[Spridgets] Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard

[Weslake1330]

Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard and yesterday I was that
fool.
While I have several angle grinders, I need one more before I no longer
have to change the occasional disc from one type to another.  The usual
dilemma is which grinder to change the disc on so that half an hour later
I’m not changing it back again.  I’d had a fairly well used hard disc on
one grinder and had removed the guard to get into a tight spot while
working on the Sprite’s floor pan replacement.  I was now replacing the
garage roof and needed a thin cutting disc to cut through some old J bolts
and other fixings and fitted a full-size brand-new thin cutting disc. It
wasn’t long before I cut through my glove and into my finger.  The cut
isn’t very deep and I guess the gloves helped.  Of course, I didn’t
immediately put the guard back on it and had to have a near miss before I
did.  I realised at that point it might not have had the accident if I’d
used a smaller disc.  So, I’m sharing my stupidity in the hope others won’t
be the fool, albeit a ‘lucky’ fool that I was yesterday and use a angle
grinder without the guard.

Daniel the sometime fool
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