Westfalia 98 66 87 Instruction Manual page 19

Safety Notes
Use only discs intended for your electric tool and the safety hood intended
for these discs. Discs not intended for the electric tool cannot be covered
in a suitable way and are unsafe.
Use discs only for the purpose they are intended for by the manufacturer.
Never use the side of a cutting disc for grinding. Cutting discs are intended
for cutting only. Lateral forces may cause fracture.
Always use undamaged flanges of the correct size and shape for your
cutting disc. The correct flanges support the disc and reduce the risk of a
disc fracture. Flanges for cutting discs can differ from those for grinding
discs.
Do not use worn-down discs from larger electric tools, these are not
intended for the fast speeds of smaller electric tools and may fracture.
Avoid blocking the disc and do not use excessive pressure. Do not attempt
excessively deep cuts. Excessive loads on the cutting disc increase the
stress and make it more prone to jamming or blocking and increase the
risk of kickback of fracture.
Avoid the area directly in front or behind the spinning discs. If the cutting
part of the disc is moving away from you, the electric tool with the spinning
disc can be thrown back at you in the case of a kickback.
If the disc becomes stuck or locked in the work piece or you intend to
interrupt your work, turn off the electric tool and hold it tightly until the disc
has come to a complete standstill. Never attempt to lift the spinning disc
out of the cut, this may cause kickback. Verify and remove the cause for
the stoppage.
Do not turn on the electric tool while the disc is in the work piece. Allow the
disc to reach full speed before carefully resuming the cut. Otherwise the
disc may jam, jump out of the cut or kick back.
Support sheets or large work pieces to reduce the risk of a kickback
caused by the disc being wedged in the work piece. Larger work pieces
may deform under their own weight. The work piece must be supported on
both sides, on the edges as well as close to the cut.
Be especially careful when undertaking "pocket cuts" in existing walls or
other areas which cannot be overlooked. When plunging into the wall the
disc can kick back when hitting gas or water pipes, wires or other objects
in the wall.
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