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Always wear safety glasses, face shield, protective gloves, suitable protective clothing, hard hat, steel toe boots and hearing protection and dust mask if necessary. Keep other employees away while operating power tools.
Always use proper guard with grinding wheel, it protects operator from broken wheel fragments. Turn the wheel guard so that the closed area is towards the operator.
First switch on and only present the tool to the workpiece once it is running.
Wheels and other accessories running over rated speed can fly apart and cause injury. Use at least “max. 80m/s”.
Always use with the side handle installed and keep both hands on the tool at all times during use.
Ensure that sparks produced during work do not constitute a risk to the user or other personnel and are not able to ignite inflammable substances. Endangered areas must be protected with flame-resistant covers. Make sure that fire-risk areas are always provided with suitable fire extinguishers.
Carry out a test run after every tool change, ensuring that you are holding the angle grinder firmly with both hands. Hold the angle grinder away form your body. Ensure that there is no-one present in the area at risk. Run the angle grinder for approximately 30 seconds.
The angle grinder runs on for approximately 5 seconds after switch-off. Do not attempt to touch the moving tool due to risk of injury
Never use cutting discs for grinding purposes. Cutting discs must not be subjected to any lateral pressure.
Angle grinder in continuous operation: To avoid the possibility of unintentional start-up: always turn off the switch when the plug is removed form the socket or if an interruption to the power supply has occurred.
Ensure that the accessories used always fulfill the following minimum requirements. Respect the maximum grinding-disc diameter. The diameter of the central hole in the grinding disc (3) must fit the inner flange (10) without any play. Do not use any adapters or reducers.
Use clamps or other practical way to secure and support the workpiece to a stable platform. Holing the work by hand or against your body is unstable and may lead to loss of control.
Do not force tool. Use the correct tool for your application. The correct tool will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it is designed. Abrasive wheels shall be stored and handled with care in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions
Disconnect the plug form the power source before making any adjustments, changing accessories, or storing the tool. Such preventive safety measures reduce the risk of starting the tool accidentally.
Use only accessories that are recommended by the manufacturer for your model.
Inspect the tool before each use to ensure cutting edges are sharp, the on and off switch works, the clamp nut is in place and secure, ventilation openings are clear, thread in the disc is long enough for the spindle, the disc is not contaminated or has been subject to impact, alignment, moving parts are not in a binding situation, its not vibrating