than cracking it you’re wasting time and money. Tungsten rings will break from a 2 foot fall. Wack it with a hammer carefully or use a vise like this.

  • @ladyrayne9706
    @ladyrayne9706 Před 3 měsíci

    toungeston sounds right

  • @Nekros-t9e
    @Nekros-t9e Před 2 lety

    Ah yes the hospital vice grip probably still mounted to the tool shelf

  • @darkstrike-vz9bg
    @darkstrike-vz9bg Před 10 měsíci

    Your tool will probably break before you cut through the tungsten

  • @johnbaptist7476
    @johnbaptist7476 Před 2 lety

    Oh My it is CRAZY 😂

  • @bobberybobby4892
    @bobberybobby4892 Před 2 lety +1

    *Charges money for getting money*

  • @colecarstarphen8743
    @colecarstarphen8743 Před 2 lety

    Thats fuckong tungston 💀

  • @micahiebert8009
    @micahiebert8009 Před 11 měsíci

    Used visegrip pliers to break mine off.

  • @jasonchase3593
    @jasonchase3593 Před 2 lety

    I had to cut one off with bolt cutters because their saw wouldn't even scratch it

  • @milkboccle
    @milkboccle Před 11 měsíci

    Why do none of these video show how long it takes? Two finger to go back to normal size?

  • @ACoupleStoners
    @ACoupleStoners Před 2 lety

    As an ex jeweler, NEVER EVER EVER BUY COBALT RINGS! They're impossible to cut/break. If you break your ring finger you'll.lose that finger.

  • @Afib95
    @Afib95 Před 2 lety

    Just call the maintenance guy he’ll or she’ll get it off!😂

  • @thoughtgrenades
    @thoughtgrenades Před 2 lety

    $127,000 ring removal...

  • @craighaldane-gy3mk
    @craighaldane-gy3mk Před 10 měsíci

    depending on materials to method used.

  • @gobrin4947
    @gobrin4947 Před 2 lety +1

    They used a drill thingy on mine

  • @nicolascrescimone
    @nicolascrescimone Před 2 lety

    You can't do that with gold

  • @yellowswagmuffin920
    @yellowswagmuffin920 Před 9 měsíci

    Real question so most hospitals just have a bigass vice on hand ?

  • @burkena
    @burkena Před 9 měsíci

    Go to your local Firehouse in nyc.. simple work for them

  • @mattp4007
    @mattp4007 Před 2 lety

    I’ll give you a diamond tip

  • @SprDrumio64
    @SprDrumio64 Před rokem

    "Tungstine Carbide Ring"
    What, are you sending your finger to fucking space???

  • @somer573
    @somer573 Před 2 lety

    Who tf makes ring out of tungsten

  • @-ExperienceWithMe-
    @-ExperienceWithMe- Před 2 lety

    Ring removed, alright that will be $5000. How would you like to pay debit or credit?

  • @rickfortune1339
    @rickfortune1339 Před 10 měsíci

    Why are you filming yourself?

  • @jamespate91372
    @jamespate91372 Před rokem

    Obviously no one knows the string technique

  • @notsure8012
    @notsure8012 Před 2 lety

    That dock know his materials. Tungsten breaks easy under pressure

  • @Anonymous8317
    @Anonymous8317 Před 2 lety

    Some rings they’ll put a soft spot that can easily be cut

    • @jaybee7291
      @jaybee7291 Před 2 lety

      Really?? My dad was a jeweller all of his life and never shared that one..... i think you are full of the stuff you flush down the toilet and have no idea what you are talking about as rings are designed to be worn and not cut off.

  • @civedm
    @civedm Před 2 lety

    How is it unique? Anyone who knows anything about tungsten knows that its brittle.

  • @flipnotrab
    @flipnotrab Před 2 lety

    OR? To cut a ring off? I don’t think so. 🙄

  • @joshcohen5027
    @joshcohen5027 Před 2 lety

    I prefer getting degloved