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Warning: Why I stopped using angle grinders for forge scale after losing a finger tip to a kickback
Used to grab my 4.5 inch grinder with a flap disc for every piece of scale and burr, no gloves half the time. Last fall at my shop near Springfield, Illinois, a knot in some railroad spike caught the wheel wrong and the thing ripped back so hard it took the tip off my left index finger in two seconds flat. Now I use a file and a wire brush on a bench grinder for all the rough stuff, takes a little longer but I still got all ten digits. Anyone else had a close call with power tools on forged pieces?
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