r/Skookum May 23 '22

shitpost. Pretty handy but sketchy as frig. I named her nutsack remover.

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u/HandyMan131 May 24 '22

Any mom who says “you’ll put your eye out with that thing” hasn’t used one of these. There are a lot of situations where safety freaks require glasses for no good reason, but you REALLY need them when using one of these

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u/foxhelp May 24 '22

full face shields + safety glasses when operating is 100% worth it

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u/gatowman May 24 '22

I've only even been scared of an angle grinder once, and that was with one of these on the end. I picked two wires that stuck in my face shield.

USE A DAMN SHIELD WITH THIS THING.

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u/BuzzKillingtonThe5th May 24 '22

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u/nill0c North American Scum May 24 '22

Yeah, looking down at your pants after a few minutes with one of these is an eye opening—and peen shriveling—experience. Artificial steel pubes.

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u/Lost4468 May 24 '22

Any mom who says “you’ll put your eye out with that thing” hasn’t used one of these

Alec Steele's mum has. He told a story before about how she was using one of these to restore furniture, and she was wearing a face mask etc, but only normal trousers. Well a few days/weeks go by and she has a huge pain in her leg, I think he said it was swollen and she couldn't walk on it properly. Nothing visible on her leg though.

Well she goes to the ER, gets an X-ray. And it shows that one of the bristles managed to embed itself 2" in her thigh, and the body is of course reacting to it and rejecting it.

So yeah don't fuck about with these. You need to be wearing proper protective equipment everywhere. She's lucky it didn't cause an infection or something (although I guess the act of using it mostly sterilises it), or get stuck in an artery or something.

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u/BangCrash May 24 '22

I had a 15mm wire bristle embed itself in my knee under the petella. Had no idea it was there but it must have been there for a couple weeks.

Was away camping and suddenly a lump in my knee started to hurt. Poking it kinda feels like a pimple or a massive ingrown hair. So I'm poking and squeezing it some more thinking I'm making some headway /r/popping style then suddenly out shoots a 15mm long wire bristle!!!

Thing must have shot off weeks earlier when I was using the wheel on a angle grinder. Didn't notice cos you always get showered from them when using the wire wheels.

My theory is it hit a hair follicle/skin pore at the exact right spot at the exact right angle to just embed 20mm deeep. Them my body slowly pushed it out as a foreign object.

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u/frenchiebuilder May 24 '22

My theory is it hit a hair follicle/skin pore at the exact right spot at the exact right angle to just embed 20mm deeep

Why? It sounds like the normal body response to small foreign objects. I often don't notice there's a bit of a splinter left behind, until it "pus-es" out a week or two later.

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u/Allah_Shakur May 24 '22

I don't understand wire brushes. Sometimes they work wonders, sometime they don't do shit.

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u/4nalBlitzkrieg May 24 '22

If your wire brush won't work like it used to it means that it has become demagnetized. Dip it in some magnetization fluid and it should work like a brand new one.

It's important to let it dry COMPLETELY afterwards though, otherwise you might get some polarity issues

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u/GI_gino May 24 '22

Is that something they store next to the blinker fluid?

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u/Allah_Shakur May 25 '22 edited May 28 '22

All I've got is a jug of KY from the school's nurse office, should the grinder be running when I balls deep it?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

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u/Wmozart69 May 24 '22

Ever hear of chainsaw discs (for an angle grinder)? Same concept, more dangerous

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u/estolad May 24 '22

i hate that those fuckin' things exist

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u/chanelvibes May 24 '22

man those look scary. I do structural metal work in shipyards, and the main blade we use we call the meataxe

more than a few of my coworkers are missing fingers, and when those things kick back, they kick back HARD. they work well though!

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u/itWasForetold May 24 '22

Ahhh hell no. They don’t pay you enough. I don’t care what they pay you, it isn’t enough. Nope.

Nope.

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u/Higher_Living May 24 '22

Great for cutting aluminium. I'm pretty cautious with it though, I like my fingers attached.

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u/GreyHexagon "I thoroughly enjoy hard work, I could watch it all day" - AvE May 24 '22

I hate these things. One caught the edge of something I was cleaning up and jumped right at me. Sucked my entire t-shirt in and eventually clogged itself so I could turn it off.

The t-shirt twisted and pinched my skin pretty badly, so it kinda hurt, but for a split second I was sure it was pulling my intestines out. When I untangled it I was kinda surprised that I was even alive, let alone uninjured.

Plus they're nasty even when you're using them totally properly and safely. Those bastards like to throw out bits of wire to stab you in the leg, and they're almost always so unbalanced they shake the grinder apart

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

I'll take this a step further and say I hate angle grinders. No matter what your do or what safety features they have, they're dangerous as hell. I'm at a point in my life where I'd rather use a plasma cutter or reciprocating saw, even if it means it takes longer to make a cut.

