Angle Grinder chain disc video

[Oka]

This is why who ever came up with this idea were crazy.

This video shows what happens if you go just beyond the center line with this thing.

Chain saw disc kickback Video says it all

 

[Scott H]

Stumpy Nubs from Youtube (name unrelated) got a pretty bad hand injury from one of these. Apparently they are banned in the UK now.

 

[Oka]

Yeah I remember when he talked about it. But, this is a video ......pretty scary

 

[Wilsoncb]

Who had the bright idea of using an angle grinder with a chainsaw blade…with one hand!

 

[awldune]

Definitely not a tool to use carelessly. On Stumpy Nubs' video there are a lot of comments that he was using it wrong, I think he had the handle on the wrong side?

For this guy using it with no handle, he was extremely fortunate.

 

[JHH]

WOAH! I bought one of those a couple years ago, thinking I might use it to rough out a bowl or something... and never used it. Now not sure I ever will!

Thanks for the link!


-- Edit --
Yep! After watching Stumpy Nubs video - I am taking a plasma cutter to this thing tonight!

 

[thebroofmoses]

Here are the videos that involve the incident referring to Stumpy Nubs and the infamous saw disc (Also, viewer discretion is advised):

 

[HITCH-]

YIKES!

 

[LomToon]

Holy smokes that could have been way more serious than a wrecked grinder and hollowed ego

 

[HITCH-]

I have one of the Harbor Freight versions of this blade, New and unopened. Thought it might come in handy for a carving project but I have no interest in ever using it now.

 

[Craptastic]

Having been taught chainsaw usage in Forestry at a relatively young age (17) and sent out into the field (woods?) to work right after, I learned a lot of respect for what those cupped and raked teeth can do in a very short order. I've seen arms, legs, and even a couple of bits of torso get chewed up over the years. I would NEVER put anything similar on a die or angle grinder and trust it to not bite flesh.

That is just a bad bad idea and whoever came up with it should suffer litigation hell.

 

[LomToon]

I have one of the Harbor Freight versions of this blade, New and unopened. Thought it might come in handy for a carving project but I have no interest in ever using it now.

Conversation piece only!

 

[smallboat]

years back (early 90’s) I toured the Dr Graybo pipe factory in Sparta.
Highlight of the tour was a room with a device that incorporated a steel master form for the pipe bowl shape and a sort of 3d follower set up with a grinder similar to this on the other end. They would mount a burl and the operator would just go to town while the follower prevented him from going too far into the burl.
As I recall, there was little or nothing preventing him from taking a chunk out of himself.
Scared me to death just watching.

And then there was the machine to “pre-smoke” the pipes.
Glories of 20th century industrial engineering

 

[mpholway]

Agree. I saw the Stumpy Nubs video and the risks far outweigh any rewards.