I plead guilty, but it's not my fault. Somebody is always sneaking into my shop and hiding my safety goggles.

My grinder has one of those little glass shields that you can fold down that supposedly gives you some protection but it's pretty old and beat up and you can't see through it anyway, and I usually have "just a little bit" of grinding to do .........

Okay. I'll admit it. I have had to go to the doctor to get junk out of my eyes.

And, 46yblock, I did exactly the same thing using a wire buffing wheel, and I didn't even know it happened. I walked into the house and my daughter advised me that there was a piece if wire sticking straight out of the end if my nose.

They say "Live and Learn", but evidently that doesn't apply in my case.

Jim