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RustyFarmall

05-18-2005 13:27:29




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I was using my angle grinder, equipped with a cup brush to remove paint and rust from a pto shield for my M. The brush caught on the edge of the shield and immediately removed itself from my hands. Out of the corner of an eye I saw the grinder go air born, about as high as the cord would let it. It came back down, zoomed across the work bench sort of like a drag racer, and then landed on the floor, still running. I picked it up, and continued on, thinking about how lucky I was. The wire brush had managed to dance across my knuckles, but barely even broke the skin. It was a genuine Kodak moment, but no one was there to capture it, and I refuse to repeat it.

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Tim...Ok

05-19-2005 14:11:07




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
Glad it missed ya for the most part..I had one literally rip the shirt off my back..wheel caught in the front of my shirt,split the shirt right up my back and wadded the whole mess around the wheel before it stopped,only thing I had left was the cuff around each wrist..they can be pretty dangerous tools



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Bryan in iowa

05-19-2005 09:38:50




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
If you want to see just how fast some of these tools are ,check out .www.powertooldragraces.com
incredible what some of these guys come up with. Seen them race on TV couple times also . 75 ft wood track , they run saws, grinders , routers , chain saws ,you name it ,,differant classes etc . Pretty wild .



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pbutler

05-19-2005 05:53:29




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
In hindsight we had a VERY scary moment when I was about 8 years old. Had just traded our old Minneapolis U for a 4020. My grandfather was on the tractor and hired man and myself were on either side of a pull type plow.

As he went to raise the plow we heard a loud POP and the plow dropped. We couldn't figure out what happened till we looked at the hydraulic cylinder rod and it was GONE. It has blown apart so fast we never even saw it-found it buried in the dirt about 30feet behind the tractor.

I am sure it scared my grandfather, and to this day I hate to think what would have happened if either of us had been standing beind the plow instead of in front of it.

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buickanddeere

05-19-2005 11:51:55




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 Re: Amazing in reply to pbutler, 05-19-2005 05:53:29  
Amazing how many people will connect a low pressure hydraulic device to a high pressure system. It"s a long way from 1250 psi to 2250psi or 2750psi.



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Jeff63

05-19-2005 03:36:47




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
I work at a tool and die shop. There is a machine called a toolpost grinder that attaches to a lathe and you can change speeds by swapping belts, 3000 rpm to 30,000 rpm. One of the guys made the error of winding a 6 inch grinding wheel to 30,000, it took about a half second to explode. When it did a piece about 1/2" x 1" hit another employee in the sholder, glanced off his sholder blade clipped the top of his lung and wound up behind his heart. Not much different than being shot with a rifle bullet. Another piece blew a hole in the metal roof that you could put your hand through. He survived after emergency surgery and has one heck of a story to tell but the main point of this is that this grinder looks to be the least dangerous machine in our shop but it came very close to killing someone.

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Don-WI

05-18-2005 20:03:52




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
I've had 1 or 2 9" grinding disks explode on me at work and hit my leg MAN OH MAN did that first one really hurt. The guy before me was using the middle of the wheel and thinned it out, then when I used it I was putting pressure on the outside. KABLEWEY. I went a little kablewey myself on the guy I work with for using the middle of the wheel like that.
Donovan from Wisconsin



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NC Wayne

05-18-2005 19:13:28




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
It is amazing what a tool can do when something goes wrong. I had the grinding wheel on a KO Lee tool grinder come apart one time while I was using it. Figure the wheel was 6 inches in diameter and maybe 3/4 thick and weighed about 1 pound total. Bad thing was it turnes at a pretty high RPM and when it came apart part of it stayed on the spindle. The grinder probably weighs about 500 - 600 pounds and it was dancing across the floor like it was a paper bag in a wind storm. It really made me think about guards over the wheels, etc, especially when I found out the piece that came off traveled nearly 30 feet across the shop and went right by my head on it's way there..... .Sometimes we just get lucky...Glad you weren't hurt....

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Davis In SC

05-18-2005 19:55:06




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 Re: Amazing in reply to NC Wayne, 05-18-2005 19:13:28  
People do not realize the speed that a grinding wheel is turning. I once calculated that the outside of the 8 inch wheel on the surface grinder was moving over 90 mph. I had 2 wheels to explode in 2 weeks for no reason... I changed brands of grinding wheels. Visitors to the shop all want to stand right in the "Line of fire" of the wheel..... . They think I am crazy when I tell them to stand back...

