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your arm or wrist. If you lose control andfor the high speed of a small angle
have the cord wrapped around your arm orsander/grinder, these wheels may easily
wrist it may entrap you and cause injury. burst and the fragments strike you or
bystanders.
Do not use this tool with a "Woodcarving"
blade. Such blades create frequent kick-Do not use depressed hub grinding
back and loss of control.wheels for cut-off operations. Depressed
hub wheels or type 27 wheels are not
When sanding chemically pressureintended for side loading and may shatter
treated lumber, paint that may be lead
based, or any other materials that mayunder overload.
contain carcinogens, use specialRegularly clean the tool's air vents by
precautions. A suitable breathing respiratorcompressed air. Excessive accumulation of
must be worn by all personnel entering thepowdered metal inside the motor housing
work area. Work area should be sealed bymay cause electrical failures.
plastic sheeting and persons not protected
should be kept out until work area isDirect the discharge of the spinning wire
thoroughly cleaned.brush away from you. Small particles and
tiny wire fragments may be discharged at
Do not grind or sand near flammablehigh velocity during the Ocleaning� action
materials. Sparks from the wheel couldwith these brushes and may become
ignite these materials.imbedded in your skin.
Before using as a grinder or installing aSome dust created by
new wheel, inspect the grinding wheel forpower sanding, sawing,!WARNING
chips and cracks. Remove bad wheelsgrinding, drilling, and other construction
immediately. Run the tool at no load foractivities contains chemicals known to
one minute, holding the tool in thecause cancer, birth defects or other
direction away from people. Wheels withreproductive harm. Some examples of
flaws will normally break apart during thisthese chemicals are:
time.Y Lead from lead-based paints,
Carefully handle both the tool and
individual grinding wheels to avoidY Crystalline silica from bricks and cement
and other masonry products, and
chipping or cracking. Install a new wheel
if tool is dropped while grinding. Do notY Arsenic and chromium from chemically-
use a wheel that may be damaged.treated lumber.
Fragments from a wheel that bursts duringYour risk from these exposures varies,
operation will fly away at great velocitydepending on how often you do this type of
possibly striking you or bystanders.work. To reduce your exposure to these
Do not use grinding wheel that is largerchemicals: work in a well ventilated area,
than the maximum recommended size forand work with approved safety equipment,
your tool, or worn down damaged wheelssuch as those dust masks that are specially
from larger grinders. Wheels intended fordesigned to filter out microscopic particles.
large angle sander/grinders are not suitable
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