Thread: Have you used your wire wheel/bench grinder wo glasses?

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Ill never forget once I got a piece of trim caught and rolled up in the bench grinder (totally wrecked the trim beyond recognition)....it jammed the grinder and it stopped spinning abruptly. The sudden stop caused the wheel nut on the other side to spin loose, and the opposite wheel (still spinning) came off and did a burnout off my bench and clear across the garage, missing my fender by about 3 inches, and landing a huge dent in the wall about 20 feet away it all happened it a split second. Those grinders have a ton of potentially lethal kinetic engery. So yes...always wear your goggles!

I've had so much stuff in my eyes, and stuck in various parts of my body, that I can't remember all of it - had a few minor and one major surgery to remove some of them. I have glasses, goggles, face shields and screens, but the safest thing I have is an old welding hood with a leather chin/throat flap. I replaced the shade lens with a tempered and a clear; still wear glasses under it.

I've grown really fond of my eyes over the years so I try to protect them. I've got some very comfortable safetyglasses that I got from Grainger, I put them on every time I work in the garage. I've got quite a bit of junk in my eyes during my short life, the worst was a drop of battery acid once. I have never felt any thing that burned like that. It's also a good idea to put some eyewash bottles in the shop, it's hard to run to the house when you can hardly see. Stay safe out there!



Adam