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Default Angle grinder for cutting wood

Rather than continuing the willy waving, perhaps we can agree that an
angle grinder is not the tool for this job and leave it at that?

The reason most us have said to not use the grinder with a blade
has much more to do with the OP's opening line which said that he
was not experienced. Let it alone.


I really hate it when people babble and pontificate about things
of which they have no experience. If you have information or
experience to share, have at: otherwise, sit back and listen
(read).


Perhaps you might care to review some of these: (Warning, some of these
are graphic)


Never mind the "graphic" bits the text is bad enough;!....


"A thorough secondary survey should be performed in the situation of a
shattered disc as several anatomical sites may be affected. In
particular perineal or scrotal injuries occur if the operator straddles
the object being cut and can be missed [2]. Overhead use of angle
grinders has been associated with fatal intracranial injury and should
be avoided [5]. A number of articles have been published to warn of
these specific dangers [6,7]. In order to reduce the risks of injury
there are general guidelines about the use of power tools such as
checking they are maintained and on the use of protective clothing [7].
Specific guidance on the use of angle grinders is shown in Table 2.


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Tony Sayer