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easy

05-19-2005 01:42:52




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 Re: Amazing in reply to Davis In SC, 05-18-2005 19:55:06  
Do you "ring" your wheels to check for hidden cracks? I was taught to do that years ago. I saw a large grinder wheel let go once. A piece of it hit a block wall about 10 ft. away - and cracked the block. A guy I was working with had a rubber wheel blow up on a die grinder. Part of the wheel went up and hit a 8 ft. floresent light fixture, that wasn't properly mounted. The fixture dropped down, hit the guy in the head, no serious damage, just scared the he:: out of all of us. It happened very fast too. Easy.

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Stickler

05-19-2005 17:57:58




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 Re: Amazing in reply to easy, 05-19-2005 01:42:52  
We ring our wheels at work, and i do at home too. I've found four cracked brand new ones over the years.



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Kent in NB

05-18-2005 18:56:11




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
Mine got hold of my sleeve, and took a 2-inch patch of skin off. Happened just that fast. Healed up well,covered it in iodine real quick, and never got infected.



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Stickler

05-18-2005 18:43:16




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
At work one of our safety rules is that all trigger locks have to be removed from power tools. Won't stop one from getting flung like that, but at least they don't continue to run unattended like yours did.

Glad you're OK.



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Stickler

05-18-2005 18:39:01




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
At work one of our safety rules is that all trigger locks have to be removed from power tools. Won't stop one from getting flung like that, but at least they don't continue to run unattended like yours did.

Glad you're OK.



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BLT

05-18-2005 18:07:56




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
Hey Rusty, I have a scar about 6 inches long on my left forarm from the same thing. Sure did hurt!



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SJ

05-18-2005 14:31:42




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
Wow your lucky day. I had a little mishap also today. I was mowing my lawn with my JD GT262 and I have a pond with a pretty steep embankment before you get to the water.So I was zippin along in 4th gear and when I went to whip the steering wheel around to avoid the embankment.Holy Moly my wheels didnt turn!!! Man I went over the embankment with all my might on both pedals(my legs are still locked in place,LOL)mower skidded all the way to the water scared the bejesus outta me.Well anyways that little ball joint popped outta the steering rod,first time my little JD let me down after 8 seasons when I bought her new.
Be Careful Folks
Stan

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3010 Ken

05-18-2005 14:12:00




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 Re: Amazing in reply to RustyFarmall, 05-18-2005 13:27:29  
Hey Rusty;Beeeee ee Caaaaa arrrrr eful.Makes me remember some of my close calls.Whew!!! Kenny



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Harley

05-18-2005 17:00:39




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 Re: Amazing in reply to 3010 Ken, 05-18-2005 14:12:00  
THAT'S what I heard from up there today. I was out in the woods clearing with my toy and I heard this gosh awful howling and I thought it was the rain squall coming from Allan's country or something. Them things can definately hurt ya Rusty. Had a grinding wheel in mine the other day doing a little work on the harley pipes and of course you have to take that stupid guard off the second hour you get the machine to get it to go anywhere, and I looked down and man, that wheel, going about a gajillion miles per hour was about a quarter inch away from the back of my hand. Really makes you think. Glad it didn't leave you a lefty, Harley

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terryjd

05-19-2005 15:24:52




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 Re: Amazing in reply to Harley, 05-18-2005 17:00:39  
Your right sometimes you have to remove the guard to get the grinder to go where you want it to. I was using a 5 1/2" grinder without a guard a few years ago cutting some steel about waist high. The grinder kind of bound then bounced back at me catching my upper leg. It cut through my jeans and left about a 6 inch burn down my leg. Leg wasn't cut not sure why it was just a burn, but still way painfull. That night I did think if that grinder went a little to the left and and 3 inches higher my wife might have been upset with the resulting wound and I would have been upset myself then lol. I always wore saftey glasses and gloves to be safe now won't use the trigger lock and won't use a grinder without a guard. I guess a person should use all the saftey rules all the time, things happen just too fast.

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