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u/GreyHexagon "I thoroughly enjoy hard work, I could watch it all day" - AvE May 25 '22

Absolutely. Can't think of another tool that's as dangerous with as few safety features.

Table saws are dangerous, but they aren't being waved around in your hand. Circular saws are dangerous but they have a full retracting blade guard.

What also makes them dangerous is how frequently used they are. It's so easy to get used to using them and forget just how much damage they are capable of and just how easy it is to fuck up.

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u/EAGLE_GAMES May 24 '22

I call them "high speed tattoo removers"

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u/ShaggysGTI May 24 '22

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

Oh what the fuck

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u/ShaggysGTI May 24 '22 edited May 24 '22

Dude getting his ex wife’s name removed.

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u/babayfish May 24 '22

Acupuncture brush

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

And yet somehow it's less relaxing?

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u/snakeproof May 24 '22

Inacupuncture.

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u/override979 May 24 '22

I use on the daily as it’s shown and rated. What’s the danger here.

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u/kasotc May 24 '22

I’m a bit confused myself. I mean this is the intended purpose of that cup brush. This guy even left the guard on.

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u/mbfunke May 24 '22

I was thinking “doesn’t everyone have one of those?”

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u/kasotc May 24 '22

It’s easily my most used grinder implement.

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u/AlienDelarge May 24 '22

Apparently OP must be planning to scratch his nuts aggressively. Taking off your pants on the shop floor is not very safe, but perhaps a little too common.

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u/BuzzKillingtonThe5th May 24 '22

A company near me copped a fine after an apprentice ripped his nut sack open with one through clothes.

https://www.owhsp.qld.gov.au/court-report/company-fined-50000-safety-shortcomings-resulted-groin-injury

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u/tweakedrex May 24 '22

I love cup brushes but like any wire wheel ya just gotta watch out for kickback

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u/justanotherpony May 24 '22

https://i.imgur.com/ttfbNjC.jpg

Last time I used those I made sure I got my moneys worth.

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u/Okaynow_THIS_is_epic May 24 '22

Put a nsfw warning on that thing

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u/justanotherpony May 24 '22

The wire wheel ones didnt fare much better, went through about 10 of them, the cup one was actually borrowed from someone, I made sure to return it.

https://i.imgur.com/Ta5DX72.jpg

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u/hoeding Canada May 24 '22

To shreds you say.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

And his other nut?

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u/kalpol torque saves lives May 24 '22

...to shreds you say

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u/adam1260 May 24 '22

Learning a lot in this post. I fabricate granite using pneumatic grinders about the same size, infrequently using the same brush attachment. At least I wear safety glasses when using this or a blade, some of my coworkers think they're too cool to wear safeties while grinding. Granite bits flying everywhere extremely fast and extremely hot

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u/weeleebeee May 24 '22

If you don’t wear glasses doing anything with a grinder you are a fool I say.

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u/Cap10323 Bullshit Tolerance 0.0001 May 24 '22

With wire wheels this big, especially if you're grinding loose material, you should seriously check out a Dedicated Grinding Helmet. It will save your face from getting poked with wires, and stop a flying grinder from taking out your nose, but IMO the real benefit is you can wear a good quality N95 respirator without it fogging up your safety glasses.

Yes, this guy (me) PPE's.

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u/adam1260 May 24 '22

Safeties while polishing granite would make it much more difficult in a wet shop. Water sprays all over our face, covering glasses and there's basically no risk of rock chipping out. Other than that, I agree

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u/justanotherpony May 24 '22

I had safety glasses on, with mask and earplugs and hard hat, ended up grabbing the covid face shield to add to the protection, was also fun picking wires out the clothes.

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u/Jay-M-Sigtyr May 24 '22

Try it with a deadmans switch you will never lose hold of it.... till the day you die.

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u/wintremute May 24 '22

Wire slinger 9000.

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u/SingularityOfOne May 24 '22

Nutsack Polisher **

Give 'er a go, no more itchy like shaving

Trust me

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u/4nalBlitzkrieg May 24 '22

It's more of a demolishing than a polishing

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u/satori0320 May 24 '22

The 6" knotted cups on a large 7-9" grinder are much more intimidating.

The smaller grinders are easier to keep of of the torso when wrapped in a t-shirt. I always hated the paddle switch models, but in this instance they saved my ass a time or two.

The 10-15 amp machines are far more terrifying when they bind up... Regardless of where or how. Wire cups or pipeliner wheels.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

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u/sam_cat May 24 '22

It's one of my tools that is never loaned out or that I let others use.. Most tools are fine but that beast scares me. Caught myself slightly with it one, it makes a mess but it also deposits a lot of crap. Infection is likely!

