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Similar even but welding. Spatter going off in various directions, =
smelled smoke, flipped up mask to find my overalls on fire. Now I wear =
a fire resistant garment when welding.
Lester
> On Apr 9, 2025, at 4:02 AM, GUY DAY via Spridgets =
<spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> My tale of woe from angle grinder use is when at the bench and not =
noting the direction and distance the sparks were going. Straight back =
towards me, stood in one spot next to the bench and wearing nylon/cotton =
overall's. The upshot was that I set myself on fire. Concentrating on =
the workpiece and with warmth from my stomach area only slowly getting =
greater, my first distraction was smoke rising and masking my vision of =
the work detail. I looked for the cause and saw clothing in the area =
round my belly button on fire. No room on the bench to throw a quickly =
turned off grinder that was still rotating so I held onto that with one =
hand and used my welding gloves encased left hand to pat my stomach. By =
now I was in full panic mode and found myself trying to use my right =
hand to put out the flames and pat the burning area with the still =
rotating disc on the grinder. Thankfully I was able to resist that =
after a very close encounter and the flames went out either because =
their feeding source had ended or the glove patting worked - or both. I =
wasn't burnt, clothing under my overalls saved me from that and even =
though it happened decades ago it was a lesson still remembered.
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> Guy R Day=20
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From: spridgets@autox.team.net
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, April 9th 2025, 06:39
> Subject: [Spridgets] Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard
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> 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=E2=80=99m not changing it back again. I=E2=80=99d 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=E2=80=99s 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=E2=80=99t long =
before I cut through my glove and into my finger. The cut isn=E2=80=99t =
very deep and I guess the gloves helped. Of course, I didn=E2=80=99t =
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=E2=80=99d used a smaller disc. So, I=E2=80=99m sharing my stupidity =
in the hope others won=E2=80=99t be the fool, albeit a =E2=80=98lucky=E2=80=
=99 fool that I was yesterday and use a angle grinder without the guard.
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class=3D"">Similar even but welding. Spatter going off in various =
directions, smelled smoke, flipped up mask to find my overalls on fire. =
Now I wear a fire resistant garment when welding.<div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Lester</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Apr =
9, 2025, at 4:02 AM, GUY DAY via Spridgets <<a =
href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><p class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial , sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;" class=3D"">My =
tale of woe from angle grinder use is when at the bench and not noting =
the direction and distance the sparks were going. Straight back =
towards me, stood in one spot next to the bench and wearing nylon/cotton =
overall's. The upshot was that I set myself on fire. =
Concentrating on the workpiece and with warmth from my stomach =
area only slowly getting greater, my first distraction was smoke rising =
and masking my vision of the work detail. I looked for the cause =
and saw clothing in the area round my belly button on fire. No =
room on the bench to throw a quickly turned off grinder that was still =
rotating so I held onto that with one hand and used my welding gloves =
encased left hand to pat my stomach. By now I was in full panic =
mode and found myself trying to use my right hand to put out the flames =
and pat the burning area with the still rotating disc on the grinder. =
Thankfully I was able to resist that after a very close encounter =
and the flames went out either because their feeding source had ended or =
the glove patting worked - or both. I wasn't burnt, clothing under =
my overalls saved me from that and even though it happened decades ago =
it was a lesson still remembered.</span></p><div class=3D""> <br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial , sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;" class=3D"">Best=
wishes to all</span></p><div class=3D""> <br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial , sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;" class=3D"">Guy =
R Day </span></p><div class=3D""> <br =
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class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D""> <br =
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class=3D"">------ Original Message ------<br class=3D"">From: <span =
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class=3D"">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br class=3D"">To: <span =
class=3D"wt_Email"><a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br class=3D"">Sent: =
Wednesday, April 9th 2025, 06:39<br class=3D"">Subject: [Spridgets] Only =
a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard<br class=3D""> </p><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><p class=3D"">Only a fool uses an angle grinder =
without a guard and yesterday I was that fool.<br class=3D"">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=E2=80=99m not changing it back again. I=E2=80=99d 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=E2=80=99s 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=E2=80=99t long =
before I cut through my glove and into my finger. The cut isn=E2=80=99=
t very deep and I guess the gloves helped. Of course, I didn=E2=80=99=
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=E2=80=99d used a smaller disc. So, I=E2=80=99m =
sharing my stupidity in the hope others won=E2=80=99t be the fool, =
albeit a =E2=80=98lucky=E2=80=99 fool that I was yesterday and use a =
angle grinder without the guard.<br class=3D""> </p><div =
class=3D""> </div><div class=3D"">Daniel the sometime =
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