Came with my grinder (MasterCraft). It came with the half-open style you mentioned as well, and I use that one for my grinding wheels/flap disks.

The guard change mechanism is pretty slick too. Once you get the wheel off its a tool-less cam lock mechanism

Thankfully I’ve never seen this done. Although I used to regularly rake my co-workers over the coals for not wearing a face shield while wire-wheeling rims.

If you think wearing a grinding mask is uncomfortable, wait until you get shrapnel in your eye.

I was amazed how little warning I had. It was over before I realized I was in danger.

Thank you. Me too. I feel very lucky.

They’ve seen better days, certainly.

Happened really fast. It bound up twice, and before I could react it exploded.

Damn glad I have a healthy fear of cutoff wheels. I always use the proper guard and I recently bought a 3M face shield specifically in case of this…

I seem to have gotten away unscathed, except for my nerves of course.

Wow, Fancy!

I’ve never seen a butt plug with a gasket (an assket?) before.

But seriously: very nice, Well done!

That “glue is stronger than wood” saying is mostly true. What is meant by that is that wood glue is a stronger binder than the stuff that binds wood fibers together naturally (lignen). However, under bending stress, the strength of wood glue is far inferior to the strength of wood grain. This is where the “don’t glue end grains together” myth comes from. End grain joints are fine, but if you expect them to perform like an unbroken fiber, you’ll be dissapointed.

Seriously! Omg.

Maybe it’s the redneck in me, but I think I’d find a way around that.

“Yeah, guys, don’t mind the bedbugs. Sharing is caring after all”

Oh man, I don’t even want to know

$750 in pillows???

I had no idea they could be that expensive.