Angle grinder cutting disc close call - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Angle grinder cutting disc close call.




Previously:

Grinder cutting disc shoots into man's stomach - GIF
How cutting discs are made - GIF

[nova_robotics]

Zip cuts are no joke, but I think this one might have been staged to scare the new guys. This doesn't look like how zip cuts normally fail, and I think the half that's left in the grinder would have been launched too. It looks somebody put a zip cut on the corner of a table, broke it in half in a straight line, then put one half in a grinder.

Don't get me wrong, that giving new guys "the talk" is one of the first things I do. You need to give new people a respect for the tools and the machinery. But I think this might have been a staged safety demonstration.

[Frank S]

I agree with the staged concept. also face shields are not safety glasses

[IntheGroove]

Two different sized discs...

[Hoosiersmoker]

Agreed. No chipping or fragging of the disc like there would be if it broke while grinding. The edges of the fracture would have bit into the workpiece and chipped it up. Also, no chipping at the entry point of the face shield either. Just a nice clean slit.