[TheForge] Grinding caution...

[Ron Childers]

A friend was at my shop yesterday and told me he had a similar experience
with a wire wheel; wire slung off, penetrated his jeans and his left....He
said that made a case for leather aprons.

Ron Childers


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Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Grinding caution...


He probably would have stopped after the next layer....
Life is full of learning experiences, the sparks from a grinder will burn 
through leather if concentrated in the same spot long enough.
L Brown

At 04:24 PM 4/30/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Note to the gentlemen-
>
>When grinding steel, do NOT aim the stream of sparks at your crotch ;-0
>
>My roommate came in, to change his clothes. His wife is thankful he was
>wearing several layers- he had managed to burn through his sweatshirt,
>sweatpants, bdu shorts, and stopped at his undershorts, which thankfully
were
>made of cotton. And yes, if he had burned any further, he'd have managed to
>burn a MOST sensitive area of a gentleman's anatomy...
>
>
>Phlip

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