General safety advice for electrical power tools, Further special safety advice for disc-cutting – Parkside PWS 125 A1 User Manual
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General safety advice for electrical power tools
c)
Avoid positioning your body in the 
area into which the electrical power 
tool would move in the event of a 
kickback. A kickback moves the electrical 
power tool in the opposite direction to the di-
rection of movement of the grinding disc at the 
point of constraint.
d)
Work particularly carefully in the 
area of corners, sharp edges etc. to 
avoid the attachment bouncing or 
snagging on the workpiece. Corners, 
sharp edges or bouncing have a tendency to 
snag the rotating attachment. This causes loss 
of control or kickback.
e)
Do not use saw-chain woodcarving 
discs or toothed discs. Such attachments 
create frequent kickback and loss of control of 
the electrical power tool.
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Special safety advice relating 
to grinding and disc-cutting
a)
Always use the guard designed for 
the type of abrasive consumable you 
are using. Always use abrasive consumables 
approved for use with your electrical power 
tool. Abrasive consumables not approved for 
use with your electrical power tool cannot be 
adequately guarded and are unsafe.
b)
To ensure the highest level of opera-
tional safety, the disc guard cover 
must be attached to the electrical 
power tool and set in such a way that 
the smallest possible area of the 
abrasive consumable is exposed to 
the operator. The disc guard cover is there 
to protect the operator from pieces breaking 
off and accidental contact with the abrasive 
consumable.
c) Abrasive consumables must be used
only for their recommended purpos-
es, For example: never grind with the 
side face of a cutting disc. Cutting discs 
are intended for removing material using the 
edge of the disc. Sideways forces on these 
abrasive consumables can cause them to break.
d)
Always use an undamaged mounting 
flange of the correct size and shape 
for your selected grinding disc. Suitable 
flanges support the grinding disc and reduce 
the chance of it breaking. Flanges for cutting 
discs are different from the flanges for other 
abrasive discs.
e) Never use worn down abrasive con-
sumables intended for larger electrical 
power tools. Abrasive consumables intended 
for larger electrical power tools are not designed 
for the faster rotational speeds of these smaller 
electrical power tools and could break.
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Further special safety 
advice for disc-cutting
a)
Avoid snagging the cutting disc and 
do not use too much contact pressure. 
Do not attempt to make excessively 
deep cuts. Overloading the cutting disc in-
creases the load and the tendency of the disc 
to twist or snag in the cut, making kickback or 
disc breakage more likely.
b) Avoid the area in front of or behind
the rotating cutting disc. If the cutting disc 
is moving away from you at the point of con-
straint in the workpiece, then, in the event of 
a kickback, the electrical power tool and the 
rotating disc may be thrown towards you.
c)
If the cutting disc jams or you stop 
work for a while, switch the device 
off and hold it until the disc comes to 
a complete stop. Never attempt to 
pull the still rotating cutting disc out of 
the cut as this could cause kickback. 
Determine and rectify the reason for the jamming.
d)
Do not switch on the device if the cut-
ting disc is in the workpiece. Allow 
the cutting disc to reach full speed be-
fore carefully continuing with the cut. 
Otherwise the disc could snag, jump out of the 
workpiece or cause a kickback.
e) Support boards or workpieces whilst
cutting to reduce the risk of kickback 
caused by a jammed cutting disc. Large 
workpieces may bend under their own weight.