Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
Captn Roy, you are absolutely correct what I should have said was the work would be for naught here in the nanny state of the USA.
I've been to Spain a few times their industrial laws rules or policies in the industrial sector are in some way just as stringent as those in most other places throughout the EU, or here in the Us for that matter. Which has little to do with what one does in their home workshop unless they have to deal with home owners insurance inspectors.
"Rant On not at all germane to this thread. As I have recently had to deal with. He was one of those guys who thought everyone should never do anything around their home except for eat sleep and play games on their TV or computer, and everything should be child proofed, What's up that that there are no curtain climbers around my house.And no fire hydrants near by. OH yeah go for a drive dude there isn't a fire hydrant within a 70 mile radius and yet not a single home has burned within 30 miles of me in 20 years except for possible a couple that had burned from lightening strikes. Our county has several US forest service trucks for the grass fires One stays housed at a guys farm less than 2 miles from me, plus I have a water tower 40 feet from my house with a 1000 gallons of water and a 2 inch connection if need be I can connect a gasoline powered pump to it and spray water anywhere within 400 feet of the house.Rant off"
One thing I notice quite frequently is folks precision use of angle grinders when making things. I see where they have made some amassing things all having been cut out with angle grinders. I find those skill sets to be quite intriguing since I hardly ever use an angle grinder for cut off purposes unless that happens to be about the only option left to my disposal. I know a lot of them use them because their shop area is limited in space or they do not have ready access to other cut off devices.
Hi Frank, couldn't agree with you more . We all have our very own BS nanny laws and those who would interpret them the way which suited them most. Things aren't about to get any better either. You are or should I say WE are about to start getting visits from inspectors that are geared up man, mark my words. The world is changing rapidly and we need to get a grip and slow things down a bit otherwise we will all be nothing more than herd animals that will no longer have any say as to how we chose to live in the life. Your time in the forces has surly given you the same vision as we have lived the controlled and restricted life within, so would see it coming first. It's all about control.

Your thoughts on the angle grinders used as cut off tools so frequently is spot on. Folks use these things everywhere and most home shops are small, crowded and oftentimes cluttered. A recipe for disaster indeed. Sparks flying in every direction and poof, Flame on. We should as a community hold ourselves accountable to seek out and educate ourselves in shop safety and as a community use the tools available to us how they were meant to be used. As you point out with the grinders, too easy too fast to go wrong. By doing these things we will keep the gov't posse out of our shops!

Thanks Frank this needed to be said and I hope most would agree.
RR