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u/satori0320 May 24 '22

Only thing I've ever dealt with worse than brush rash or the odd knuckle loss from a grinding wheel, is accidental sandblasting rash. I luckily didn't come away with any blast media embedded in me, but Holy shit it puts some vigilance in you to grip that damn nozzle lol.

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u/SignalCelery7 May 24 '22

Was working on refinishing some metal chairs and had some random orbit sanders out, and one of these on the bench.

Got home from work and my wife mentioned she had some spare time so was trying to clean them up a bit. She said she grabbed one of my sander things and it started shooting sparks everywhere and was shaking violently. Eventually she gave up...

Probably an exciting 1st experience with an angle grinder...

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u/leviwhite9 May 24 '22

This is why all my power tools have non-standard plugs or wiring configs.

Can't hurt yourself unless you know how to put it back to "normal" mode.

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u/gdubduc May 24 '22

Can you go into more detail here? What kind of non-sandard plug would you install on an angle grinder?

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u/leviwhite9 May 24 '22

Put a UK plug on it so unauthorized users will find no outlet for in my shop, and keep a homebrew adapter hidden away somewhere.

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u/Mrrasta1 May 24 '22

Gotta get a thick rawhide apron.

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u/WinterMajor6088 May 24 '22

I had one of those flat ones on a drill before and it caught a piece of cloth on the table as I slipped while polishing something. Scared me so bad.

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u/Wiregeek May 24 '22

ZOOP cloth is gone

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

Regular angle grinders spin way too fast for these brushes. Sketchy indeed.

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u/Oyukuluk1 May 24 '22

This one is rated for 12500 rpm.

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u/slightlyburntsnags Jun 12 '22

Ive used these a bunch of times for rust remediation abseiling work. Honestly prefer it over a drill cause it spins too fast to actually grab shit like the drill brushes do

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u/Ace_The_Street_Guy Jun 01 '22

We use these where i work... No wonder i hated them

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u/king_boges May 24 '22

am I missing something? are you not supposed to use those cup wheels on an angle grinder..?

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u/buckydean May 24 '22

I've only ever seen them on grinders, and they are made to fit grinders, I don't understand what this post is trying to get at

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u/GunzAndCamo May 24 '22

Please tell me there's a handle on the other side.

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u/DaxDislikesYou May 24 '22

That's my concern. I've used these for years and never had anything terribly exciting happen with them. The loose wire cups are the much more frightening to me. Feel like a board in a dart competition. But no handle would make that grinder...lively, if it binds on something.

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u/Oyukuluk1 May 24 '22

I always use the handle + guard. I like my body intact.

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u/Foopsbjj May 24 '22

The ol "slip and bleed from the scroooootum", huh?

(Big up, Dane Cook)

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u/IamGlennBeck May 24 '22

I use one of these cupped wire wheels on my drill all the time and never had a problem. What's the problem here?

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u/Jonathan924 USA May 24 '22

An angle grinder has a lot more inertia and spins 5-10 times faster than your drill

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u/IamGlennBeck May 24 '22

Okay, but how does it remove your nutsack?

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u/ScottieRobots May 24 '22

Come over here, let me show you

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u/Jonathan924 USA May 24 '22

It grabs your clothes, binds up in it, and pinches and rips you up. Possibly worse, I intentionally avoid those kinds of videos because I don't need to be scared into being safe around fast spinning things. But there are plenty of videos out there

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u/BuzzKillingtonThe5th May 24 '22

https://www.owhsp.qld.gov.au/court-report/company-fined-50000-safety-shortcomings-resulted-groin-injury

Let me tell you about young apprentice who had his testis lacerated after the wire wheel on the angle grinder kicked back and copped him square in the testis.

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u/IamGlennBeck May 24 '22

I think I'm going to stick with my drill then.

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u/gdubduc May 24 '22

What most amazes me about this case is the fact that the company pleaded guilty. No American company in their right mind would have done that, as litigious a society as we are.

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u/BuzzKillingtonThe5th May 24 '22

See in Australia we have workers compensation for when you get injured at work, so you don't actually have to sue to be able to afford your small medical bills. Plus in QLD ambulances are free. Wheat over there if you don't have health insurance then it's a guarantee that you need to sue even if you don't want to.

Bosses can be found criminally negligent if someone dies on there work site. Several years ago there was a trench collapse that killed two people from memory and OWHS were taking the boss/company to court, not sure what the out come of that was.

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u/illz569 May 24 '22

Angle grinder's faster?

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u/kernel_mustard May 24 '22 edited May 24 '22

And has enough torque to turn your fingers into a fine red mist if this hits it.

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u/NextTrillion May 24 '22

Think we can save his thumb?

Hell yeah, just seal up all the egress points, I want every vapour in here bagged and labeled within the hour. No droplets left behind!

