I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
thanks
"Jay Pique" wrote in message
> There are some folks that are of the opinion that gloves should never
> be worn while woodworking.
Not "while woodworking", but while operating woodworking machinery. The rest
of the industrial world, when utilizing machinery, has learned to discourage
the practice for good and practical safety reasons. That said, those
insisting on learning the hard way are certainly free to exercise their
options.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 2/20/07
On Apr 16, 12:51 pm, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
Mine aren't specially for woodworking, but I really like unlined
kidskin gloves. They are thin, supple and stop all splinters (so far).
Get a nice snug fitting set and they will stretch to a comfortable
fit. Too bad I couldn't find mine yesterday when I was working with
genuine weatherbeaten barn wood. It's beautiful but I got about six
splinter doing the job.
Chuck
> Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
Have you looked for gloves at any hardware or big-box store lately?
There are a variety of styles of fairly thin, form-fitting gloves that
can supposedly be worn while picking up nails and other small pieces,
but still have leather or synthetic abrasion-resistant palms for
protection. I wore some woodworking for a while, but I found they
didn't last too long (the suede between the leather palm pads wore
through quickly), and I was always taking them off to feel the
smoothness of wood anyway. So I gave up, and only wear gloves while
working with very rough stock now. I do knock off a tiny bit of sharp
edges with a block plane after I plane and joint stock to size, and
that helps with splinters/barked knuckles.
I suppose the ideal would be just to build up the calluses on your
hands so rough wood isn't hard to handle, but unfortunately I can't do
woodworking full-time (yet?...) so my hands end up staying pretty soft
for now, and I deal with scrapes and the occasional splinter as they
come.
Good luck,
Andy
On Apr 16, 2:29 pm, Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
> trs80 wrote:
>
> > I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> > board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are
> there
> > gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that?
>
> <snip>
>
> You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
>
> Lew
Having an Imus moment? Why couldn't you have explained why gloves
aren't such a good idea? You are really getting to be like the little
kid in the kindergarten classroom that has to constantly raise his
hand with the answer. Shovel the snow off your fiberglass boat and get
busy!
On Apr 16, 7:21 pm, "patrick mitchel" <[email protected]> wrote:
> try atlas 370 palmflex gloves- use them at work on night crew at a store
> often picking up wood pallets with them. Before using gloves I occasionally
> picked up a splinter that would get infected. Pallets are bad news in that
> you never know what they have been sitting in or had slapped on top them.The
> 370 gloves are flexible with the nylon knit body and the nitrile palm. Pat
I give the nod to these too. What I'd really like to see is a
dedicated "ripping glove" that has some flexible UHMW plastic in the
side of the index finger and thumb so you can use your (left) hand as
a human finger board. Does anyone know what I mean? I wrap duct-tape
around the index finger,which works for a while.
In any event, the Atlas 370 or similar gloves are great.
JP
There are some folks that are of the opinion that gloves should never
be worn while woodworking. I'm not one of them. I don't stick my
bare hand (too) near to moving blades, nor do I do so with a gloved
hand. Is there a possibility that a blade will catch your glove and
rip your whole hand off or into the blade? Maybe, but more likely
it'll just cut the glove before it cuts your finger. I wear snug-
fitting gloves with a rubbery grip a lot when I'm working with rough
sawn or as found timber. And hemlock or Douglas Fir frequently give
cause to pull them out too. Catching a sliver halfway through a rip
and pulling your hands away in pain is dangerous too, IMO.
JP
On Apr 16, 9:38=EF=BF=BDpm, Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are some folks that are of the opinion that gloves should never
> be worn while woodworking. =A0I'm not one of them. =A0I don't stick my
> bare hand (too) near to moving blades, nor do I do so with a gloved
> hand. =A0Is there a possibility that a blade will catch your glove and
> rip your whole hand off or into the blade? =A0Maybe, but more likely
> it'll just cut the glove before it cuts your finger.
Sorry, Jay, Especially with today's fabrics, it is very unlikely the
cut will be clean, neat and fast.
Gloves and power tools are still a very poor mix. Until the day finger
and hand transplants are routine and cheap, and pain can be removed
with thought, they always will be.
You don't stick your bare hand near moving blades. Fine. Neither do
the rest of us, though I've known patternmakers who work within one
inch of a table saw blade...made my skin crawl. But on occasion, there
is a slip. If my hand slides into a blade accidentally, for whatever
reason, I prefer to be able to snatch it back without having to fight
the resistance of material that is almost suitable for use as tire
cord.
I use these and like them a lot.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=46936&cat=2,42407,33246
They are a very good fit, 'grippy' enough pick up just about everything.
