[TheForge] Fatal acccident

[Andrew Vida]

A buffer is not meant to have a guard. A guard is a DANGER.

The biggest hazard posed by a buffer is not having the workpiece tossed 
back at you, but of getting something attached to your body caught up in 
it, drawing you in.  That is why you never wear a tie in front of a 
buffer, for example.

Mount a guard, and when your hand gets drawn in, it is pulled into what 
is effectively a knife.  No do dat.

On 11/17/14, 7:08 PM, peter fels & phoebe palmer wrote:
> 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.