BS 6854-3:1989

Foreword
Committees responsible
Code
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Statutory requirements
4 Design recommendations for safeguards
5 Safe working practices
6 Training and supervision
7 Noise
8 Extraction equipment
9 Power systems
10 Maintenance of safeguards
11 Provision of information
12 Machine identification
Appendices
A Vertical spindle moulding machines
B High-speed routing machines
C Hand-held routing machines
D Automatic shaping machines, linear and rotary
Figures
1 Rim (rotational) speed of tools as a function of
    their diameter and of the cutter speed
2 Chip limiting cutter for use on vertical spindle
    moulding machines when hand fed
3 Cutter for use on hand-fed and power-fed vertical
    spindle moulding machines
4 Typical slotted collar design
5 Square cutterblock with closed slot cutters
6 Circular cutterblock
7 Solid profile cutter
8 Cutterblock with disposable or throwaway cutters
9 Examples of cutters for use on high speed routing
    machines
10 Examples of cutters and other equipment used on
    shaping machines
11 Selection procedure for safeguards on vertical
    spindle moulding machines subject to Woodworking
    Machines Regulations 1974
12 Push sticks
13 A steel spike for use on a vertical spindle moulding
    machine
14 Examples of vertical spindle moulding machines
15 Vertical spindle moulding machine with dust exhaust
    outlets provided for connection to the user's main
    exhaust system
16 A power feed unit for a vertical spindle moulding
    machine
17 Vertical spindle moulding machines
18 Information provided on the inside of the drive
    mechanism guard of a vertical spindle moulding
    machine giving details of the spindle speed to be
    selected for the cutterblock used
19 French spindle or slotted arbor
20 False fence and false table
21 Breaking through a false fence on a vertical spindle
    moulding machine with safety
22 A vertical spindle moulding machine with the
    straight fence closed and set behind the cutters
23 Jigs for straight work
24 Holding jig, template and cam for use for stopped
    work on a vertical spindle moulding machine
25 Stopped work on a vertical spindle moulding machine
    using a swivel fence to facilitate a lead-in to the
    cutters
26 An extension table with and adjustable end stop
    which provides greater stability of the workpiece
    and prevents kick-back when dropping on
27 Template formed by the edge of jig base and blank
    held down by clamps
28 An adjustable wooden jig for use on a vertical
    spindle moulding machine for machining small
    workpieces
29 Jig for moulding the whole periphery
30 Curved work on a vertical spindle moulding machine
    using a straight fence and a power feed
31 The machining of small workpieces using and template
    and guide
32 False tables
33 An alternative form of safeguard for internal work
34 A vertical spindle moulding machine with a sliding
    table for tenoning, corner locking and end grain
    moulding
35 A tenoning attachment of simple design and
    construction for use on a vertical spindle moulding
    machine
36 Examples of high speed routing machines
37 A CNC routing machine with hinged and sliding doors
38 A self adjusting guard fitted to a high speed
   r routing machine
39 High speed routing machine fitted with an enclosing
    guard incorporating a vacuum hood
40 A high speed routing machine enclosure guard, simply
    constructed from perspex and/or aluminium with a
    brush edge
41 A spring-loaded hold-down device used for a grooving
    operation on a routing machine
42 Vertical screen guard
43 Transparent screen guard mounted securely on the
    table, guarding the back of the cutter
44 Jig for use on a routing machine
45 Hand-held routing machine fitted with a two column
    guard
46 A hand-held routing machine set up for use as a
    stationary spindle moulding machine
47 An adjustable side fence
48 A hand-held routing machine with a trammel-bar
    attachment fitted to the guard for machining
    profiles

Recommendations concerning the safeguarding of the cutters and other dangerous parts of the machines.