Safety lever on air tool

[Bellaireroad]

The extra lever you have to push with your thumb to get the main lever down ....such a pain in the &$$.....none of my older tools have them, and I still have 10 fingers . Interested in how many of you leave them vs remove them


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[Ditch]

remove

 

[Schurkey]

I got rid of them when I used the tools professionally. Put 'em back when it became a hobby.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I used to remove them and slowly just got used to it so I don't bother anymore.

 

[Bill Bowman]

^^^^^^This.

 

[atomicpunk]

The few air tools I have that came with the safety lever, the lever broke or fell off after a while and I never replaced them.

 

[zeke markham]

I use them. Saw a guy get bit by a grinder when he bumped it with his elbow crawling around behind a bulkhead. Didn't want you repeat that.

 

[Roberts210]

I massaged mine so it works a little easier.

 

[Rick B.]

Gone, all of them.

 

[md21722]

The safety levers on better made tools work better than the safety levers on cheap tools.

 

[Tinner]

I used to remove them and slowly just got used to it so I don't bother anymore.

The safety levers on better made tools work better than the safety levers on cheap tools.

What these guys said.

 

[joe_padavano]

I used to hate the safety levers, especially since my older air tools didn't have them. The I dropped the older ones a few times and naturally they landed right on the trigger paddle. Die grinders and cutoff tools tend to go flying when spun up like that. I've learned to live with the safety lever.

 

[Monte]

my most used air tools are die grinders and angle die grinders...so I got me replacements without safety lever....
a die grinder with slide switch...

and a angle die grinder with trigger switch:

much better imho

 

[anndel]

my most used air tools are die grinders and angle die grinders...so I got me replacements without safety lever....
a die grinder with slide switch...

and a angle die grinder with trigger switch:

much better imho

Which angle grinder is that? I have 2 Astro Pneumatics and got used to the safety levers. I contemplated removing them when I got them but figured with my luck, I'll need them one day after accidentally grinding off my finder or cutting off my leg.

 

[JUNK-MAN]

I always take them off, I hate them. The other day O was helping my neighbor and he pulled out an electric grinder with one on it, I went home and got mine with a slide button.

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[L.Cheapo]

I keep them. As someone else said, on quality tools they aren't a hassle. This is just a hobby for me, so anything that helps me keep the vision and 20 digits that DO make me money is fine by me.

 

[Wrapitinbacon]

I have always left them on, became less of an issue over time I guess.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I have bit myself with a cut off wheel that had the safety lever on it.

Without getting into the perfect combination of events which led to that it made a nice 2" cut in my arm. Didn't bleed a bit but took forever to heal and left a nice scar. Killer was, it could have easily happened again and again if I was not careful.

 

[CNGsaves]

Just was cussing a Harbor Freight die grinder last weekend as the damn flip-rod that acts as safety just wouldn't quite do it's thing. Then the whole head of the die grinder started spinning around so it couldn't be used . . . . ****.

I asked my friend WTF as it was his HF die grinder . .
. . . . "Oh it does that every now and then" . . . . . . . ****, ****, **** !!

Agree with previous GJ poster that . . . simply MUST get a better tool. I like the trigger die grinder that Monte shows above . . . as usual he ALWAYS has great tools !!

 

[cm cm]

Never defeat safety devices, on tools or equipment. When you injure yourself, you will feel EXTRA stupid, and in many ways, you will deserve what you get. If you work for a larger company, they will not like this at all, and it is a sign of bad decision making.

Most tools are made with a nod to safety for a reason, especially high rpm air tools. The safety devices in question are also very natural and not as big of a deal as people are making them out to be...

 

[finn]

Removing safety devices puts one in the running for the Darwin Award, in my opinion.

 

[Finky198]

Agreed ^ The shop is messy and dangerous enough. I don't need to trip and land on a tool with out a safety. Or any mishap for that matter it's takes a millisecond to depress and start working.

I have all my fingers, toes, limbs and eyes so if 5 minutes of extra time a day is going to help those results continue then I see no reason to change things.

Just Being Aware is very important always watch what your doing.

This is very true to...

The safety levers on better made tools work better than the safety levers on cheap tools.

 

[Sycan]

I leave them, really not too hard to opperate. Would hate to see what happens when I accidentally roll over onto a die grinder with a carbide cutter. And I only say that because years ago I used to love using a 3/8" butterfly impact, and I rolled over on it under a car one day with a wobble socket on it. Did not feel good!

 

[Finky198]

^^^ an Industrial back massager...

 

[Schurkey]

Never defeat safety devices, on tools or equipment. When you injure yourself, you will feel EXTRA stupid, and in many ways, you will deserve what you get. If you work for a larger company, they will not like this at all, and it is a sign of bad decision making.

Most tools are made with a nod to safety for a reason, especially high rpm air tools. The safety devices in question are also very natural and not as big of a deal as people are making them out to be...

Removing safety devices puts one in the running for the Darwin Award, in my opinion.

The whole trick is to be smarter than the tool you're using.

A poorly-designed or poorly-made "safety feature" isn't really a safety feature at all. It's either ineffective, or a deliberate inconvenience when using the tool. I won't put up with too much of a deliberate inconvenience.

The safety levers on better made tools work better than the safety levers on cheap tools.

If the engineer of the tool can't get the safety-lever to work properly and conveniently, what are the chances he got anything else right?

This shouldn't be--but often is--a matter of the price-bracket the tool is selling in. There is a certain price level for a given product, that it is just not possible to go below without severe product deficiencies. We all know the name-brands that make the bulk of their money going below that price-point.

Which is not to say that there aren't expensive products with gaps in their engineering.

 

[cm cm]

I guess I AM Smarter than the tool, since Im not the one having trouble with a safety interlock =)

I do agree that theres a point it can cross where the safety isnt practical. Just saying the paddle lock on high rpm air tools is on the sane side of that line. I wouldnt call them inneffective, I wouldnt remove them, and they provide zero drama in my life.

 

[pstemari]

Better made tools work better than cheap tools.

Fixed that for you

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[Monte]

Which angle grinder is that?

it´s a Shinano SI-2202. Similar tools are availabe from Blue-Point , 3M , Ingersoll-Rand and others.

 

[mowkep]

Our DA doesn't have a safety nor do our older die grinders. I think the new ones we have do, they just operate smoothly so it's a non issue. I know we had a jet one that had to be disabled because it was ****.

 

[bczygan]

Saw my first one the other day. Took me a minute to figure it out.

Wish I had it on some other tools.

Bill