[Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec

[Scott]

On 2/18/2015 6:13 PM, David Hillman wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015, Scott wrote:
>> I'd never recommend PVC lines, but I've spent a lot of time around 
>> them. The one time one blew, it didn't spray the room with lethal 
>> shards.
>
>    The last time I took a grinder to a piece of metal, a shard bounced 
> harmlessly off my cheek.  Now I figure there's no reason to wear eye 
> protection.

I think it's more like "you'll die a fiery death if you don't obey the 
speed limit". Yes, sometimes you will. But the vast overwhelming 
majority of the time, you're fine.

And I think that's the problem with that argument. Like I said, I'd 
never use PVC, because I don't want to be the 1 in 100,000,000 that gets 
my eye put out. But I also won't be running screaming from a shop if I 
see PVC air lines.

I won't hang out under them, but it's not on the same level as, say, a 
hungry Bengal tiger or angry king cobra.