[BHP] Angle Grinder Usage: Directing Sparks Away for Safety and Better Visibility

In my opinion, the grinder is held with the right hand (right-handed), the left additional handle is screwed in and the cover is on the right side, i.e. as in the 1st post. Calling it a new method is wrong, because who said that it is new, since 99% of professionals do not read the manual and it is clearly written there. Holding the grinder in Russian with the right hand against the cover on the right is due to the fact that then you can see the cut line going from the front of the material .. and yet you go from the top / end of the material and then you can see the cut line holding the flex "new", but most people it doesn't cut from the end but from the front, which it does wrong.

It's good that you dug up, because I wanted to write.
Please note that the angle grinder is such a sensation among power tools that is adapted to left-handed people.
Other tools with a similar degree of risk are built in such a way that the target, etc., is outside the operator's field of action. As an example, I can give a chainsaw and a hand-held circular saw that have cutting elements on the right - for right-handed people (although in the past you could find left-hand chainsaws).
I recommend that you review the comments of people who have been victims or witnesses of accidents related to the use of angle grinders on the Internet. Bottom line: it's a very dangerous tool!
Therefore, a safe way to use an angle grinder is to use it "on the left hand". The field of fire is far from the operator and the sparks do not burn the clothes. In the case of small grinders, it is necessary to use a screw-on handle, without it the grinder cannot be held securely. And, of course, the workpiece must be securely attached, not lying freely or caught by hand or pressed down with a leg.
In the plant where I work, only one person used the "left hand" angle grinder. I am used to working on the left hand, everything else is still in the right-handed system. Recently I even learned to use hacksaw both right-handed and left-handed.

Exactly. In the statements above, there are arguments such as "in case of a jam, you will not hold the grinder" .. but these people do not hold it with both hands in accordance with health and safety and for their own convenience, therefore, holding it with one hand, they were afraid of the situations that were described, no has a chance of snatching the device out of a two-handed grip. Yesterday I compared both grips and holding the grinder with the right hand, even with one hand, but having the shield (cover) correctly, i.e. "on the new" side, i.e. on the right side, the grip is more secure and the elbow guidance is better, I recommend taking a look at how the wrist is engaged in the gripping with the right hand and the shield on the left ("in the old way") and how he rests and how confidently he holds his right hand with the shield on the right ("in the new way").

At construction sites, you can see how boys cut curbs or paving slabs, each cuts "in a new way", and the rest of the movie was shown by Makita, etc. Bosch did the same.

In the construction industry, in poor countries such as Poland, Ukraine, Russia, etc., many myths have arisen and they are passed down from generation to generation, there are many examples, e.g. that aluminum foil in the floor is used for thermal insulation, i.e. blocking heat migration to the floor under the foil when it is used only for anti-moisture insulation (the foil insulates thermally, but only in the case of thermal radiation and not thermal conduction, which occurs in the floor covered with concrete) .. or that the finish is best only after dry sanding and that it cannot be dust-free when wet, or that elastic glue for glaze is deformable glue, etc. XD Idiots do not read, because Marian did that at the construction site, I will do it too.

adamos4 wrote:

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Yes

And that's about it.

I confirm, unfortunately it once seemed to me that it was better, but adamos4 is right, before that he gave a drawing of a cut, for example, a cube in this way, of course with a different disc, but this way of cutting by many of you referred to as new is correct. Think before you hate others.

Exactly. Let this thread be read by generations because in Poland, great backwardness and advice passed on from foremen pass with errors to the next generations of professionals and workers.

mirekas12 wrote:

I confirm, unfortunately it once seemed to me that it was better, but adamos4 is right, before that he gave a drawing of a cut, for example, a cube in this way, of course with a different disc, but this way of cutting by many of you referred to as new is correct. Think before you hate others.

Well, I'm curious because I cut like in the photo of my first colleague Adamos, although I have my left hand on the switch and my right hand on the auxiliary handle and I am right-handed and I stand on the right side of the cover with sparks ejected under me.
On the other hand, a friend cuts while standing on the left side of the grinder with the sparks projected forward and claims that when cutting sheet metal it is better. I've tried to do that but I feel terribly insecure about it.

It didn't occur to me to hold otherwise and to have sparks fly away from me.
If only because in the event of any jamming of the dial, it tears the grinder away from me and ... let it fly forward, not at me.
Anyway, I rarely use it, I'm afraid.

I admit that the topic is interesting. So far, I have been cutting sparks to myself "because that's what I saw in others", but after reading the topic, I seriously wonder whether to change it. It just makes logical sense. I am not a good model, because I cut sporadically, and not like some of the above, that sandwiches to do in the morning, bread with a grinder and the button after 5:00 p.m. when the shift ends - as if one could conclude because of the experience of my previous speakers.

However, back to the question. Most AGAINST the recoil in the jam. However, now most of the devices are equipped with anti-kickback systems (at least branded, because I assume that this type of tool should be used from proven manufacturers) ... just like chainsaws nobody buys at bazaars, rather people try to have something predictable.

QUESTION:
Assuming, of course, that these systems are working properly ... does it make sense at the moment to cut sparks towards each other?

After 6 years from the establishment of the post, do we already know how to hold the grinder?

I am right-handed, so I hold the body of the grinder with my right hand, and the handle with my left hand (my hand is on the handle on the side of the cover).
I pulled out the grinder so I took it and this is how I feel it, I don't know how right-handed people can do it otherwise

pacp wrote:

does it make sense to cut sparks towards yourself at the moment?

For me, it is because the sparks do not obstruct the cut line.

Loczekzmc wrote:

I don't know how right-handed people can do it differently

Because some right-handed people (like me) prefer to have a switch under control. Or maybe you are "crypto-handed"?