Be carefull with grinders

[Satatic]

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If your cutting wheel looks like its getting a little thin, change it. I could have easily broken a finger or two when this happened. I was cutting a piece of angle iron, a small piece. The wheel broke and grabed the steel and flung it up hitting me in teh palm prety good. Didnt bruise but sure did hurt. Think safe guys.

[Luckydevil]

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[428]

Should be a topic all it's own.

Did you have the angle clamped down? Looks like it could have been nasty.

Personally I use a portaband or chop saw for cutting like that and a grinder for clean up.

[C_F]

Glad you're ok, I hate it when tools try to kick my ass!

[OI812]

Last spring a 9" grinder with one of those real thin metal blades that cuts everything really fast got away from me. This is my nice memory I can look at for the rest of my life.

http://webpages.charter.net/carpics/Wrist/Left%20wrist%20(Small).JPG

The scare is only about 2 or 3 inches long. I just got really lucky!!!!! The blade came in just over the bone, crossed the tendons, and exited out over the vein. Only bad part was I was cutting cast iron pipe at the time and that has tar on it. The tar melted on the blade and then melted into the wound. They had to cut all that out. 10 days later I had to go back under the knife to get the stitches out. Overall I was one lucky guy that day. So be careful with the big grinders, at work we call them "killer"

[thefairlaneman]

I went a website that sells safty signs and printed a few which I then placed at several places in my shop. One said "CAUTION HIGH VOLTAGE' another :FLAMABLE LIQUIDS STORED HERE" etc etc anothe said "CAUTION WEAR SAFTY GOGGLES"

[rockdawg]

Another note of caution. Dont buy the cheap 4" cut-off disc's.
I have had them chunk off and send hot pieces all over. They dont cut very well so you apply more pressure and they break apart. I now only buy the name brand ones they cut faster and last longer anyway.

[strizzy]

Not nearly as bad as OI812 but, I remember when I was prepping some alum brackets to be welded up and was using a wire knotted cup to clean up the edges. I was on the last bracket and I was grinding at a funny angle and was thinking "man this would suck if it broke loose, especially since I didn’t put my gloves on.” Well as you all probably already guessed, the second that thought went through my head, damn grinder broke loose, and found one of my knuckles, taking a nickel size chunk of skin off.

Since then I defiantly don’t hesitate to grab a face shield/glasses and a pair of gloves when I am using a grinder. I’ve also had the cut off wheels shatter, which is why glasses are a must.

[trainer]

I like to do a "ring test" before i mount a grinding wheel
here's a link i found

http://www.lni.wa.gov/wisha/rules/portablepowertools/HTML/HT2-PPT.htm

[HighOctane]

My grandfather had a blade come right off and slice him i the lower torso, good thing he was a firechief and knew first aid or he wouldnt be here right now. :(

[jeepnut24]

Got a small spec of steel in my eye this summer running the grinder, WITH eye protection, and still had to have the steel drilled out of my eye... NOT fun and now wear goggles AND a face shield when running the grinder.