4 1/2" grinder with 7" disc + muscle memory for 4 1/2" disc = owwee...owwee....owwee...... http://www.jeeps-offroad.com/images/smilies/mecry.gif


sonuvab!tch that hurt.......... I GOTTA get a chop saw...http://www.jeeps-offroad.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

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Well that could have been much worse. I must know how it occured?

well..... it all started when my *cough* buddy *cough* (JamesT) pussed out on me sunday and left me hanging without a chopsaw..... I ran out of cutoff discs so I put a 7" disc from the skil saw on the 4 1/2" grinder...... it worked great for most of the day then I forgot about it and grabbed it without looking.... turned it on and when it started it torqued pretty hard and it bit me.... I threw it across the yard, put a bandaid on and went to Tractor Supply.... :D

well..... it all started when my *cough* buddy *cough* (JamesT) pussed out on me sunday and left me hanging without a chopsaw.....

That figures, friggen james...and the thumb is a crappy place to have an injury. :(

I gave up on the small grinder. I just dont want to have a prob with the big one.

I gave up on the small grinder. I just dont want to have a prob with the big one.

Thats a massive grinder.. My neighbor let me borrow his that look similiar to it.. It was HEAVY, your arms felt like you spent the day in the gym..

Those Black & Decker Bobcat grinders are good ones, similar in size to the one in the pic below.

I used one for 12-14 hours a day for 2 years straight as a pipeline welder's helper up in Hermeston, OR. (back in the day...lol I was 17-18 years old :D ) Every day you have to have a few just to quit the vibrations in your joints...:p: It did alot for upper body strength though.

Good choice for cutting though... sorry about the injury.

Daniel

been there done that... hurt like a SOB

that's pretty gross looking.

Nice.

Those giant metal erasers are deadly, I acually stalled Wolf's one time, it almost ripped my arms off. Sure felt like it did.

One time i tryed to catch a faling grinder that was on and the wheel was sipnning, it gave me a 2" 1/2" deep cut on my thumb. That was no fun trust me!

Thats one of those things you just watch fall. :D

Thats one of those things you just watch fall. :D

yeah but it was my 3-4 thday on the job, as a welders helper. I didnt want to get fired, is what i was thinking at the time

Well, hello Arkansan! We are a rare breed in these parts for sure.

wassup...? where you from...?

A little north of Jonesboro

This is like, uh what, the 15th time you've had a grinder attack you? :p: :D

yea.......


at least I didnt set my shirt on fire..... :p :D