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Shouldn't be any need for the work we do, its all retrofit heating work
I assumed you meant site wide for all trades
Shouldn't be any need for the work we do, its all retrofit heating work
I assumed you meant site wide for all trades
battery operated nailer insteadPaslodes!!! What are you using instead? Thats **Language** nuts
I think i know whyNow they've banned 9" grinders. I don't know about you but have you ever tried cutting a beam or grinding off chrome carbide with a 4.5" grinder. Shall i take the 7" with 9" body and see what they say haha!
This is an industry where idiots get injured. Unfortunately.
And that's the bottom lineI think i know why
its down to lazyness the moron didnt want to turn it over to cut it so tried to cut it where it stood
they cut over the top first and then the side but there angles was so wrong turning it on its side didnt help either as it nipped the blade within the steel
instead of cut one side spin it over and cut from that side then it falls off the end onto the floor
done and seen it and seen all of the morons doing it the moron way
Onsite maching is the solution for cold cutting metal pipe work, it leave a ready to weld prepped edge if you set it up and grind the tool correctly. Been around for years in places where sparks make big bangs. Companies Like hydratight do it.There's been a big push on our sites to get away from angle grinders after a few accidents, some had the potential to be a lot worse, they only had luck on their side.
Whilst in some situations this causes issues it has reduced the angle grinder being the first tool folks use when they want to cut stuff, there's a lot more use of cold cut saws, both reciprocating and cut off saws. There's even some trials going on using massive TCT chain saws to cut ductile iron pipes, to be honest these look more dangerous than angle grinders to me...
I’ve done it. **** easy. GBC or TAG all the tools are virtually the same.Onsite maching is the solution for cold cutting metal pipe work, it leave a ready to weld prepped edge if you set it up and grind the tool correctly. Been around for years in places where sparks make big bangs. Companies Like hydratight do it.
Far safer than a grinder in an oil and gas plant that is still in operation.I’ve done it. **** easy. GBC or TAG all the tools are virtually the same.
safer than a grinder? I don’t know. If clothing or something got trapped in that head, there’s no stopping that gearbox going round! They’re like little lathes!
Same riskbattery operated nailer instead
This isn't that uncommon in knife circles, pretty much all off involved no guard'sA while back a famous U.K. knife maker died. The blade he was grinding pinged off the belt and hit him in the chest
Makes sense to ban all knife making
Oh yeah if you’re in an atex area then sure, but you will have to take the pipe away to weld it stillFar safer than a grinder in an oil and gas plant that is still in operation.
Or you do all the pre works, then shut down / gas free for a the shortest duration possible and do the last few welds. Or you can go the pressurised habitat route depending on the circumstances.Oh yeah if you’re in an atex area then sure, but you will have to take the pipe away to weld it still
Same risk
Not at all. In his original post, he said 'cartridge tools'. To me, that suggests a DX450 Hilti, which uses black powder to fire the shots. 'Risk' is a broad term, which covers a great deal more than someone pulling the trigger at the point of use.
The biggest difficulty with cartridge tools is proper management of the cartridges. They are supposed to be stored in a certain way, issued in a controlled way, used in a controlled way and disposed of in a controlled way. The shots are normally in a strip of ten and if you return a strip to the stores with one unused, it is supposed to be treated differently to one with all ten used. It is likely a similar situation with the fuel-fired Paslode stuff. The full and empty fuel cells need a proper management system.
Site managers start to lose sleep when strips of half empty bullets are left around on the floor or potentially explosive fuel canisters chucked in with the canteen waste.
Not down this way with buildersThe old way of 'make a mess and get someone to clear up after you' has gone.
Blimey.....when did you go to school ?No different to a starting pistol at a primary school sports day.