Norwich Nick
Well-Known Member
Now I’ll start this by saying you’re all grown adults here and know how to do a risk assessment.
Recently I had been reading a build thread where a discussion started about grinding / cut off discs, in particular the fact they have a use by date which many were unaware of.
I am aware of this as one of my first jobs involved smashing cutting blades into a moving stone wheel to sharpen them, this is one of the most dangerous ways to use an abrasive stone. The training course obviously covered the health and safety side of it, showing what to check for etc. I’m sure if you Google it there are plenty of videos showing discs etc exploding.
The reason I bring this up now, which you may have already guessed, is I have a stack of old discs of various function, the thread should have been a red flag but being me I took the attitude of, what’s the worst that can happen!
I already know this because I’ve seen the videos and always picture a member off here, standing inside a gtturbo engine bay, white as a sheet, with half a cut off disc stuck in the groin area of his jeans, whenever I use the angle grinder.
I put a new old cut off disc in the angle grinder to cut a 10mm rod down by the same amount, obviously I was dress in the appropriate ppe of joggers and tee shirt with my safety squints on. I got half way through and felt an almight blow to my stomach which stopped me dead. The disc had disintegrated and sent parts flying into me, luckily they weren’t massive and did no real damage.
Check your discs and don’t become complacent people
Recently I had been reading a build thread where a discussion started about grinding / cut off discs, in particular the fact they have a use by date which many were unaware of.
I am aware of this as one of my first jobs involved smashing cutting blades into a moving stone wheel to sharpen them, this is one of the most dangerous ways to use an abrasive stone. The training course obviously covered the health and safety side of it, showing what to check for etc. I’m sure if you Google it there are plenty of videos showing discs etc exploding.
The reason I bring this up now, which you may have already guessed, is I have a stack of old discs of various function, the thread should have been a red flag but being me I took the attitude of, what’s the worst that can happen!
I already know this because I’ve seen the videos and always picture a member off here, standing inside a gtturbo engine bay, white as a sheet, with half a cut off disc stuck in the groin area of his jeans, whenever I use the angle grinder.
I put a new old cut off disc in the angle grinder to cut a 10mm rod down by the same amount, obviously I was dress in the appropriate ppe of joggers and tee shirt with my safety squints on. I got half way through and felt an almight blow to my stomach which stopped me dead. The disc had disintegrated and sent parts flying into me, luckily they weren’t massive and did no real damage.
Check your discs and don’t become complacent people
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