Or is Mr Elf just indulging in a little propaganda (also known also "a lie") to justify outlawing the tool? The serrated edge discs turn angle grinders in to small hand-held chainsaws, but the two products are not designed to be used together and are likely to cause loss of control which could result in serious injury or even fatality. I genuinely don't know which tool it is designed to a be attached to, given that it has the angle grinder fitting, and is always marketed as being for an angle grinder. The nice Safety Elf clearly stated that the chainsaw disk is not designed to be attached to an angle grinder. Well, the fellas who work the wood (as I've been known to do in private, myself) have an outstanding maiming attachment for the angle grinders - a chainsaw disk.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards are also telling any business that sells these chainsaw discs as attachments for angle grinders to remove them from the market immediately as they do not comply with the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Consumers, local authority trading standards and businesses are asked to take specific action to cease use or remove them from the market. I only did this once and it cost me a new chain as the old one had gone too far to be sharpened again. When I bought my first chain saw, I also bought a sharpening kit which includes a file and a metal filing guide that fits over the chain for ensuring the teeth and the rakers are filed to their respective correct levels.And a device to shut off if there's a flashback (I cannot remember the correct term, but it shuts power off if the guard comes in contact with some object). A friend of mine still (40 years later) has a diagonal scar right across his face from eye to chin where a "Partner" (petrol angle grinder) that was fitted with a 12" circular saw disk kicked back into him. Ce disque est parfait pour le meulage grossier des matériaux en bois et est adapté pour une utilisation avec une meuleuse d'angle. GRINDING MILLER DISC: Wood grinding disc made of high quality alloy material, wood disc for grinder high hardness and durable. blah blah~" because they were asleep at the wheel and enough people got hurt that they had to do something.

It spins up to full speed in a fraction of a second as long as the teeth are not in contact with the work, but it will stop dead if anything seizes, which is unlikely. Members of the public are encouraged to report businesses selling these products to Citizens Advice Consumer Service at: www. They should contact the seller for redress if they believe the product was incorrectly marketed as compatible for use with an angle grinder. However, angle grinders are not designed for use with such accessories as they do not incorporate the safety features required for electric chainsaws. I think the chain was supposed to slip a bit on the disk to reduce the chance of kickback, but the whole idea frightened me!Je recommande vivement ce disque bois meuleuse à tous ceux qui cherchent un outil de qualité pour le travail du bois. Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards is urging Warwickshire residents, including workers in the construction industry, DIY enthusiasts and wood carvers and sculptors to stop using chainsaw.

Additionally, on disc cutting courses and requal I was taught to check the speed of disk was sufficient for the output RPM. Back in the UK I used it a few times and found it good - although it would eat your house if it got away from you. Reports have been received of injuries arising from kickback caused by the chainsaw gripping the cutting surface and forcing the angle grinder to sharply turn or jump out of the hand of the operator. Two chainsaw discs were reported as having serious risk of injury in the OPSS Product Safety Report (No 7 – 19 February 2021).WIDE USE: Wood Grinder Disk suitable for polishing all kinds of soft wood, hard wood, woodworking, wood carving, root carving, tea tray, coffee table, etc. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. There is no place for an attachment of that kind any more than fitting a circular saw blade to an angle grinder but idiots are always going to do it anyway.