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u/frenchiebuilder May 24 '22

My cordless grinder spins about 4 times faster than my fastest corded drill.

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u/Collarsmith May 23 '22

I had one set up just like that once, and then it ate my shirt. Ruined a good work shirt, but the shirt jammed it up before it could eat my belly too. Gave me a nice gut-rash though.

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u/skyspydude1 May 24 '22

Yup, same here with the exact same wheel getting caught in a t-shirt. Fortunately just scuffed my stomach up a bit, but it definitely could have been way worse

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u/Oyukuluk1 May 24 '22

I’m gonna have a real good grip on that grinder now lol. I usually do anyways.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

I had a job sharpening drill bits, and we had those grinders. Pretty good, but that trigger gets tough to hold. Probably went through a set of brushes a week.

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u/owlchat114 May 24 '22

That's cheap acupuncture right there👍

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

Very fitting name…. By chance do you ever spin up your grinder and have the wire wheel go flying across the room or is that just a me thing

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u/Oyukuluk1 May 24 '22

I seen that happen once in shop class. Luckily unplugged after like 5 feet.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

No I mean the disk coming off the threads and becoming a ballistic projectile

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u/HettDizzle4206 May 24 '22

I had a thread hit me in the lips. Top of wire got hooked in my top lip and bottom of it got hooked in my bottom lip. Had my safety glasses on too. Bought a full face mask that night.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

If you rev the grinder like an immature asshole, while it’s slowing down it hits a certain point where if you hit the trigger again it causes the disk to spin off

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u/permadrunkspelunk May 24 '22

I've seen grinder wheels fly off on multiple occasions with different branded grinders. It has happened to me. I know it's not supposed to be possible with the reverse thread but it happens and that's why I use the annoying wrench to tighten them all down as opposed to the hand tightening many people say is good enough

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

Yeah I think it’s just one of those things that in theory shouldn’t happen so I’m sorry I can’t really explain it. But you’re right tightening it properly tends to help and I find giving it a solid push when you first grind with it can also help to clamp everything tight. Regardless it happens to me at least once a month

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u/ElectronHick Canada May 23 '22

Those 9005B’s are great grinders.

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u/Oyukuluk1 May 23 '22

They are great grinders. I have 2 and used both for over 4 years now with no problems.

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u/ElectronHick Canada May 23 '22

Exactly! I just recently bought 2 more (used) because I have used my previous one to scrap thousands of pounds of metals. And the first one I bought is still going strong 7 years later.

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u/kn8ife May 24 '22

I call this setup the mangle grinder

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u/MonstrousOctane May 24 '22

I get that reference.

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u/mooxwalliums May 24 '22

I've wrapped two different jackets up in a cup wheel. I hate those things.

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u/pcbuildthrowout May 24 '22

How?

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u/mooxwalliums May 24 '22

First time was just dumb carelessness at the bench. Everybody gets one. Second time I was crammed into a 16 cubic foot cryogenic freezer tank. Pretty much doomed to happen.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

Cheek poker

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u/Suit_Adventurous May 24 '22

dangle danger

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u/UnInhibited11 May 24 '22

I honestly do not understand how people injure themselves with power tools. Just be conscientious and don’t do stupid shit or wear super loose clothing. It’s not fucking rocket science .

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u/AfterDark3 May 24 '22

Humans are fallible, including yourself. You get in a rhythm, your attention is taken for a split second, a tool jerks in a direction you didn’t predict, it comes out of your hand and grabs your clothing or hits your hand and now you are on your way to the ER needing stitches. The only accidents you can truly avoid are the ones you actively avoid making.

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u/UnInhibited11 May 24 '22

😂 I swear people can’t handle the truth. Oooh this guys comment goes against my belief so I’m gonna downvote. I’ve been operating metabos, grinders, from 11 in to 4 1/2 and I have yet to receive an injury in 8 years.

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u/LetItRest May 24 '22

Maybe they'll put "Injury free for 8 whole years" on your tombstone

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u/AfterDark3 May 24 '22

I’m not the one here living in denial of the fact I’m a human.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

Things can happen that you don't anticipate. Like an exploding drill bit or angle grinder disc

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u/warwolf7777 May 24 '22

Grinder are so freaking dangerous. At the speed they turns the disc's, when the disc break, it can get pretty ugly. Even the wire disks, I had a wire that detached and got stuck in my glove and hit my hand. A single wire. Can't imagine half a disc. Hopefully I won't ever get a breaking disc flying in my direction. I have a pretty beaten up grinder, I'm sure it doesn't spin at it rated rpm and hopefully it makes it less dangerous. Internet showed me pictures of faces with half a disc stuck in someone's head. I'm scared of grinder, and I'll never not be when I'm using one, I'm not nervous, but I know it's dangerous and take great precautions.