Just treated myself to a Screwfix deal - 9" and 4.5" Hitachi angle grinder twin pack for £89! Not bad value.
Now I have done loads of angle grinding using my trusty old 4.5" - very comfortable using it but chamfering the ends of my H girders was taking forever.
The 9" is a totally and utterly different beast! It really is a scary thing to use -very fast though.
There just seems so much unshielded disc sticking out of the front - wouldnt like to see that go bang.
Wearing welding gauntlets and full face visor but still dont like it. Feel much safer with lathes - chainsaws - milling machine - unexploded bombs etc etc.
Then I found this link.
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=29590
Wish I hadn't bought the damn thing now! Am I right to be terrified? What if a disc bursts? Guard doesnt seem very big to me.
Now I have done loads of angle grinding using my trusty old 4.5" - very comfortable using it but chamfering the ends of my H girders was taking forever.
The 9" is a totally and utterly different beast! It really is a scary thing to use -very fast though.
There just seems so much unshielded disc sticking out of the front - wouldnt like to see that go bang.
Wearing welding gauntlets and full face visor but still dont like it. Feel much safer with lathes - chainsaws - milling machine - unexploded bombs etc etc.
Then I found this link.
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=29590
Wish I hadn't bought the damn thing now! Am I right to be terrified? What if a disc bursts? Guard doesnt seem very big to me.