need qualification to buy a top handle

[peds]

Grinders are fine as long as you activate the safety squint. 

[topchippyles]

  On 30/03/2025 at 16:31, Mick Dempsey said:

At the risk of reigniting the debate, angle grinders both big and small scare me.

Jumpy evil bastards. 

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Try running a three phase spindle molder that scares me every time I use It is an animal.

[MattyF]

  On 30/03/2025 at 16:31, Mick Dempsey said:

At the risk of reigniting the debate, angle grinders both big and small scare me.

Jumpy evil bastards. 

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Cutting up some old ladders up for scrap with an angle grinder the disc shattered and the things span in to the crutch of a brand new pfanners stopping them in a ball of Kevlar from the saw trousers…. was disappointed in my stupidity for destroying a new pair of £300 trousers but grateful for not cutting my dick off and severing an artery with the angle grinder if I’d been wearing jeans 

[billy_wizz]

  On 30/03/2025 at 19:00, topchippyles said:

Try running a three phase spindle molder that scares me every time I use It is an animal.

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Can you not use a power feed? Far less scary then!

[dan blocker]

  On 30/03/2025 at 12:07, Treeman1310 said:

You are right.These so called tickets are just pieces of paper that won't get you any guarantee of obtaining employment. 

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No, you’re right, tickets won’t guarantee you getting employment. But also not having the correct tickets will also guarantee you won’t get a job with a lot of companies, probably insurance or work for some clients. I have several clients who want to see all of the blokes tickets? Once they’ve seen them and recorded them that’s it.🤔

[topchippyles]

  On 30/03/2025 at 19:19, billy_wizz said:

Can you not use a power feed? Far less scary then!

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I do use a power feed sometimes but it's an old fashioned machine and scares the life out of me using it. Takes a full minute to power up and the lights in the house dim when I start it up. I have a inverter 240v to 3 phase 

[Haironyourchest]

  On 30/03/2025 at 19:14, MattyF said:

Cutting up some old ladders up for scrap with an angle grinder the disc shattered and the things span in to the crutch of a brand new pfanners stopping them in a ball of Kevlar from the saw trousers…. was disappointed in my stupidity for destroying a new pair of £300 trousers but grateful for not cutting my dick off and severing an artery with the angle grinder if I’d been wearing jeans 

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Was the guard on when it happened, or...?

 

Just curious. 

[MattyF]

  On 30/03/2025 at 22:14, Haironyourchest said:

 

Was the guard on when it happened, or...?

 

Just curious. 

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Pretty sure I’d gone full retard and taken it off to get max cut… with an already damaged disc for good measure. 

[Peter 1955]

  On 30/03/2025 at 19:14, MattyF said:

Cutting up some old ladders up for scrap with an angle grinder the disc shattered and the things span in to the crutch of a brand new pfanners stopping them in a ball of Kevlar from the saw trousers…. was disappointed in my stupidity for destroying a new pair of £300 trousers but grateful for not cutting my dick off and severing an artery with the angle grinder if I’d been wearing jeans 

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Once upon a time, I was using a Stihlsaw to shorten big concrete drainage pipes. For whatever reason, the disc decided to lose its structural integrity. I was wearing my customary rigger boots, and something whacked me on the right one very, very severely. The resulting bruise was something to behold, confirming that it was a very heavy impact. 

I still have a sneaking suspicion that my subsequent heart attack may have been at least partly caused by a clot from there wandering off and causing a problem. Fortunately, I was re-plumbed by the medics, and am still going. 

[roys]

My Avatar is the result of an angle grinder disk get nipped in the cut and kicking out leaving a gash at the side of my knee. I use angle grinders a lot that that has been my only injury so far, touching wood.