[Tx Firefighter]

About 10 years ago I took one hell of an injury from an angle grinder. I was tired at the end of a long day and I allowed it to get away from me and down into my right leg. It went through the leather apron, the Wrangler jeans, and into my leg. It was so deep that the ER doc had to suture me up in two layers. One down inside and then the usual ones on the surface.

It was all my fault. I was exhausted and wasn't holding on to it well enough. I did learn a lesson though. An angle grinder with a paddle switch is safer than one with an on/off switch. You want the thing to turn off if it gets out of your hands and not keep spinning as it eats into you.

That said, I still use them when appropriate and I even still use the same one with the on/off switch that caused me the injury back then. I'm just way more wary of them. And I bought a plasma cutter to use for most cutting.

Carry on with the fine work sir. I am enjoying your thread very much.