Do not abuse your power tools - They can get upset!

[grollies]

On 12/9/2018 at 8:14 AM, Crossy said:

super brained, highly qualified, vastly experienced, incredibly intelligent engineer

Stretching it a bit? Your mate has been living here too long, this is something a Thai farmer would do.....in fact, no, I don't even think a Thai farmer could be so crazy. We got loads of repair shops round here.

[RocketDog]

I'm looking for a grinder attachment for my chainsaw.

 

Any suggestions?

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[Crossy]

An update from the guilty party.

 

Finally pics of the offending disk cutter and stupid 8" circular saw blade. Please post as a warning to all wood be wood chippers. About 7 weeks now and still not 100% healed up around my ankle and have to take care when walking (still with a stick) not to put strain on the broken bones.

 

 

EDIT Since the offender has come clean and posted his photos I've removed them from this post to save bandwidth, just scroll down a bit ????

 

[Ks45672]

On 12/11/2018 at 1:15 PM, Crossy said:

No, but as an apprentice I was sent to stores for a long weight (usually about 30 minutes), left handed spanner (playing on my kak-handedness) and other assorted nonsense items. When I had apprentices of my own did I do the same to them? Of course I did, rites of passage and the like.

A can of stripey paint is another good one, and the bubble out a spirit level 

[colinneil]

50 minutes ago, Ks45672 said:

A can of stripey paint is another good one, and the bubble out a spirit level 

Best 1 i used on a young lad, sent him to a supply store for a left handed sky hook.

Now the bloke in the store was used to this 1, told the lad no, but if you go to this store maybe they will have 1.

About 6 hours later the lad came back, all hot and bothered, sorry Colin cant get 1 anywhere, no problems lad i will just use the right handed 1, never dawned on him it was just a prank.

[MiKT]

I have finally been able to hop over to the tool shed and get some pictures of the offending weapon, so its time for me to save dear Crossy some blushes and own up to the absolutely inexcusable stupidity of what I did.

 

This is a huge angle grinder that we bought about 3 years ago when we had a lot of ceramic tiles to cut, but it soon became apparent that it was much too powerful for ease of use and no Thai's would touch it, so it just languished until I had my bright idea.

 

It is now forbidden for anybody to use it.

 

Any idea's what to do with it?

 

Of course it does not have a safety brake and it went on running for a few seconds after I dropped it. Fortunately I was not 100% stupid (but very, very, very close) and did not lock-in the continuously running button or for sure I would be missing a foot now.

 

Just for once I was not wearing flip flops, just Nikes' with socks, I think this helped a bit when going to the clinics and hospitals as it was easier to hold my foot together. Of course when using any free power tool you should have steel capped safety boots - I have them but...... Sigh.

But, funny when you think about it...………….I was wearing safety glasses! 555.

 

Anybody need a left foot size 10 blue Nike?

 

Just to emphasize how dangerous this is, it is more than 10 weeks since I had the accident (does such obviously stupid thing actually count as an accident?) and the cut over my ankle is still not healed up. Plus of course it actually cut through the bone in places and although a recent x-ray showed it was knitting together ok, it still is not easy to walk without a stick.

 

NB I think using my own supplies of Bactigras (not available in BR hospital -but available in Bangkok Hospitals group of hospitals and all good Thai pharmacies) plus liberal use of an antiseptic ointment when changing my dressings (twice daily at first) helped prevent infection (plus some antibiotics).

 

As I said above, somewhere, I don't really know why I did such a stupid thing, but with 2 hands it was ok until the blade stuck, then it simply ripped itself out of my hands, which I should have anticipated.

 

Even using a saw blade on a 4" angle grinder could have the same results, once the blade sticks it kicks back with tremendous force and even with 2 hands can get completely out of control.

 

So whatever you do please do not try this at home (or anywhere) could have been a wife or child standing near me (or a dog) with even more tragic consequences.

 

DONT DO IT. PLEASE DON'T

 

Pics of angle grinder and foot (as of now) attached below

 

[johng]

You could convert the angle grinder to a table saw.....and buy an axe for chopping trees.

