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I’d be very surprised a carbide blade would cut an axel. They are forged I believe and very tough. I’ve cut one with an abrasive saw and it took a while.
Abrasive blades are scary and dangerous for sure and I use them as little as possible but they are ultimate in my bag o tricks when nothing else will dent it.
I’m glad you were armored up Aukai when that blade let go. Abrasive wheels of all types are nothing to take lightly. Being the squimish type I generally away from medical shows but they mentioned a run in with a bench grinder. It was the nightmare I’d always feared working in a big shop full of dumb buba’s where they would break or jam equipment and leave it or the next poor guy.
This guy was in an auto body shop and was using a bench grinder and the wheel exploded. They didn’t say if here was using any safety gear, I think not. A chunk of the wheel hit him between the eyes. It vaporized the bridge of his nose and the center of his brow, shattering his skull. When his brain quit swelling and went back down they had to pull his face back, and take a short rib to replace the bridge of his nose and center of his brow.
Abrasive blades are scary and dangerous for sure and I use them as little as possible but they are ultimate in my bag o tricks when nothing else will dent it.
I’m glad you were armored up Aukai when that blade let go. Abrasive wheels of all types are nothing to take lightly. Being the squimish type I generally away from medical shows but they mentioned a run in with a bench grinder. It was the nightmare I’d always feared working in a big shop full of dumb buba’s where they would break or jam equipment and leave it or the next poor guy.
This guy was in an auto body shop and was using a bench grinder and the wheel exploded. They didn’t say if here was using any safety gear, I think not. A chunk of the wheel hit him between the eyes. It vaporized the bridge of his nose and the center of his brow, shattering his skull. When his brain quit swelling and went back down they had to pull his face back, and take a short rib to replace the bridge of his nose and center of his brow.