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Abrasive Wheels, enclosed guard on 4.5" machine ??
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lewes  
#1 Posted : 20 May 2013 13:53:10(UTC)
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lewes
On a recent training course I was told that portable angle grinders from 2010 onwards should have a enclosed guard, similar to this http://toolsandmore.us/P...t/dewalt0315/D284931.jpg Can anyone shed any light on the any new requirement as I cant find anything. Thanks Lewes
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walker  
#2 Posted : 20 May 2013 16:26:15(UTC)
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walker
I think you have to go back more than 10 years to find an angle grinder that wasn't supplied with a guard like that. Has always (in my 25 years experience) been good practice to use such a guard
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JJ Prendergast  
#3 Posted : 20 May 2013 16:30:22(UTC)
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JJ Prendergast
Agree with walker, the photo looks like a normal angle grinder guard to me. Its not a new requirement, read the PUWER specifically Reg 11 about the guarding of dangerous parts of machinery and the hierarchy of controls / method of guarding Fixed guards Moving/semi enclosed guards/safety devices etc Trianing and the use of jigs/push sticks etc - as appropriate.
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lewes  
#4 Posted : 20 May 2013 18:29:05(UTC)
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lewes
Thanks for your input but its not a normal guard, if you look at the edge facing the bottom its more enclosed than normal.
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lewes  
#5 Posted : 20 May 2013 20:40:43(UTC)
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lewes
This is a normal angle grinder guard: http://www.lawson-his.co...27660273/bosch/44581.jpg This is what I am talking about: http://www.wickes.co.uk/...-Cutting-Guard_large.jpg
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