The thermal qualities aren't great, they aren't that thick.
Good tactile feel, I got used to them quickly.
They seem quite durable, they've stood up to winter of woodwork with only minor damage.
Small piece of the latex came off at the base of the thumb.
They also have the non-thermal variety.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=44601&cat=2,42407,33246
David.
"trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a board against a router table while
>pushing with the other hand. Are there gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
>something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple enought to hold a pencil and write and
>hold a small steel rulter so the thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
>
>
>
YES, YES I do. I have really big hands so no matter what gloves I wear it
feels like the fingers of the glove stop half way down my fingers. I think
this is a job for Lee Valley...
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Apr 16, 7:21 pm, "patrick mitchel" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> try atlas 370 palmflex gloves- use them at work on night crew at a store
>> often picking up wood pallets with them. Before using gloves I
>> occasionally
>> picked up a splinter that would get infected. Pallets are bad news in
>> that
>> you never know what they have been sitting in or had slapped on top
>> them.The
>> 370 gloves are flexible with the nylon knit body and the nitrile palm.
>> Pat
>
> I give the nod to these too. What I'd really like to see is a
> dedicated "ripping glove" that has some flexible UHMW plastic in the
> side of the index finger and thumb so you can use your (left) hand as
> a human finger board. Does anyone know what I mean? I wrap duct-tape
> around the index finger,which works for a while.
>
> In any event, the Atlas 370 or similar gloves are great.
> JP
>
In article <[email protected]>, trs80 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
Don't wear gloves when there is any chance they could be caught by
power tools.
Bye-bye finger or hand.
The only gloves I wear are fingerless cycling gloves when I'm turning
wood on the lathe. I'd never wear gloves on the router table or table
saw or drill press, or band saw, or...
--
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
- Margaret Thatcher
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:51:57 GMT, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
>board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
>gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
>something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
>enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
>thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
>thanks
>
>
Using gloves around moving ropes (or "lines" for the yachtsmen) or
around whirling machinery (like saw blades or router bits) isn't
recommended by nearly every safety manual or instruction I've seen.
They can be "nicked" and your hand drawn into the machinery and you
won't feel the nick... just the "hand-drawn-into" part.
Yes, yachtsmen wear gloves, but they typically have no tips on the
fingers.
"Tim W" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>>
> These are good. I have been wearing them all year, but not totally
> splinter proof.
> http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/browse.jhtml?catId=IrwinCat100556
>
the carpenters gloves on that page i mean.
"Lew Hodgett" wrote
> There was a time when my response to the above would have been to suggest
> that you perform aerial intercourse with a rotating annular spheroid
> concentrating your efforts on a centrally located sphinter; however, these
> days more important ways of spending my time are available.
>
> Perhaps the easiest thing for all concerned is to be placed in each
> other's respective kill file.
>
> Lew
So you're too busy for this trivia?
Max
trs80 wrote:
> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
>
>
>
My brother uses these and swears by them. Watch for line wrap.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=21439&product%5Fid=21440
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
Some days it isn't worth chewing
through the restraints.
good idea. Ill check it out. thanks
"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> Are there
>> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
>> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
>> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
>> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
>> thanks
>
> Have you looked for gloves at any hardware or big-box store lately?
> There are a variety of styles of fairly thin, form-fitting gloves that
> can supposedly be worn while picking up nails and other small pieces,
> but still have leather or synthetic abrasion-resistant palms for
> protection. I wore some woodworking for a while, but I found they
> didn't last too long (the suede between the leather palm pads wore
> through quickly), and I was always taking them off to feel the
> smoothness of wood anyway. So I gave up, and only wear gloves while
> working with very rough stock now. I do knock off a tiny bit of sharp
> edges with a block plane after I plane and joint stock to size, and
> that helps with splinters/barked knuckles.
> I suppose the ideal would be just to build up the calluses on your
> hands so rough wood isn't hard to handle, but unfortunately I can't do
> woodworking full-time (yet?...) so my hands end up staying pretty soft
> for now, and I deal with scrapes and the occasional splinter as they
> come.
> Good luck,
> Andy
>
thanks. I just saw those as Sears this afternoon. They were good fitting
would do the job for me. Does he use them for woodworking?
"Gerald Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:IqRUh.7884$vD4.6741@bigfe9...
> trs80 wrote:
>> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
>> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are
>> there gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to
>> have something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be
>> supple enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter
>> so the thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
>> thanks
>>
> My brother uses these and swears by them. Watch for line wrap.
>
> http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=21439&product%5Fid=21440
>
> --
> Gerald Ross
> Cochran, GA
>
> Some days it isn't worth chewing
> through the restraints.
