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I'll be the first to admit that I didn't wear goggles most of my life working on things. Since I now have to wear glasses, I am always wearing goggles. I bought them with safety lenses.
Anyway, today I was drilling a 1/8" hole in 1" thick aluminum and I felt it bind a little. Naturally I raised the quill to clear chips. I did it a few times. As the bit started to break through the other side, as naturally, it bound a little. Normally no big deal but this time the bit shattered. About a half inch section came out of the middle of the bit and ricocheted off my mouth and onto my arm. Don't ask why but my lip didn't get cut but my arm has 3 nice little cuts that started bleeding a lot more than I think they should have. I do take blood thinners so that's part of it but the blood was dark red.
If something like that had hit my eye, it would be all over.
Now to get that broken bit out of the block of aluminum. It was just a pilot hole so I can do a lot of damage trying to get it out.
Anyway, today I was drilling a 1/8" hole in 1" thick aluminum and I felt it bind a little. Naturally I raised the quill to clear chips. I did it a few times. As the bit started to break through the other side, as naturally, it bound a little. Normally no big deal but this time the bit shattered. About a half inch section came out of the middle of the bit and ricocheted off my mouth and onto my arm. Don't ask why but my lip didn't get cut but my arm has 3 nice little cuts that started bleeding a lot more than I think they should have. I do take blood thinners so that's part of it but the blood was dark red.
If something like that had hit my eye, it would be all over.
Now to get that broken bit out of the block of aluminum. It was just a pilot hole so I can do a lot of damage trying to get it out.