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[arrimar]

the guidelines for workplace health and safety would advise the use of gloves when using a grinder that is hand held.

in saying that dont ever wear gloves on a bench/pedestal grinder.

the speed and torque from one that catches clothing will pull you into the grinding face.

if any person uses a wire wheel fitted to an angle grinder for stripping paint rust etc PLEASE tuck your shirt in(sounds like high school i know).
the air suction created by the wheel has a habit of pulling loose clothing into the wheel and then the grinder will bind itself to your stomach flesh.

you wont stop a decent grinder wwithout pulling the plug.

[TORLX8]

Good advice there Arrimar. ^^^

Heath, good to see you wearing safety glasses and ear muffs too.
I should have mentioned you hadn't totally disregarded your own safety.
Rim, it doesn't take long to put on some safety gear and you just could be saving an eye or fingers or some hearing loss. If you have some gloves which are comfortable and fit well, they won't effect your workmanship.
I know in our previous generations safety was pretty much non existant. But be smart about it and don't put youself at risk. Have a word to your Dad and try and break his bad habits instead of following them.
I've seen the results of some nasty accidents, and they're not pretty. Kind of sticks in your mind when going to use these power tools.
Be smart and look after yourselves!

[RIM-010]

TORLX8, I always use Safety glasses and Earmuffs, We've just never bothered with gloves.

RIM

[boomfunk]

i actually seen my fatherinlaw almost sever his leg, the leg was hanging by the skin ...too much info there, the wheel shattered and went straight into the knee cap area...

no a pretty site, and then i had to take him to hospital, he is permenatly scared and also has a limp

but the dumb arse was using a grinder..big bugger one without the guard on ... what did he expect.. lucky it wasnt his head

Edited by boomfunk, 28 January 2007 - 09:58 AM.

[arrimar]

oh man, 9 inch grinders have been outlawed on job sites for years yet they sell them to the public and use them in workshops still.

[TORLX8]

I actually saw the results of a guy who was using a grinder with a cutting wheel. It kicked while he was using it and it ended up in his face. Not a pretty sight.

RIM, I never implied you didn't wear safety glasses and ear muffs, just add some gloves to your safety gear mate.

[arrimar]

i broke my nose with a 9 inch grinder and the next day the foreman cut his chin open. the guy working with us had a scar from hip to hip across his belly from one.
the only 9 inch worth having is under the car.

[knoath]

Great stuff Heath, again, don't listen to the 'opinions' of some on here , you're giving it a shot and that's what counts.
You've certainly jumped in to the deep end..."Bite of more than you can chew, and chew like hell!"
Getting the results there mate, well done!
Sorry I can't help, I've never done bodywork, although you don't seem to need much help, you're doing great!
Keep the updates coming.

[dattoman]

the only 9 inch worth having is under the car.

Or in the bedroom

[arrimar]

toys in the bedroom can be fun but i prefer OEM

[Heath]

9"s aren't worth having in cars rofl.

My sunbird would still be a complete vehicle if it weren't for Rick's 9" Grinder. Man that thing was a serious weapon.

[Heath]

GRINDER

[arrimar]

[LX2DR]

Finally found a use for UC parts and panels! use them to fix LX's!

[Heath]

Didn't we know that all along?

haha onya mate!

[dattoman]

looks like a couple of parts cars there

chop chop

[Heath]

Yeah we had the thin cutting discs. Bad thing is they rip out of the centres more easily. The torque from one of the grinders on thursday (when the pics were taken) ripped one apart.

I never cut with grinding discs, but I sometimes grind with cutting discs.

I also have short hair.

[Heath]

Rightio, since the last update, I've spent a fair bit of time on the car.

Most importantly, i'd like to thank Rob (Rodomo) for not only teaching me how to weld on his car, and giving me heaps of other incredibly useful information, but then going even further out of his way by coming over to my house multiple times with his equipment to slave away at my rusty, mis-aligned project. I'd be stuffed without you mate, thankyou very much!

Since the last update, the back of the car has recieved a bit of a bootlid-gap on the LHS (well, in two ways, as you'll see in the photos; one bad, one good), and it has been aligned a lot better than it was previously.

Now, what everyone has been waiting for... PHOTOS!!!

What she looks like at the moment pretty much:






(dunno why i took them from different angles, they were taken like a week apart from each other, so i musta been in a different mood, and I cbf opening photoshop again)

My welding, raw:

Cleaned up with the wire brush:

Guess who?

That area currently...


Just before it got dark I grabbed the mig and filled in the holes on the bootlid:

Ground down later on.


Man I need more time. I wanted to do a shitload of work today, but I only got to do about a sixth of what I expected lol. Too many distractions and things just taking ages.

I also bought a $70 orbital sander with a 5mm offset (if that's what you call it; how it wobbles as it spins) and that's working brilliantly; but once again, no time to use the damn thing!

All I got done today was some cleaning up of the floorpan area on the driver's side. Lots of Wire brushing, Rust-Killing, Sanding, and painting with sound deadener.

Ready for paint:

Drying:

Edited by Heath, 04 March 2007 - 05:06 PM.

[RIM-010]

Lookin good Heath.

I'm goin home this weekend, hopefully get a bit more filling and stuff done.

Keep it Up.

Tim

[Heath]

I really shoulda stripped the car down to a bare shell to do most of this stuff, but I sorta want it over and done with (so I'm not taking the steering column, heater vents etc out)

Look forward to your updates buddy.