- Wear safety glasses or some type of eye protection and hearing protection.
- Adjust dust hood and keep work rest adjusted within 3 mm of wheel face.
- Dress wheel if out of true.
- Use only on the face of wheel if it is designed for that purpose.
- Make grinding contact without “bumping” or impact.
- Side pressure on thin straight wheel is dangerous.
- Never force grinding so that motor slows noticeably or work gets hot.
- Don’t jam work into the wheel.
- Don’t grinding material for which the wheel is not designed.
- Protect wheel when not in use. Store safely if removed from grinding machine.
- Stand to one of the wheel for at least a minute before starting to grind.