Got one of those helmets as well. Also wear it while running the weed whacker.I have one of those helmet, ear muffs, mesh screen helmets. At first I found it a pain but now I am uncomfortable without it.
I use the Husky helmet so I always have a screen over my face and usually sunglasses on too. I keep a pair of safety glasses by the grinder for when I use that.
Working under a rusty car is the worst, those pieces/flakes always find your eyes
ahhh the wonders of cheap, or out of date wheels...Some folks never learn, or have to learn the hard way
We actually had a desk worker turn in an accident from a paper cut. Sometimes you just need to suck it up. I pulled the cutting disc in the face off facebook, I dont actually know that guy. I did have a man that worked for me cut his fingers off using a grinder and cutoff wheel. The guy worked for me for two days before I fired him. He was just to dangerous to work around. He cut his fingers off on his next job just a couple of weeks after I let him go. Lesson are sometime hard learned. I was trying to cut a large piece of pipe just last week. Wouldnt fit in my big bandsaw, Portaband wasnt big enough, picked up the big disc grinder and started to make the cut and remembered my former workers accident. I put down the grinder and dragged out the plasma which is what I should have went for in the first place.If you're worried that your friends won't think you're cool if you use PPE... you need to find you a nice desk job, and a good therapist to help you with those self-image issues.
not really a problem with reinforced wheels, but mostly just for a "stone" wheel like on a bench grinder, or some manufactures make stone wheels for angle grinders, as they only rely on the glue/binders that hold the abrasives together.Wasnt aware there was an expiration date on grinding wheels, good to know. I dont really have a problem with out of date wheels, I just buy them when I need them and usually wear them out the same day. I do know that if a grinding wheel gets wet, its best to just throw it away instead of hoping it will dry out.
hogging wheels, they are about the only stone I will use...I like the cup stones for aggressive removal of metal
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