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bodrighywood:

--- Quote from: BrianH on December 31, 2021, 02:19:07 PM ---This sounds like a slippery slope towards banning hammers, saws, knives and hair bands in case someone misuses them and hurts themselves. Educating must surely be better than Nanny sitting as judge and jury on what people can and can't use when it is only theirselves that are in perceived danger.
Brian

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I think that a hammer is perhaps not in quite the same league as a chain saw or an angle grinder with saw attachment.  Education ois all well and good but where and when do people get it nowadays? 

Twisted Trees:

--- Quote from: bodrighywood on December 31, 2021, 02:21:40 PM ---
I think that a hammer is perhaps not in quite the same league as a chain saw or an angle grinder with saw attachment.  Education ois all well and good but where and when do people get it nowadays?

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A hammer is free ranging can be used as a weapon beyond the range of the power cord! I am with Brian sometimes you just have to use common sense to stay safe, no need to ban things.

Without appeals to MP's a couple of years ago mail order of turning tools could have been banned, in an attempt to ban the sale of knives without proof of age. Slippery slope is legislation!

Bill21:
Comparing a hammer with an angle grinder fitted with a chainsaw disc in terms of safety is quite ridiculous and proves the need for the ban.

The Bowler Hatted Turner:
Perhaps there should be a test to prove that some one has had correct training and is safe to use certain machines........oh silly me, it already existed and was called an apprenticeship.

Lennie:
 Ok, I'll be the first one to say it.
I have used the chainsaw attachment for a couple of years now to embellish my turnings, without the slightest problem. I'ts no more dangerous in my opinion than a normal grinder cutting disc which I used at work as a maintenance fitter.
I would'nt try to cut a tree down with it, but the one I have is well made and a good fit, including guards.
The problem with a lot of power tool accidents is mis use by the owner.
This is my opinion only.

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