Dangerous tools

[stevensuf]

plus one on those cutting discs i had 3 shatter just trying to enlarge speaker wholes in the fiberglass, they didn't embed in anything though. the metal discs with diamond tips shatter far less frequently.

 

[capetown]

And for old pharts you can get these and still see what you're doing!

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[joliette]

You only need one tool.

This is it., does everything you need.
It's a chisel, it's a saw, it's a sander. Clean and safe.

http://www.multimaster.info/en_uk/

I second that. I love my Fein! I can't imagine boatbuilding without it.

 

[nigelmercier]

I bought their fibreglass reinforced wheels which last much longer and are cheaper in the long run...

Not to mention being less frustrating

I've got a very similar (but blue) rotary tool on my PCB drilling jig, you need high speed for the carbide bits. If it were my only such tool, I would never use it at this speed for anything else.

On the subject of dangerous tools, I once tried to power-plane the side of a small block of wood while I held it in my hand. 30 years later, I still don't have fingerprints on the two fingers that went into the plane.

 

[DownWest]

On the subject of dangerous tools, I once tried to power-plane the side of a small block of wood while I held it in my hand. 30 years later, I still don't have fingerprints on the two fingers that went into the plane.

Friend did this the other day. On returning from A+E, he was amazed how high up the wall the bloodstains went.

On the OP, I bought a very similar tool from the local B&Q . €20. Great for all sorts of small jobs, except the disks. After trying three and seeing the bits fly all over the place, the others went in the bin.
DW

 

[Seajet]

A chum of mine, a very good sailor & engineer ( usually ) grew a moustache, to cover the scars from a disintegrating grinding wheel hitting him in the face; lucky he doesn't need an eye-patch...

 

[Lakesailor]

Last year I had a 115mm skinny disc trap and shatter, lost control of the grinder and it started to chew my crutch up. Faced with singing soprano, I stopped the remains of the disc rotating with my hand. Dangly bits only just bruised and abraded, but I needed 7 stitches in my hand
The boys even had a sweep on how many stitches would be inserted

Oh yes. I had a frightening experience with an angle grinder. It was switched to "run" and jammed in a piece of angle iron I was cutting. It nearly broke my thumb as it wrenched out of the workpiece and corkscrewed up in the air.
It must have gone up 8 or 10 feet and I was kneeling on the ground.
Luckily it didn't land on me as it was, of course, still running.

As will usually be the case when something like this happens, I had removed the guard to give me better access to the cut.

I never use one without the guard now.