photos, please, of the fingers, Don, and the nose, Fred.
i need to be impressed before i change my ways. :cool:

It is healing up pretty nicely now, I think it has been about 4 weeks. It took out a nice sized chunk. There was some meat stuck on the grinder guard when I got back from getting stitches. There was a flap of skin, that they had to stretch to cover the hole that I made in there.
I was back working within 2 hours. I actually think that the grinder grabbed something, and the handle broke. The handle was still in my hand while the grinder was spinning around on the ground right after it happened.
This is a tool that I use nearly daily for 20 some years. I already have respect for it, and am usually pretty careful. Things happen in a split second. Gotta wear your safety gear

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1438811461.jpg

A mear flesh wound! Have at you!

Hate to rain on your parade but from Wiki:
"In 2002, DeWalt ceased all tool manufacturing in the USA and moved manufacturing to China and Mexico"

Milwaukee were always my favorite tools:
"The Milwaukee Tool Corporation is a brand of Techtronic Industries, along with AEG, Ryobi, Hoover, Dirt Devil and Vax. Ownership history:
1924: The Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation was established by A. F. Siebert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1975: Sold to Amstar.
1986: Merrill Lynch acquired it.
1995: Sold to Atlas Copco.
2005: sold to Techtronic.
Techtronic Industries Company Limited (SEHK: 669, OTC Pink: TTNDY), Techtronic or TTI, is an investment holding company.[1] Its products include Milwaukee, AEG, Ryobi, Homelite, Hoover US, Dirt Devil, and Vax. TTI employs over 20,000 staff and in 2014 had worldwide annual sales of US$4.8 billion.[2] Subsidiaries include AC (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, Baja, Inc., Homelite Consumer Products, Inc., Hoover Inc., One World Technologies, Inc. and Sang Tech Industries Limited."

Ironiclally I have been buying Ryobi tools

Not raining if my tools work hard and last long. My Chinese production in Shanghai was excellent so while a lot of stuff is cheaply made in China, Dewalt must have an expat team in country to keep quality at original U.S. standards. I am very hard on my tools and use them a lot, but they last.

I haven't even touched my DeWalt 18v XRP tools since I bought some Makita 12v Max tools.

Mine is healing rapidly...nothing to see, really.
Next time, eh? ;)