"Bert Coules" wrote in message
o.uk...
Simon Brown wrote:

often with no guard.

I don't ever do that...

Having now actually used my new first-time angle grinder, I can understand
I think why some people do remove the guard: to get a decent view of the
blade

I don't need a decent view of the blade, I look at what its
doing to what I am using the angle grinder to do instead.

and where I was cutting I found that I had to peer over the top of it -
which rather defeats much of the point of having it there, doesn't it?

No, because it does prevent most of the bits
hitting the user if the disk does come apart.

In general though I found the tool easier to use and rather less daunting
than I was expecting from all the horror stories.

Yeah, I have never had a disc come apart and have never had
it jam in the work either. But then I don't use it to cut steel,
I use a disc in an electric saw that is mounted in my own
system to cut steel and use the angle grinder to on the
excess welds and rough edges that the saw produce.

Thanks to everyone here for all the thoughts and advice.

Thanks for the ongoing feedback from a new user.