Emergency tungsten ring removal

This posting is for those of you who may have purchased a tungsten carbide ring. In the case of a fat finger emergency where the ring needs to be cut off your finger, you will likely find that the medical facility has no capacity to cut the ring; standard gold cutters will not do the job.
Here is a simple procedure to get the ring off your hand:
1
Get a bench Vise (or a set of vicegrip style pliers).
2
Place Your finger inside the vice, making sure the ring is in the middle of the vice jaws.
3
Tighten the vice slowly. After a slight tightening the ring will crack.
4
As the ring cracks give the vice a good final tightening to break the ring into two pieces.
5
Loosen the vise a bit and pull out your hand; use care as the ring edges are sharp where it has broken.

Best of luck......
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The Gem Guys
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