[TheForge] grinder stupidity

[Dave Brown]

Ouch!  Makes one think a little differently about the paddle switch ones.

Heal fast and well.

Dave Brown

At 22:01 12/17/03, you wrote:
>it was near the end of the day yesterday and i was buffing andirons with a 
>cup wheel on a 4.5" grinder. the andirons were sitting on the work table 
>and were about shoulder height. i was buffing a scroll element and thought 
>i had a good grip on the grinder....wrong. the wheel caught an edge and 
>(being an on/off switch) flew back toward my face and hit my jaw and went 
>down my neck to my shoulder. i could tell by the feel that it did some 
>damage. you sort of get used to how much damage you do to yourself (burns, 
>nicks, cuts bruises etc.) by the way it feels, then if its not too bad, 
>patch it up and go back to work. my jaw and neck were a bit of a bloody 
>mess as i chased the spinning grinder around the shop floor. i imagine 
>watching the episode was somewhat comical in retrospect.
>long story short...i won't be shaving the right side of my face for a 
>little while. wine and ibuprophen was the order of the evening. i was 
>lucky. be careful out there in smithy land.
>john emmerling
>
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