>
>
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> There are some folks that are of the opinion that gloves should never
> be worn while woodworking. I'm not one of them. I don't stick my
> bare hand (too) near to moving blades, nor do I do so with a gloved
> hand. Is there a possibility that a blade will catch your glove and
> rip your whole hand off or into the blade? Maybe, but more likely
> it'll just cut the glove before it cuts your finger. I wear snug-
> fitting gloves with a rubbery grip a lot when I'm working with rough
> sawn or as found timber. And hemlock or Douglas Fir frequently give
> cause to pull them out too. Catching a sliver halfway through a rip
> and pulling your hands away in pain is dangerous too, IMO.
>
> JP
Hear, hear. Not to mention having 8 inches worth of roughsawn pushed through
your unprotected hand while ripping 'cause you've hit a knot or some funny
grain or a wet spot and you're getting a spot of kickback. That is not a fun
experience as I can attest (happened only once, but once is enough).
I also insist on wearing gloves when I am working with an inverted belt sander
that's clamped into the bench so I can pre-finish something that is free-form.
That's saved my skin more than once when I slipped.
I use tight fitting, thin rigger gloves. Plenty of fingertip sensitivity and
they're so tight that anything that would catch them would do serious damage to
my careless fingers (and I keep those well clear; I am just as careful if not
more when wearing gloves - for the obvious reasons).
-P.
--
=========================================
firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com
Glove and machine tools DON'T go together. Great way to loose a finger or
more.
"trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
>
>
>
"Cal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:51:57 GMT, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
[...]>
> Yes, yachtsmen wear gloves, but they typically have no tips on the
> fingers.
I have done plenty of sailing and carpentry and I still have the tips on all
my fingers.
trs80 wrote:
> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that?
I use "Carver's Tape", sold by Lee Valley and Woodcraft, on my thumb and
forefinger. You can slip it off in one piece, and use the "thimble"
oevr and over.
Before I discovered carver's tape, I used hockey tape in the same manner.
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:29:36 GMT, Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> wrote:
>trs80 wrote:
> > I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> > board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are
>there
> > gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that?
>
><snip>
>
>You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
>
>Lew
Lew, you really should not hold back. We want to know how you REALLY
feel.
R!
On 19 Apr 2007 03:30:45 -0700, Charlie Self <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Apr 16, 9:38?pm, Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
>> There are some folks that are of the opinion that gloves should never
>> be worn while woodworking. 'm not one of them. don't stick my
>> bare hand (too) near to moving blades, nor do I do so with a gloved
>> hand. s there a possibility that a blade will catch your glove and
>> rip your whole hand off or into the blade?
>aybe, but more likely
>> it'll just cut the glove before it cuts your finger.
>
>Sorry, Jay, Especially with today's fabrics, it is very unlikely the
>cut will be clean, neat and fast.
>
>Gloves and power tools are still a very poor mix. Until the day finger
>and hand transplants are routine and cheap, and pain can be removed
>with thought, they always will be.
>
>You don't stick your bare hand near moving blades. Fine. Neither do
>the rest of us, though I've known patternmakers who work within one
>inch of a table saw blade...made my skin crawl. But on occasion, there
>is a slip. If my hand slides into a blade accidentally, for whatever
>reason, I prefer to be able to snatch it back without having to fight
>the resistance of material that is almost suitable for use as tire
>cord.
While I agree that work gloves are a bad idea, latex or nitrile gloves
will tear quite quickly which is what I use with wood that makes my
hands itch. Yes I have been cut twice buy a tablesaw (TS220LS) and it
was without gloves.
Mark
http://home.mchsi.com/~xphome/
[email protected] wrote:
> Having an Imus moment? Why couldn't you have explained why gloves
> aren't such a good idea? You are really getting to be like the little
> kid in the kindergarten classroom that has to constantly raise his
> hand with the answer. Shovel the snow off your fiberglass boat and get
> busy!
There was a time when my response to the above would have been to
suggest that you perform aerial intercourse with a rotating annular
spheroid concentrating your efforts on a centrally located sphinter;
however, these days more important ways of spending my time are available.
Perhaps the easiest thing for all concerned is to be placed in each
other's respective kill file.
Lew
try atlas 370 palmflex gloves- use them at work on night crew at a store
often picking up wood pallets with them. Before using gloves I occasionally
picked up a splinter that would get infected. Pallets are bad news in that
you never know what they have been sitting in or had slapped on top them.The
370 gloves are flexible with the nylon knit body and the nitrile palm. Pat
"Cal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:51:57 GMT, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
>>board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
>>gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
>>something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
>>enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
>>thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
>>thanks
>>
>>
> Using gloves around moving ropes (or "lines" for the yachtsmen) or
> around whirling machinery (like saw blades or router bits) isn't
> recommended by nearly every safety manual or instruction I've seen.
