[TheForge] Fatal acccident

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

Most professionals remove the wheel guard Bruce. Put bluntly.
Even with the guard, once the brush or buff has worn down some, there's 
enough clearance for a workpiece to be whipped around the wheel.

On 11/17/2014 2:57 PM, Bruce . wrote:
> With or without the standard ~270* guard?
>
> Granted, without a guard, you're taking your life in your hands.
>
> I'm trying to understand what happened so as to be able to prevent a
> recurrence.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:51 PM, peter fels & phoebe palmer <
> artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>
>> #1, He is Dead.
>> Buffing wheels and wire brushes can entangle a workpiece,
>> whip them 180 degrees or more around the wheel,
>> and launch them at high velocity into your head or body.
>> I've seen it happen half a dozen times personally!
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