Angle grinder discs can explode and easily hospitalize you in the blink of an eye, even if you do nothing wrong. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be using angle grinders, this just means you should have a certain level of respect, and handling capability when operating these tools. Plus wear PPE, it’s super cheap health insurance. A blade getting lodged in your face shield will rattle the shit out of you. But it won’t rattle the shit out of your brains.
I think this is something that we lack with guns on a more broad context, for various reasons.
Likewise, a lot of roofing guys will use modified nail guns because retail nailguns are rather annoying to use, and bump nailing makes for incredibly fast work. Which makes everyone happy. However they can be dangerous, which is why most people, presumably a lot of recent roofers included, won’t actually use bump nailing. Granted nails aren’t as likely to be fatal, they’re still fuckin spooky. At the end of the day, it comes down to having a certain level of respect for tools, and the machines you work with.
the way i think about it is like a power tool.
Angle grinder discs can explode and easily hospitalize you in the blink of an eye, even if you do nothing wrong. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be using angle grinders, this just means you should have a certain level of respect, and handling capability when operating these tools. Plus wear PPE, it’s super cheap health insurance. A blade getting lodged in your face shield will rattle the shit out of you. But it won’t rattle the shit out of your brains.
I think this is something that we lack with guns on a more broad context, for various reasons.
Likewise, a lot of roofing guys will use modified nail guns because retail nailguns are rather annoying to use, and bump nailing makes for incredibly fast work. Which makes everyone happy. However they can be dangerous, which is why most people, presumably a lot of recent roofers included, won’t actually use bump nailing. Granted nails aren’t as likely to be fatal, they’re still fuckin spooky. At the end of the day, it comes down to having a certain level of respect for tools, and the machines you work with.