Grinder sparks warning

[JakeH]

who hasnt had an 'accident' with a welder or grinder?

set fire to benches, a car, bits of cardboard meant to be protecting things and even myself on a few occasions most of my 'work clothes' are full of holes either from a grinder or welder!

grinders make a right royal mess of wooly fleecey thinggys.

JakeH

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by JakeH

grinders make a right royal mess of wooly fleecey thinggys.

I concur!

[Oscar]

I'll never forget when I was 10 and had to yell at my dad because his shirt was on fire.

He had no idea!

[Spikehaus]

I managed to cut through the power cable whilst grinding in an awkward area last year, a big bang and all the customer programs lost from cnc mill controls that where all powered from the same ring main! Had a few angry engineers looking at me!! The worst bit about grinding for me is coming home with your hair full of stinky dust.

[dogwood]

Why do you think they're called Angry Grinders

[Davey]

I set fire to the passenger seat of my camper once many years ago while welding the roof back on, I've also set fire to overalls while wearing them and cutting a step off a fire escape with a 9" angry grinder plus various bits of rag etc. Worst one was when I set fire to a fellow workers hair..............I was welding keeper blocks onto an overhead crane track and didn't see him sitting directly below me, he had a huge affro hairdo and must have been using lots of hairspray as it went up like a roman candle!

D.

[twinturbo]

~1991, age 16ish, whilst kneeling on the floor with a gas welding rig welding a joint. I was pausing and felt a burning sensaiton on my foot. ( Remember that whilst keeping a good eye on the torch, you should also remember where the filler rod is. )

~2003, age 28, whilst welding a rear arch in my precious sapphire. Paused for a few moments. Then noticed the paint on the rear wing still bubbling. Opend boot to find flames from a pice of damping foam. Shouted to the wife in panic for a bucket of water.

~Last month age 36, whilst welding the Roadster rear roll bar. Paused to admire my handy work. Very impressed. Then noticed smoke, from the hand towel I use to clean of the oily muck from my hands. And the associated flames. It was thrown out of the garage and patted down with my gauntlets.


I have 3 CO2 extinguishers in the garage, but none of them is easy to get to... Must be more careful!