{"id":2687,"date":"2009-02-02T12:07:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2009-02-02T12:07:48","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T17:07:48","slug":"grindhouse-the-home-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2687","title":{"rendered":"Grindhouse: the Home Version"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little Killer on Your Workbench<\/em><\/p>\n

A while back I complained that my 6″ bench grinder was not big enough, and I wrote about getting a different machine. I considered buying another bench grinder, but I am now dead-set against it, and here’s why: those things are extremely dangerous.<\/p>\n

I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. The wheels come apart, and guess where the pieces can end up? Inside your skull. Or where your teeth used to be. <\/p>\n

Here’s more wonderful information: angle grinders are dangerous too. If you Google, you’ll find a story about one that came apart. The wheel fragments entered a man’s TORSO. You can wear a face shield to protect your head. How do you protect the rest of you? Think of all the things you’re exposing to the grinder when you work. That list contains a lot of stuff you really don’t want to have mutilated by flying debris.<\/p>\n

You really have to be careful to keep the guard between you and the wheel. If not, you’re inviting truly hideous injuries.<\/p>\n

The more I think about it, the more I think belt grinders are better. They’re faster. They’re a hundred times as versatile. They don’t get hot. They use cheaper, faster motors. And they are a lot less likely to maim you.<\/p>\n

In fact, I’m even thinking I may get a little pneumatic belt grinder to replace my angle grinder. Why risk being perforated if you don’t have to? And a little grinder like that would probably do much better work.<\/p>\n

Bench grinders are weird, because they seem so much safer than they are. It’s very obvious that a table saw can mess you up. Nobody with any brains would take chances with a lit torch or a nail gun. But grinders look perfectly harmless. Most people wear no safety equipment at all when they use them.<\/p>\n

Glad I learned this before splurging on a big Death Grinder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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