<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Similar even but welding. Spatter going off in various directions, smelled smoke, flipped up mask to find my overalls on fire. Now I wear a fire resistant garment when welding.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lester</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 9, 2025, at 4:02 AM, GUY DAY via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p class=""><span style="font-family:Arial , sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;" class="">My tale of woe from angle grinder use is when at the bench and not noting the direction and distance the sparks were going. Straight back towards me, stood in one spot next to the bench and wearing nylon/cotton overall's. The upshot was that I set myself on fire. Concentrating on the workpiece and with warmth from my stomach area only slowly getting greater, my first distraction was smoke rising and masking my vision of the work detail. I looked for the cause and saw clothing in the area round my belly button on fire. No room on the bench to throw a quickly turned off grinder that was still rotating so I held onto that with one hand and used my welding gloves encased left hand to pat my stomach. By now I was in full panic mode and found myself trying to use my right hand to put out the flames and pat the burning area with the still rotating disc on the grinder. Thankfully I was able to resist that after a very close encounter and the flames went out either because their feeding source had ended or the glove patting worked - or both. I wasn't burnt, clothing under my overalls saved me from that and even though it happened decades ago it was a lesson still remembered.</span></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:Arial , sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;" class="">Best wishes to all</span></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:Arial , sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;" class="">Guy R Day </span></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><blockquote class=""><p class="">------ Original Message ------<br class="">From: <span class="wt_Email"><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br class="">To: <span class="wt_Email"><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br class="">Sent: Wednesday, April 9th 2025, 06:39<br class="">Subject: [Spridgets] Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard<br class=""> </p><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="">Only a fool uses an angle grinder without a guard and yesterday I was that fool.<br class="">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.<br class=""> </p><div class=""> </div><div class="">Daniel the sometime fool</div></div><hr class=""><p class="">------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><span class="wt_Email"><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br class=""><br class="">Donate: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://autox.team.net/archive" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/grday@btinternet.com" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/grday@btinternet.com</a><br class=""> </p></blockquote>------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class="">Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br class="">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets http://autox.team.net/archive<br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/oldsaabguy@comcast.net<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>