Thread: Your buffer will kill you.

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

... It's not the projectiles that kill you, it's the particulate matter.

Uh... what?

In my universe, a razor traveling at 70 ft/sec (caught on an 8" buff at 1000 rpm) is more than dangerous enough to kill you.

Inhaled particles can be nasty, yes, but anything capable of hurling blades at you demands respect.

Originally Posted by floppyshoes

Uh... what?

In my universe, a razor traveling at 70 ft/sec (caught on an 8" buff at 1000 rpm) is more than dangerous enough to kill you.

Inhaled particles can be nasty, yes, but anything capable of hurling blades at you demands respect.

Oh, I agree absolutely. I just wanted to emphasize the invisible danger-- I've talked to enough guys who have leather aprons, faceshields, and deadfalls but no respirator or dust collector to know that people are worrying about the projectile that can happen. What they are less concerned about is the microparticulate dust that will happen every single time you turn a buffer on... which I wanted to emphasize the danger of.