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Yesterday I was cutting some rail with a cutting disc in a hobby or mini-drill when the noise it was making suddenly changed. I immediately switched off and discovered that about a quarter of the cutting disc had broken off. I wasn't wearing safety glasses at the time. I have a pair that I use with my mains powered DIY tools, such as hedge trimmer and angle grinder, but it never occured to me to wear them with the low powered hobby drill. Later I realised that the broken piece of cutting disc could have flown off with sufficient speed to injure my eye. Today I put my safety glasses on before even plugging in the drill. Am I over-reacting?
By the way, I don't know whether my cutting discs are particularly fragile. Today I broke one by just dropping it on its spindle from a height of only an inch or two.
By the way, I don't know whether my cutting discs are particularly fragile. Today I broke one by just dropping it on its spindle from a height of only an inch or two.