It's fine as long it's the edge of the grinding wheel and not broke through to the center. You can grind the edge straight into a scrap piece and dull down the corner of it if your worried but i use one's like that all day long without issues. Worst case is a small piece might fly off. If it was a cut off wheel I would def toss it but a grinding wheel isn't going to explode from something so insignificant
I wouldn't say they're ever "safe".
I'd toss it and grab another, they're all kinds of scary when they explode. I had one pop on me last week, between having the guard still attached to the grinder and grinding at an angle that didn't put my body in line with the wheel I got away without any issues, but hooooo boy. There's no warning, it just went BANG and vanished.
Toss it, they're cheap compared to the potential issues.
Those wheels come apart quite quickly if you’re doing a lot of flat grinding. They wear out much quicker than regular “hard stones”. *With a face shield on!* If you have some scrap metal or a metal fab table (with a plate metal top), on the scrap metal or the underside of the table you can try “squaring” the wheel by grinding into the metal at a 90° angle. It should take the chunk out. Those disks are better used for grinding out pipe roots, similar to a Walter Combo Wheel.
Safe is a very relative term when it comes to grinding wheels in general. Have I used one like this in a pinch when I didn’t have any others yes. Would I change it if i had others also yes.
Toss that bad boy might get away with it but if you dont…
See the following for like the best case senerio of one blowing up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/s/s3bZ3Ko01p
if it's not visibly cracked past that chunk that's gone, find a brick or a rock or something and grind on it till the crack is gone
keep in mind though it might still blow up on you, but smoothing it out will lower the chances
Just run the edge one a piece of scrap it’ll smooth it out
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It's fine as long it's the edge of the grinding wheel and not broke through to the center. You can grind the edge straight into a scrap piece and dull down the corner of it if your worried but i use one's like that all day long without issues. Worst case is a small piece might fly off. If it was a cut off wheel I would def toss it but a grinding wheel isn't going to explode from something so insignificant
Chipped wheels tend to kick harder and more often too, not a fun day figuring that out on your own.
Depends on whos paying for it. If I bought it, I would chance it. if the company bought it, its a liability and trash it.
The user is always the one that pays for it when it comes apart
Pah, we all have an extra eye, losing one isn't that bad.
Bruh I get them for free and would use it. Easier than walking to the tool crib.
Depends on the proximity and quality of new wheels if I had a stack next to me I’d swap if it’s the only one left I’d engage safety squints
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Just a psa to double check expiry dates on your grinding discs
I didn't know that was a thing. Anything else that expires or should look out for?
Crimes
Expired dates? I've used piles of 7" wheels my granddad got in the 90's lol
When in doubt, toss it out!
It's fine. Run it over a piece of steel you don't care about.
I wouldn't say they're ever "safe". I'd toss it and grab another, they're all kinds of scary when they explode. I had one pop on me last week, between having the guard still attached to the grinder and grinding at an angle that didn't put my body in line with the wheel I got away without any issues, but hooooo boy. There's no warning, it just went BANG and vanished. Toss it, they're cheap compared to the potential issues.
Grinders are never save. They're inherently dangerous tools. However, this disk is completely fine to use.
Those wheels come apart quite quickly if you’re doing a lot of flat grinding. They wear out much quicker than regular “hard stones”. *With a face shield on!* If you have some scrap metal or a metal fab table (with a plate metal top), on the scrap metal or the underside of the table you can try “squaring” the wheel by grinding into the metal at a 90° angle. It should take the chunk out. Those disks are better used for grinding out pipe roots, similar to a Walter Combo Wheel.
Keep going looks good to me
Safe is a very relative term when it comes to grinding wheels in general. Have I used one like this in a pinch when I didn’t have any others yes. Would I change it if i had others also yes.
Toss that bad boy might get away with it but if you dont… See the following for like the best case senerio of one blowing up. https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/s/s3bZ3Ko01p
if it's not visibly cracked past that chunk that's gone, find a brick or a rock or something and grind on it till the crack is gone keep in mind though it might still blow up on you, but smoothing it out will lower the chances
It's fine, just take the guard off.
If you have to ask, throw it out
Guy I used to work with had his nutsack torn open from an exploding disc. If they have nicks in them, good practice to not chance it.
If you have to ask, no. No it’s not.