RE: OT: DIY close shaves, was: OT: Cheap RotoZip Tools at B&Q

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

I had a very lucky escape last night, I was using a 9" Angle grinder
to cut
4" off the legth of a wall to make room for a shower enclosure. All of
a
sudden the angle grinder 'bit' in the slot I was grinding and flew upwards
towards my face, I just got my face out of the way to avoid getting the
handle of the AG in my eye.

I drew a few breaths and thought to myself, that was close! ( Was wearing
goggles, ear muffs and a dustmask)

Went to start cutting the wall again, and noticed that the grinding disc
was
missing! It had sheared off when the grinder 'bit' and I was so busy trying
to avoid a handle in the eye, that I never noticed the grinding disc flying
past my head at 4800 rpm!

You can never use enough safety equipment when using power tools!

Cheers, Des.

(Luckily not now the Van Gogh of the ukha world)


: Cheap RotoZip Tools at B&Q
>
>
> You still have both eyes?
>
> I did the same with a Dremel, but it was only cutting plastic
> curtain track.
> Flying bits of hot disc went screaming past my ears.  I now wear eye
> protection (sun glasses - safety (& coolness) first, DIY second
blah blah
> blah....!)
>
> P.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 April 2003 16:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT: Cheap RotoZip Tools at B&Q
>
>
> Well, I have been looking for a decent of oddjob powertool, ever since
the
> realisation that my Dremel is, to put it bluntly, a bit crappy. :
>
> result! I now have a rotozip kit from B&Q braehead (they have
plenty left,
> btw, and a goodly amount of attachments as well.
>
> I was pretty much gob-smacked, as the rotozip blasted it's way through
a
> paving slab as if it wasn't there. This tool is tough!
>
> Ian.
>
> ps> "learnt the hard way" when the bit says it's for
drywall, don't try
> ps> to
> cut through sheet metal with it ;)
>
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