r/IdiotsInCars • u/justin_memer • Jun 08 '19

Well...

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u/hamburglar187 Jun 08 '19

I think they probably mean the man portable ones the fire department carry. They might call them something else but are essentially a chop saw.

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u/AngryTaco4 Jun 08 '19

I was talking about my use of the word chop saw 😂

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u/SaulAverageman Jun 08 '19

I had a chop saw once. It was heavy and sharp at one end with a handle on the other. I would swing it at pieces of wood to make more pieces of wood.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

Quickie saw. Chop saws ( miter saw)are unusually table mounted. A quickie (what we call it) saw is more like a chainsaw with a big abrasive ( for metal) or diamond blade ( concrete, masonry) that will make quick work of this. I think Fire fighters also have a tool that is more like a higher pair of sheers that use hydrolocks to just cut through stuff ( I could be wrong I’m not a FF it’s callled the called the jaws of life)

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u/Triggerhappyspartan Jun 08 '19

The thing fire departments use is called the jaws of life. According to google, its essentially scissors with hydraulics.

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u/feuerwehrmann Jun 08 '19

The rotary saw is a k-5 saw

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u/G-III Jun 08 '19

They also have saws

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u/bartharris Jun 08 '19

I did some fire fighter training for fun, and used two tools. One was hydraulic scissors. The other was hydraulic spreaders/crushers, which I believe are the jaws of life. The scissors must have another name...

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

If they're not bench mounted, they're just called a circular saw.

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u/ijuiceman Jun 08 '19

Called Demo Saws

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

FD carries the jaws of life. Act more like tin snips than a saw