[TheForge] Fatal acccident

[Andrew Vida]

On 11/17/14, 4:11 PM, peter fels & phoebe palmer wrote:
> With a big buffer and a sharpened blade, it could well go right 
> through some ribs.
> All the kinetic energy of the rotating motor armature, etc, plus the 
> power output of the motor,
>  can be transmitted nicely to the snagged workpiece.
> This sort of tool can easily be as dangerous as a power hammer!
     Far more dangerous.  Things happen a LOT faster.  This is why 1800 
rpm is far and away safer than the faster units.  My bigger buffer is 
sitting idle and I'm not sure I will ever make use of it again.  It is 
THAT hairy a beast.