I always wear leather welding gloves when playing with sharp spinny objects or power cutty thingies. Saved my skin more than once.
I always wear leather welding gloves when playing with sharp spinny objects or power cutty thingies. Saved my skin more than once.
volvoclearinghouse wrote: I always wear leather welding gloves when playing with sharp spinny objects or power cutty thingies. Saved my skin more than once.
That's a great way to turn a minor injury like the one pictured a while back into a missing finger/mangled hand.
keethrax wrote:volvoclearinghouse wrote: I always wear leather welding gloves when playing with sharp spinny objects or power cutty thingies. Saved my skin more than once.That's a great way to turn a minor injury like the one pictured a while back into a missing finger/mangled hand.
Yep. Gloves and power tools don't belong together. Skin grows back. Fingers do not.
Those twisted wire wheels are like a flesh rending machine from a bad horror flick. I had one grab my shirt once and I was only spared havi ng my rib cage cleaned like a school of pirahna because I ripped the plug out of the wall. It still managed to bleed a real lot and have to clean half a shredded shirt out of an open wound.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Those twisted wire wheels are like a flesh rending machine from a bad horror flick. I had one grab my shirt once and I was only spared havi ng my rib cage cleaned like a school of pirahna because I ripped the plug out of the wall. It still managed to bleed a real lot and have to clean half a shredded shirt out of an open wound.
Oooh, I'll second that, I use them sparingly because with my track record its just a matter of time till one claims its literal and figurative pound of flesh.
Been bit by an angle grinder more than once and by cup type wire wheels a couple of times. In every instance it's because I was tired, ready to be done with the damn project for the day and I was taking shortcuts. I'll wear short gloves sometimes but welding gloves make it hard to properly control the damn thing, makes my fingers way too big.
Can't help but wonder if you're working the wrong angles. I've run my grinder for many years without the shroud, and bare handed. Hold it so it's pulling away from me, and I can control it. Hold it so it's pushing against me, and I'm pretty well guaranteed to have it kick and jump.
It's not much different than how you handle a chainsaw.
The 9" grinder, that gets used for polishing these days. With a grind wheel or sanding disc, it's a beast. Got the big ugly scar on my arm to prove it. Right where one tried to cut it off.
Josh wrote: How do you even use it without the side handle?
I can't seem to use one with the handle on it. It's always in the way of something. I haven't been brave enough to take the guard off, but it sure would help sometimes.
The side handle for my 4 1/2" Makita comes in handy at times but most times it's in the bottom drawer of the toolbox.
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