[Spridgets] Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard

[David Woerpel]

Thank you Daniel and so glad all ended so well, could have been much worse,
says I who almost lost a thumb to a vintage table saw (read, no guard or
anti-kick up device). I remember the thought process. "This could go badly
but it'll just take a second,  I'm almost finished" and WHAM!  When you
hear that little voice in your head telling you to back off...do so.
Regards,
Dave W.  Foolish more than once

'59 :()
'59 MGA 1500

"Pay It Forward"

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 12:39 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard and yesterday I was that
> fool.
> While I have several angle grinders, I need one more before I no longer
> have to change the occasional disc from one type to another.  The usual
> dilemma is which grinder to change the disc on so that half an hour later
> I’m not changing it back again.  I’d had a fairly well used hard disc on
> one grinder and had removed the guard to get into a tight spot while
> working on the Sprite’s floor pan replacement.  I was now replacing the
> garage roof and needed a thin cutting disc to cut through some old J bolts
> and other fixings and fitted a full-size brand-new thin cutting disc. It
> wasn’t long before I cut through my glove and into my finger.  The cut
> isn’t very deep and I guess the gloves helped.  Of course, I didn’t
> immediately put the guard back on it and had to have a near miss before I
> did.  I realised at that point it might not have had the accident if I’d
> used a smaller disc.  So, I’m sharing my stupidity in the hope others won’t
> be the fool, albeit a ‘lucky’ fool that I was yesterday and use a angle
> grinder without the guard.
>
> Daniel the sometime fool
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