How many Knifemakers "grind" naked ?

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Mickey

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....That is, without wearing any Safety equipment.I have a denim apron, leather gloves and prescription safety glasses.Another piece of gear I feel is important is ear protection.The damage to your hearing from grinder and buffer noise, not to mention pounding metal with a hammer,
will eventually cause hearing damage.The injury to your hearing is gradual and can go unnoticed for a long time.
A bucket of water directly under my grinder catches most metal and wood dust.A 20" fan is in the window next to my grinding station.
Anyone use anything different ?
 
Don't forget to wear a respirator, or at least a cheap dust mask. I made the mistake about a week ago of doing a five minute sweep job without a respirator on. I think I inhaled too much micarta dust. That evening and following day breathing was a little hard.

Don't grind naked, and don't cook bacon naked! My words of wisdom for the day!
 
The only safety equipment i wear is a respirator. All the other stuff gets in the way, epecially gloves. Just dont have the right feel with gloves on, they get in the way most of all.

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It might be tought to see those scribed lines with only one eye.....

....wear safety glasses......please.....
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..a couple of years ago I had a fellow on my job site save his eye with glasses. He was building concrete formwork and when he tried to drive a 3" nail into the stud, the head broke off and embedded itself into his safety glasses....I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it....he was darn lucky.
 
Safety glasses safety glasses safety glasses safety glasses.
Ware them, I know as I can only see out of one eye.
Glasses so you will still see and respirator so you can live.


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I cant wear gloves either, as they really get in the way. I cant feel anything with them on, and I got one caught in the grinder once. Talk about a wake up! Lucky I still have my hand!

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Dont think I will need ear protection.... then again I'm already mostly deaf...I just need to turn my hearing aids off......or just take em off I suppose
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Michael
 
While grinding, I wear glasses, respirator and a leather apron. No gloves, they'd get soaked from the quench bucket and boil my fingers when the blade gets hot, make it tougher to tell when it's getting too warm, and tend to get caught in the belt.
Forging is different. I wear didydium glasses, leather apron and leather gloves. Those little pieces of scale that fly off can be really hot, and fingers don't hold up well to them.
I also always wear my steel-toed Doc Martens to protect my little tootsies.
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Osbourn, the didydium glasses are designed for glass blowing, green glass is designed for welding/forgeing, didiyium does not block UV rays a good set of clear Uvex safety glasses will, I use a #2 green glass Crews glasses for forge welding. Been a weldor for 24 years. still got my eyes.
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We have a club for grinding nekid.

First you have to wait 5 years to get in and pass many tests.

Then you become a member and cant figure out what all the big deal was to begin with.

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you bunch of woosies! grinding butt nekkid rulez! Darrels right
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plus those sparks on the peepee really make me wanna grind more!
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The stuff I use is a fullface mask and a industrial type respirator. I grind bare hand for safety! I might get a nail cut once in awile but having a glove taken between the wheel and toolrest is not a good thing for you! And I have a much better feel on the work so it does not get to hot.

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My neighbors really wonder what I am doing when I come outside to use natural light to check something....when I'm wearing a respirator, safety glasses, an apron, ear plugs and have the stereo "cranked" so that I can still ear it when I grind....

By the way, taking off my gloves while grinding was the best thing that I've done....
 
Great reply guys!R.W. Wilson was my teacher.I've been grinding (stock removal 440c ats34) since 1983 using leather gloves.I will have to give a dedicated try to grinding barehanded.
It worries me to see pictures in the mags (Blade, Tactical Knives,etc.), showing makers at their grinders wearing no safety equipment at all!
I have been blessed through the years as far as injuries go.Nothing serious.Think SAFETY FIRST.
 
Most makers spotlighted in the mags just pose for photos without safety gear, that way you can actually see what they look like.

As far as gear. I don't have any feel with gloves, but I do wear them when at the metal cutting bandsaw after cutting my finger. I have always used push sticks and been careful, but once I just slipped. Had I been wearing gloves I would have at least not had so many stitches.

When I grind I wear a leather apron, dust mask, and glasses. Sometimes when I grind and always when I buff I wear uvex goggles. They won't let buffing compound sneak up and into my eyes.

As far as the mask. I have a good double canister. Most guys will say that's the only kind to wear. However, most of the time I found myself not putting it on simply because it's so bulky.

And what about when you are hand sanding and you're creating enough dust to make you sick, but not enough to make you feel justified to wear a canister while standing over the vise?

In these times I have been very fortunate to buy a Dust-Be-Gone mask. It is very lightweight and I ACTUALLY FREAKING WEAR IT.

Sometimes what we actually do and what we tell people we do for safety are two totally different things.

Plus, Tim's post simply proves my theory that he marches to the beat of his very own drum, one that nobody else can hear.
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I do freehand grinding on a 5hp 3450 rpm Baldor 2x72" belt grinder. My drive wheel is 10" and rubber tired, my contact wheel is a 10" 90 durometer serrate. Leather apron, saftey glasses,Crank the stereo up all the way, and put on my "Golden Needles" Kevlar gloves, about $4.50 a pair through MSC industrial supplies. I wrap the cuffs with adhesive tape, not to tight, but a little extra support after an hour or so of grinding helps alot. If you havent tried kevlar gloves, you might give them a try. Golden needles are the best, some of the other brands like Spectra are slippery.

Ted
 
Good subject. Personally, I grind in a 3 piece suit. Leather boots, overalls, and a T shirt
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About a month ago my new son in law started working and learning in my shop. On the first day I showed him each piece of equipment and told him how dangerous each was. I gave him a new pair of safety glasses, a North 770 respirator, ear protection, and a pair of gloves.

So far, I've not had to tell once to get his safety stuff on. He hates the gloves, as I do, but wears them when bandsawing.

Goes to show you, train a FNG right and he may make FOG with all his fingers and hands.

Any kind of jewelry, especially rings, are a big no go in my shop also.

Now, if I can figure out a way to smoke while wearing the respirator, I might make it to 65.
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I only have 1 eye from a chidhood accident. I use safety glasses and I used to use a cheap dust mask but when I exhaled the hot breath escaped up and fogged up my safety glasses so now I just wear my glasses. Any suggestions?

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