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

From: Weslake1330 via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 06:33:21 +0100

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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 othe=
rs 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.

Daniel the sometime fool

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard and yest=
erday I was that fool.<br>While I have several angle grinders, I need one m=
ore before I no longer have to change the occasional disc from one type to =
another.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 I was now replacing the garage roof and needed a th=
in cutting disc to cut through some old J bolts and other fixings and fitte=
d a full-size brand-new thin cutting disc. It wasn=E2=80=99t long before I =
cut through my glove and into my finger.=C2=A0 The cut isn=E2=80=99t very d=
eep and I guess the gloves helped.=C2=A0 Of course, I didn=E2=80=99t immedi=
ately put the guard back on it and had to have a near miss before I did.=C2=
=A0 I realised at that point it might not have had the accident if I=E2=80=
=99d used a smaller disc.=C2=A0 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 fo=
ol that I was yesterday and use a angle grinder without the guard.<br><div>=
<br></div><div>Daniel the sometime fool</div></div>

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