My dad was using a 7" grinder yesterday and I'm not sure what happened, but he's got a gash in his knee about 1-1 1/2" long. Wheel was hot so it cauterized it right away atleast.
I've had stuff go under the visor on my hat and over the safety glasses and rest on my cheek or bounce off my eyelids already. The worst was a really hot metal chip when I was on a lathe once. The chip did the under & over trick, getting stuck between my face and the glasses. I was within .200" or so of the shoulder on the part I was turning and in one swift motion I threw the glasses off and shut off the feed on the lathe and I had a really nasty burn where it came to rest.
Another time I was using a 9" wheel on an angle grinder and the guy before me used the middle of the wheel. I came and used it on the outside, and the wheel turned into a grenade hitting me in the lower thighs (thankfully no higher) and it shredded my coveralls a little bit too. I chewed him a new one for using the middle of the wheel instead of the outside edge.
Dad has learned that 1 expensive wheel will outlast 5 cheap wheels anyday. This weekend we were starting on a major project that involves lots of grinding old and welding new steel. Being a weekend, the industrial supply stores were all closed so dad picked up a 5 pack of 4 1/2 x 1/4 x 7/8 wheels from Menards for $8 or $10. I used them all up and they wouldn't last more than 2 or 3 welds each. Monday dad went to Prax Air and after talking to the guy behind the counter, he bought 1 wheel of the same size as the menards wheels. So far he used the wheel for a full day and it's still going. It also costed about $8.00
In the long run, the more expensive wheels last a LOT longer than the cheapies. On a side note though, of all the cheap wheels we've used, I found the the Harbopr freight wheels actually gave better life others. And they come in a box of 10 for cheap.
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