How about styrofoam for grinder/buffer safety?

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This is a thought that I have had for some time. What about placing a 3'x3' 1" thick syrofoam insulation behind your buffer or grinder with a three inch gap between the insulation and the wall? Maybe instead of a knife bouncing back at you it would either penetrate the insulation or at least absorb enough energy to not do severe damage to you. Might even keep the knife from being damaged. Any thoughts?
 
3" thick wouldn't be overdoing it IMHO. I worked as a jewelry polisher for a while and will forever remember the vengence of "THE WHEEL"!!!:eek: :D
 
If there were some way of coating a vertical surface with putty it would be perfect! The knife would either stick in the putty and/or styrofoam, and if it did not stick, energy would dissipated by the moving of the putty!
 
find out the playdoh factory contact details and see if you can buy it by the gallon bucket rather than the 100 gram kiddy pots and glue a thick layer of playdoh up :)
 
Is it fire resistant ? what happens when hot sparks land on it ?
 
mete said:
Is it fire resistant ? what happens when hot sparks land on it ?
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well it burns quite well. You could cover it in polyfiller which makes it more fire retardent. Ii'd consider using the tiles for ceilings that are treated to be fire retardent rto begin with. I think they are aninch thick so a triple layer of them would give you a 3inch thick shock (and sound) absorbing wall that wont catch fire from sparks
 
Andy_L said:
well it burns quite well. You could cover it in polyfiller which makes it more fire retardent. Ii'd consider using the tiles for ceilings that are treated to be fire retardent rto begin with. I think they are aninch thick so a triple layer of them would give you a 3inch thick shock (and sound) absorbing wall that wont catch fire from sparks
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No styrofoam in the shop, it ignites easly and is toxic. I take the approach that it's my body I want to protect. The appron I had made, out of leather, has a thick leather panel sewn
atop the appron at the waist/groin area where most of those flying sharp things seem to head. wearing steel toed boots can save the top of your foot when that blade exits the buffer at high speed headed for the floor. I can always straighten or regrind a blade. Can't do that for my body. If you put a rubber mat on the floor, in front of the buffer, it will help keep those soft materials, you are buffing, from bouncing off the concreat and dinging up the finish.
Work safe out there, Fred
 
Because of space considerations I had to mount my buffers upside down at the front but underneath the work tables. An unexpected benefit of this mounting is that I have to stand a little away from it while buffing but my whole upper body has the protection of the table top in case the work piece gets away. Anyway, for the small amount of buffing I do these days, it does feel safer.
 
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