[TheForge] Wire Wheel Safety

[Larry and Pat Brown]

I have been using a full face shield and safety glasses for years. I 
recommend them highly. Pulled a wire out of my cheek once and have had 
steel taken out of my eye by the Doctors more than once. If you feel 
something go into your eye, STOP, try not to blink, get to a mirror and see 
if you can get it out. Sometimes blinking embeds the piece into your eye 
and your off to the Doctors
L Brown

At 11:20 PM 8/12/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>   Seems like I got away clean again and even got a good cotton rag out
>of the deal.  While using a wire wheel on a 4.5" angle grinder(Metabo
>BTW, good grinders) to clean off the slag on some stick welds, I
>happened to get the wheel wrapped(rather tightly I might add) into my
>shirtail.  You know, the long one hanging out of my pants.   I probably
>realized this at about the same time the tail end of the grinder flew
>out of my hand and smacked hard into my clear shield.  Not to be
>didactic in any way but just as a friendly reminder, for those of you
>not wearing an apron, tuck your shirtail in and always wear a clear
>shield when you use your grinders.  I'm fairly safety conscious most of
>the time but have blown it more than once with a grinder(usually with a
>wire wheel attached).  Came away totally unscathed, no welt on my belly,
>no bloody nose or trip to Wills Eye Hospital.  Taken care of once again.
>
>Regards,
>Bill Woolley