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> Gamechanger? Yes. But likely mostly for the ambulance industry. While I laughed, I don't find this to be very true at all for working in metal. Working on m
by bsder 4y ago
> Gamechanger? Yes. But likely mostly for the ambulance industry.
While I laughed, I don't find this to be very true at all for working in metal.
Working on metal seems to have WAY fewer injuries than people who work on wood. Metal working is almost always in a vise and your hands are on levers/cranks--away from the cutting surface.
Whereas, with woodworking, your hands are almost always the motive force and directly next to the cutting envelope.
Simply take a look at the hands of long time machinists vs long time woodworkers. The woodworkers are the ones missing some finger bits.
- michaelt 4y agoI don't know, I'd have thought the angle grinder - signature tool of the metalworker - is probably one of the most dangerous tools you'll find in the average DIYer's garage.
- jalk 4y agoI imagine a circular saw with 1 inch teeth will do far more damage to human flesh than a grinding disc
- krschultz 4y agoThe grinding discs shatter. Wear a full face shield.
- toss1 4y agoYup. I've seen several stories about such incidents, one of the good things about the internet is the ability to spread info on these things. Safety specs saved this guy's eye from an exploding angle grinder disc. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/4npyfu/safety_specs_saved_this_guys_eye_from_an/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/4npyfu/safety_specs_s...
- UncleEntity 4y agoPretty much everyone I watch on YouTube calls them some permutation of “the wheel of death”.
- prova_modena 4y agoIt really depends on what area of industry you are in and the safety culture of the shops you are around. I hear a lot of stories of really bad safety practices in metalworking. Including the exact inverse of your statement about machinists/woodworkers and missing fingers. I would also argue that accidents with common machine shop tools like lathes and mills may have higher consequences than your average table saw or jointer in a cabinet shop. The "potential energy" is higher so to speak, although I'm not trying to downplay the forces involved in something like a table saw kicking a workpiece back. For example, there's a prominent post on r/machinists now where a poster witnessed their coworker getting sucked into a lathe (fatally). This is not something that is a risk at most cabinet shops, but is a risk at most machine shops. That accident was indirectly caused by disabled safety interlocks on the lathe, an unfortunately common practice in the industry. All anecdotal evidence, of course, but I think machine shops have a different risk profile that isn't necessarily less risky overall.