Cheap Discs and Angle Grinders

[mjac]

Maybe buy a saw meant for cutting metal?

That would be going by the book…

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mjac

 

[DAWrench]

An actual metal cutting chop saw will have a safe way to clamp the material being cut. Trying to use a wood cutting version for cutting metal would probably lead to the OP having to start a thread about another different injury

 

[mjac]

An actual metal cutting chop saw will have a safe way to clamp the material being cut. Trying to use a wood cutting version for cutting metal would probably lead to the OP having to start a thread about another different injury

Yeah, I looked ay them, they are specialty saws, might as well get a saw made for cutting metal for cutting metal. Might work out a little better. I am going to keep an eye out for one and see if I can pick one up. That might be a real convenient thing go have, A little safer too and you know how I stress safety.

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mjac

 

[mjac]

 

[finn]

There isn’t a grinder in my shop with a guard or a handle. I have a quick-attach guard for a couple of my Dewalts that I will throw on there if I need to direct sparks away from something, but that’s in the drawer more often than not.

Guards and handles make it too difficult to get the grinder in places I want to get it. Yeah, I understand the risks, and make efforts to mitigate them to a level acceptable to me.

Smokers don’t have an increased risk of lung cancer, either, and seat belts are a nuisance, too, right?

 

[mjac]

Smokers don’t have an increased risk of lung cancer, either, and seat belts are a nuisance, too, right?

My feelings exactly…

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mjac

 

[liliysdad]

Smokers don’t have an increased risk of lung cancer, either, and seat belts are a nuisance, too, right?

I know that I can get a grinder in a lot more places without a handle and a guard than with. I rarely use a grinder with a cutoff wheel, between the plasma cutter, recip saw, bandsaw, cutoff wheel, and chop saw. Oddly enough, I do keep the guard on my pneumatic cutoff wheel, mainly to direct sparks where I want.

I freely and readily admit that my ways aren’t the textbook safe ways, and that these actions carry an increased level of risk.

That being said…. I run in a lot of the same circles as guys who make a living burning rods, and I’ve yet to see an angle grinder smaller than 7” on a welding truck with a side handle. Guards aren’t as rare… but hardly universal.

My vehicles have lap belts at best. No ABS or airbags, and not even doors 3/4 of the year. Risk is risk I guess.

 

[finn]

I know that I can get a grinder in a lot more places without a handle and a guard than with. I rarely use a grinder with a cutoff wheel, between the plasma cutter, recip saw, bandsaw, cutoff wheel, and chop saw. Oddly enough, I do keep the guard on my pneumatic cutoff wheel, mainly to direct sparks where I want.

I freely and readily admit that my ways aren’t the textbook safe ways, and that these actions carry an increased level of risk.

That being said…. I run in a lot of the same circles as guys who make a living burning rods, and I’ve yet to see an angle grinder smaller than 7” on a welding truck with a side handle. Guards aren’t as rare… but hardly universal.

My vehicles have lap belts and no airbags, and not even doors 3/4 of the year. Risk is risk I guess.

You do you, but I wouldn’t advocate routinely running a grinder without a guard to my worst enemy.

As previously pointed out by someone else, that will get you thrown off many job sites, and it’s a real problem with rouge small businesses. You don’t make any money when you’re laid up in the hospital, but only the business can weigh risk vs convenience.

 

[whateg01]

That being said…. I run in a lot of the same circles as guys who make a living burning rods, and I’ve yet to see an angle grinder smaller than 7” on a welding truck with a side handle. Guards aren’t as rare… but hardly universal.

That's not the same as saying that everybody should ditch their guards and handles. If OP had the handle on his angle grinder, he likely could have controlled it after it kicked back and this thread might not have happened.

 

[liliysdad]

That's not the same as saying that everybody should ditch their guards and handles. If OP had the handle on his angle grinder, he likely could have controlled it after it kicked back and this thread might not have happened.

I’m not advocating anyone do anything. I do what I do because I want to do it.

If he had been using a better tool or at a minimum a better technique, it likely wouldn’t have happened. If he’d been wearing pants, there very likely wouldn’t have been minimal to no injury. If he’d gotten liquored up the night before and stayed in bed, it wouldnt have happened.

You can “ what if “ it to death.

 

[whateg01]

I’m not advocating anyone do anything. I do what I do because I want to do it.

If he had been using a better tool or at a minimum a better technique, it likely wouldn’t have happened. If he’d been wearing pants, there very likely wouldn’t have been minimal to no injury. If he’d gotten liquored up the night before and stayed in bed, it wouldnt have happened.

You can “ what if “ it to death.

OP says his technique is perfect, though.

 

[mjac]

That's not the same as saying that everybody should ditch their guards and handles. If OP had the handle on his angle grinder, he likely could have controlled it after it kicked back and this thread might not have happened.

I really don’t know, that is why I am asking, you really think a side handle would have made it possible to control that grinder? That kick back was some violent.

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mjac

 

[mjac]

OP says his technique is perfect, though.

Now you are catching on…

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mjac

 

[mjac]

I’m not advocating anyone do anything. I do what I do because I want to do it.

If he had been using a better tool or at a minimum a better technique, it likely wouldn’t have happened. If he’d been wearing pants, there very likely wouldn’t have been minimal to no injury. If he’d gotten liquored up the night before and stayed in bed, it wouldnt have happened.

You can “ what if “ it to death.

That “ liquored up”sounds like it might work.

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mjac