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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
I love angle grinders. But do take care.
Mine savaged me.
I was using a wire wheel attachment - no guard on it, to strip old paint from steel. Using it one handed while I turned the steel around. The thing took off and took a massive chunk out of my arm then wrapped itself up in my multiple layers of tshirts etc over my stomach. I didn't know if I was disembowelled. this thing was out to get me. Blood all over the place. I was OK other than having a weird area on my arm that doesn't have skin pigmentation LOL
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Yeah the cup wheels got me a few times. Its pretty much gone now but I had a scar on my ankle for a long time that looks like a baby chick. I was cleaning rust and paint off a set of wheels. They are unpredictable with all the angles. Also got my tummy atleast once too working in the vice. U tube people always use the cut off wheel wrong holding the grinder in weird positions and stuff. Those are the ones who refer to it as the death wheel. Then theres the ones who use no safety glasses or ear protection and claim its to save time on camera. I learned the hard way safety glasses alone arnt enough. Sparks make their way past. Full face shield is much better. Especially when the discs explode. Thats usually pretty predictable but the face shield has saved me a few times.