Shop safety.....a reminder.
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Shop safety.....a reminder.
Just a reminder to wear eye protection, and gloves when cutting and grinding!
Seems like it takes some kind of blood letting or near death experience to remind me to put the safety gear back on. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.....
I've gotten much better about wearing safety glasses, but the gloves can be a PIA sometimes.
Yesterday I was trimming a piece of bar stock in the vice with a cutoff wheel/angle grinder. As I finished the cut, the waste piece was thrown off by the wheel, hitting my finger at a high rate of speed.
After much cussing and a dance of pain, it seems the damage is minor.
Luckily the piece of metal was blunt and not pointed.
Painful reminder to wear my gloves!
Seems like it takes some kind of blood letting or near death experience to remind me to put the safety gear back on. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.....
I've gotten much better about wearing safety glasses, but the gloves can be a PIA sometimes.
Yesterday I was trimming a piece of bar stock in the vice with a cutoff wheel/angle grinder. As I finished the cut, the waste piece was thrown off by the wheel, hitting my finger at a high rate of speed.
After much cussing and a dance of pain, it seems the damage is minor.
Luckily the piece of metal was blunt and not pointed.
Painful reminder to wear my gloves!
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Thanks for the reminder. I'm not a fan of glove and have the hardest time remembering to wear them.
I've flash burned my eyes too many times to not wear eye protection when welding. I also wear the safety glasses when cutting and grinding. If I'm going to be doing a lot of grinding I even put in ear plugs
Glad you're OK
Bobby
I've flash burned my eyes too many times to not wear eye protection when welding. I also wear the safety glasses when cutting and grinding. If I'm going to be doing a lot of grinding I even put in ear plugs
Glad you're OK
Bobby
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I keep an open pak of super fine steel wool on a low shelf because I'm always reaching for a pad to polish something or other. Once I was using a hand grinder, totally absorbed in the shaping and not watching where the sparks were going. They should also market that stuff as a professional fire starter.
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I was replacing the headlight bulbs on my 56 Fairlane and noticed the stainless ring was looking pretty bad. Was only going to take a minute so no gloves or face shield. I was very careful how I held the ring so it would not catch and polished it without a problem. Walking back to the car I noticed one tiny spot I had missed and returned to touch it up. The second the buffer touched the thin stainless ring it ripped it though my un-gloved hands sent it into my forehead slicing a nice gash as it destroyed the ring. A trip to the ER a few stitches and a new headlight ring and all is well again. Needless to say the buffer and grinder DO NOT get used without eye and hand protection.
Scars are still there 5 years latter.
No scar from this one but it hurt for over a year.
Fortunately I wasn't that good looking before
Scars are still there 5 years latter.
No scar from this one but it hurt for over a year.
Fortunately I wasn't that good looking before
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I was replacing the headlight bulbs on my 56 Fairlane and noticed the stainless ring was looking pretty bad. Was only going to take a minute so no gloves or face shield. I was very careful how I held the ring so it would not catch and polished it without a problem. Walking back to the car I noticed one tiny spot I had missed and returned to touch it up. The second the buffer touched the thin stainless ring it ripped it though my un-gloved hands sent it into my forehead slicing a nice gash as it destroyed the ring. A trip to the ER a few stitches and a new headlight ring and all is well again. Needless to say the buffer and grinder DO NOT get used without eye and hand protection.
Scars are still there 5 years latter.
No scar from this one but it hurt for over a year.
Fortunately I wasn't that good looking before
Scars are still there 5 years latter.
No scar from this one but it hurt for over a year.
Fortunately I wasn't that good looking before
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Good stuff. Need these reminders often. I'm pretty careful in my old age, but I can't get past the loss of "feel" with "mechanics gloves" on general work. I always wear leather gloves when working with sheet metal, and holding items on the drill press.
I cringe watching these TV shows where fab people wear only eye protection while placing their Mug in direct line with cutting wheels..... usually without gloves.
I cringe watching these TV shows where fab people wear only eye protection while placing their Mug in direct line with cutting wheels..... usually without gloves.