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THE HEIST ISSUE

Sawzall

Milwaukee M18 cordless Sawzall, starting at $249

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Thermic lance

Oxylance Sure Cut system and Oxylance Burning Bar system, starting at $1,000; cutting rods and oxygen tanks sold separately

Originally invented to dismantle found that a single burning bar
battlefield ruins, the thermic could melt through more than
3 feet of stacked safe-deposit-box
lance—aka the burning bar—
ILLUSTRATIONS BY NICHOLE SHINN oxygen to melt a bundle of single- of melting granite—given enough
doors. They’re equally capable
ignites a jet of high-pressure
lances, you could take apart
use steel rods or wires held
inside a heavier steel casing. It’s
a mountain, never mind the
hinges on that “burglarproof”
used mainly in demolition, but
safe you bought last week at
professional safecracker Charlie
Home Depot.
Santore says he and a colleague
See it in: Thief (1981), as James Caan July 2, 2018
burns into an L.A. diamond vault