FridgeFreezer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Reminds me of Welding Stig's tale of once having to use a 3-phase angle grinder (!) with a wire wheel on, "concentration required"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelw Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I just found this little gem, OMG, what were you thinking??? I spent an evening removing the little steel spikes from my cheeks after a session with a now aging wire wheel on my 4 1/2" grinder, that thing will spit them right through you I think Please be careful when using it, the forum needs to know about your misfortunes, difficult to type without fingers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Anyone else sense a hilarious 'incident / accident' thread is now imminent ? I love these posts - it's like watching the first 5 minutes of Casualty on TV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I love these posts - it's like watching the first 5 minutes of Casualty on TV! or possibly CSI in this case... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I just found this little gem, OMG, what were you thinking??? I spent an evening removing the little steel spikes from my cheeks after a session with a now aging wire wheel on my 4 1/2" grinder, that thing will spit them right through you I think Please be careful when using it, the forum needs to know about your misfortunes, difficult to type without fingers!!! Your 4 1/2" grinder will be running at least 3 times the speed of this. You will end up with more wires stuck in you from your grinder than this 'tool' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I spent an evening removing the little steel spikes from my cheeks after a session Blimey Nigel, were you not facing the wrong way using that? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Oh dear Nige, didn't I see a post around a year ago that had a catalogue of accidents and injuries in it? Are you not missing a tool rest for it, and a section of perspex to collect the dislodged wires? Oh!... I found it... the power of "search", that one made me laugh too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Funny... but I had to do a brief today to my team, about a man who was killed by a 115mm grinder and wire wheel, the wheel caught his snood around his neck and pulled it so tight it strangled him. I've got some some good sized holes in t shirts from similar incidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 or possibly CSI in this case... That's funny !Maybe we could open a 'just giving' page and all put in for some sort of BUPA membership for Nige ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 TBF so long as it doesn't fall out of the vice (hint hint) I think it's safer than using a 115mm grinder with wire wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie64 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 i agree it probably is "technically" safer than a 115mm grinder due to its operating speed. Be wary about using old tired or cheap chinese wire wheels they can be lethal. I remember getting a safety post through in work the other year that a contractor at another company had died from using one. He was using a crappy old wheel and didnt have his overalls done up so the wires were hitting and getting stuck on the front of his t-shirt. He went home fine from work once he had removed all the spikes from his clothing and died during the night. apparently a wire had hit him straight on penetrated the skin and worked its way to his heart where it reaked havoc!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 ^^Bludy Hell ! To be very honest this kit scares the bejeezus out of me, I tend to put layers on, welding gloves hat glasses and lean away from it, thus I am probably safer than most times in my inventing shed However, the chances of me using the "Woundmaker Mk1 " a la "kit off birthday suit - dingle dangle all hang out" mode is "Kin Unlikley" Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie64 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 im glad to hear it, i dont think it would be a pleasant experiance to actually find out what hurts more than catching yourself in the zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 My grandads shed was full of stuff like this, homemade circular saws, bandsaws, bench grinders.. not a guard in the place.. It just teaches you to be careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 My great grandfather lost half his arm on an unguarded circular saw, he'd used the saw for many years, one day he made a mistake. Some lessons are painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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