[RocketDog]

Wow, that is indeed a beast of a grinder. If you're like me you figure more power in tools is better, and mostly true when used for their intended purpose. 

 

I suppose you might be able to use it with a sanding disk but probably wouldn't be very effective. 

 

Glad to hear you are recovering. 

[stud858]

Im amazed you can buy an angle grinder and use it without training and a licence. The are dangerous to people with poor cognition. 

 

I remind myself to be very aware and determined when flicking the switch. Keep a steady stance, solid slightly outreached grip with soft pressure. No need to rush. Bit at a time. The on off mechanism on these things is not safe at all.

 

Once bitten twice shy.

[MiKT]

Not sure about the poor cognition bit, I have 3 other angle grinders and so far have not had any significant  problems with any of them. but the big one is a real beast and I certainly do not recommend anyone to ever handle one, let alone buy one. It weighs about 8 Kg (17 lbs) so definitely not a one handed tool

 

I seem to remember it being on sale just at the time we were cutting a lot of tiles, etc and it looked like a good buy, but no Thais would use it.

 

Yes, it was a good buy - good-by to your foot.

 

It is relegated to angle grinder heaven from now on.

 

[VocalNeal]

On 12/11/2018 at 1:15 PM, Crossy said:

No, but as an apprentice I was sent to stores for a long weight (usually about 30 minutes), left handed spanner (playing on my kak-handedness) and other assorted nonsense items. When I had apprentices of my own did I do the same to them? Of course I did, rites of passage and the like.

I went to the stores one day for something and was told they were out of stock. Accustomed to the procedures i asked why the store keeper had not given me and "out of stock' chit. Apparently they were out of stock of out of stock chits.

Edited January 9, 2019 by VocalNeal

[MiKT]

On ‎1‎/‎8‎/‎2019 at 7:00 PM, RocketDog said:

Wow, that is indeed a beast of a grinder. If you're like me you figure more power in tools is better, and mostly true when used for their intended purpose. 

 

I suppose you might be able to use it with a sanding disk but probably wouldn't be very effective. 

 

Glad to hear you are recovering. 

I forgot to say thanks for your good wishes. Ta Very Much.

[sometimewoodworker]

On 1/8/2019 at 8:14 PM, MiKT said:

Not sure about the poor cognition bit, I have 3 other angle grinders and so far have not had any significant  problems with any of them. but the big one is a real beast and I certainly do not recommend anyone to ever handle one, let alone buy one. It weighs about 8 Kg (17 lbs) so definitely not a one handed tool

 

I seem to remember it being on sale just at the time we were cutting a lot of tiles, etc and it looked like a good buy, but no Thais would use it.

 

Yes, it was a good buy - good-by to your foot.

 

It is relegated to angle grinder heaven from now on.

 

We have one of those, it doesn't get too much use due to the weight but it's a good machine.

 

Unfortunately it is possible to fit a circular saw blade to a machine never designed for it. Sad to say you have experienced one of the reasons why it's a terrible idea to do that. Equally it is a bad idea to take off the guard that might mitigate the damage that can be done.

 

I sincerely hope that your recovery is complete in due course.

 

I am am a little confused, who had the idea to put a circular saw  cutting blade on to a machine (whose very name tells you) is designed to grind.

 

I hope that others can benefit from your incident. Also keeping to the fittings designed to be used with a machine, and using a machine to do the things it was designed for.

[sometimewoodworker]

On 1/8/2019 at 6:00 PM, RocketDog said:

Wow, that is indeed a beast of a grinder. If you're like me you figure more power in tools is better, and mostly true when used for their intended purpose. 

 

I suppose you might be able to use it with a sanding disk but probably wouldn't be very effective. 

 

Glad to hear you are recovering. 

I haven't found flap discs for that size machine, the 4” are easy to find but I've never seen the 7" ones in the usual shops.

 

If available they would work well.

Edited January 11, 2019 by sometimewoodworker