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Good Afetrnoon, can anyone share a risk assessment for a chopsaw, thank you
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Well, not all chopsaws are the same. Guards, handles, switches, some are mitres, is it bolted to a bench, does it need LEV.
So I suppose you want a template to start from. Google 'chopsaw risk assessment' and I see a few to choose from, mostly pdf but some word.doc and there's also HSE's wis36.pdf to help.
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Give training particular consideration in your risk assessment. I was recently training a small group of carpenters in wood machining. Had a little spare time so offered to go over the compound mitre saw. First thing we discussed was hold down clamps and hand positioning before operation. every one of them positioned their hands within the blade location. Bad habits die hard I'm afraid.
JohnW being technical now all Chop Saws are Mitre Saws. Different types for your info: hand mitre saw, compound mitre saw, sliding mitre Saw, double bevel mitre saw.
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HSE offer a sample risk assessment for a woodworking company and it is a very good starting point, it covers the global use of equipment not just the saw itself.
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In my experience chop saws are fitted with cutting dics and are used for cutting metal.
although not disimilar in appearance to a compound mitre saw there are many different hazards associated with the two.
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Safety smurf. My daughter would be well impressed with your screen name, although she would prefer smurfette.
You are probably referring to cut-off saws. Used with an abrasive wheel for cutting metal.
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brett_wildin wrote: JohnW being technical now all Chop Saws are Mitre Saws. Different types for your info: hand mitre saw, compound mitre saw, sliding mitre Saw, double bevel mitre saw.
Yikes, thanks brett. Most of my customers tend to have 90deg chopsaws for wood or aluminium, I suppose these are known as 'standard' mitre saws nowadays (?) but yes some chopsaws have adjustable angles of cut which I was referring to as mitre saws, and some have a sliding (forward) cutter head. I must look up double bevel mitre saw :o)
Latchy, the guard round the blade should cover the saw blade as you cut - include a pre-use inspection in the training and mention this in the risk assessment.
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brett_wildin wrote:Give training particular consideration in your risk assessment. I was recently training a small group of carpenters in wood machining. Had a little spare time so offered to go over the compound mitre saw. First thing we discussed was hold down clamps and hand positioning before operation. every one of them positioned their hands within the blade location. Bad habits die hard I'm afraid.
JohnW being technical now all Chop Saws are Mitre Saws. Different types for your info: hand mitre saw, compound mitre saw, sliding mitre Saw, double bevel mitre saw.
brett,
I would totally disagree with your last comment to JohnW.
All Mitre Saws, "could" be considered as "Chop Saws", however, by definition a Mitre Saw must be able to cut a Mitre, else it is not a Mitre Saw.
A Chop Saw only needs to make a 90 degree cut.
A 90 degree cut is NOT a Mitre.
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brett_wildin wrote:Safety smurf. My daughter would be well impressed with your screen name, although she would prefer smurfette.
You are probably referring to cut-off saws. Used with an abrasive wheel for cutting metal.
Yeap! them's the ones!
The name is easy but the avatar required some modelling skills. :-)
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