PSA: be extra careful with cutting wheels

GameboyRMH said:

This thread is convincing me to just overwork Dremel tools instead of using death wheels as much as possible. I've had a Dremel cutoff wheel blow up on me and it's not something I'd ever want to scale up 10x.

Just my personal experience, but dremel discs are much more fragile than angle grinder discs. I've had way more close calls with them exploding at least.

In reply to RevRico :

Agreed, I've shattered multiple dremel discs, but never an angle grinder disc.  I still make sure I'm always wearing gloves and eye protection with the angle grinder, and even if it can be inconvenient, never remove the guard.