>
> They can be "nicked" and your hand drawn into the machinery and you
> won't feel the nick... just the "hand-drawn-into" part.
>
> Yes, yachtsmen wear gloves, but they typically have no tips on the
> fingers.
the no-tipped gloves are so one can untie something, which is rather hard to
do with fingered gloves. if i didn't use gloves on my sailboat, i wouldn't
have any skin left. i know of no yachts-people who actually pull lines who
do not use gloves.
regards,
charlie
On 16 Apr 2007 12:34:33 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On Apr 16, 2:29 pm, Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> trs80 wrote:
>>
>> > I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
>> > board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are
>> there
>> > gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that?
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
>>
>> Lew
>
>Having an Imus moment? Why couldn't you have explained why gloves
>aren't such a good idea? You are really getting to be like the little
>kid in the kindergarten classroom that has to constantly raise his
>hand with the answer. Shovel the snow off your fiberglass boat and get
>busy!
Grudge eh?
Mark
"trs80" <wrote in message
> I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
> gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
> something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
> enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
> thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
Gloves and woodworking machinery don't mix. There is an adhesive tape that
you can put on individual fingers that would be a much safer alternative for
those time you need some type of protection:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16415&filter=finger%20tape
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Last update: 2/20/07
Markem wrote:
>> [email protected]
>> (Lew Hodgett) doth smoothly sayeth:
>> You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
>>
>
> Wearing gloves operating machines I find necessary at times but I use
> disposable ones, mainly with poplar which irritates my skin. The blue
> ones, does not protect against splinters though. I use carpenter
> gloves to move fresh milled stock though.
>
> But any jewelry is long gone before I grab the ladder to crawl up to
> the roof, USAF cured me of any notion that wearing a ring or watch
> while climbing is safe on anything other than my wife.
>
> Mark
> (sixoneeight) = 618
>
I wore my High School ring while in the Navy. I was on a heavy cruiser
that served as a flagship for the 6th fleet. Every exposed hand rail had
macrame knotted cord as a decoration. I used a hand rail to swing down
into a compartment one time and the ring caught on the macrame and
almost took off my finger. It cut a nice gouge in the flesh. I never
wore it after that
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
Mon, Apr 16, 2007, 6:29pm (EDT+4) [email protected]
(Lew=A0Hodgett) doth smootly sayeth:
You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
Damn Lew, wish I was a smooth talker like you. LMAO I thought he
was just an idiot.
The only time I wear gloves in connecton with woodworking is for
loadng, or unloading, rough lumber or wood; and seldom wear them for any
other reason either.
You get a splinter, you can put some glue on it, let the glue dry,
peel the glue off, the splinter goes with it. Or just pull it out with
yor fingers. Or pulol it out with your teeth. Or pull it out with
tweezers. Or dig it out with a needle. Or just be careful in the first
place.
JOAT
I have anal glaucoma. I can't see my ass going to work today.
[email protected]
(Lew Hodgett) doth smoothly sayeth:
You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
I think it's just great when someone comes along who is so qualified in so
many areas that he is able to refer to others as "dumb fucks".
Do you work for the government?
Max
"Markem" <markem(sixoneeight)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
USAF cured me of any notion that wearing a ring or watch
> while climbing is safe on anything other than my wife.
>
> Mark
> (sixoneeight) = 618
Where it's obligatory, if she's like mine was. Didn't wear one pretty much
ever again after dumping a check in UPT for not removing one. Think SWMBO
looked at the pay scale and figured the harassed look was enough to brand me
as married, and the extra cash went to her anyway. I got an allowance.
> [email protected]
>(Lew Hodgett) doth smoothly sayeth:
>You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
Wearing gloves operating machines I find necessary at times but I use
disposable ones, mainly with poplar which irritates my skin. The blue
ones, does not protect against splinters though. I use carpenter
gloves to move fresh milled stock though.
But any jewelry is long gone before I grab the ladder to crawl up to
the roof, USAF cured me of any notion that wearing a ring or watch
while climbing is safe on anything other than my wife.
Mark
(sixoneeight) = 618
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:51:57 GMT, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
>board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
>gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
>something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
>enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
>thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
>thanks
>
>
Use push sticks, not gloves, with machinery.
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:29:36 GMT, Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> wrote:
>trs80 wrote:
> > I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
> > board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are
>there
> > gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that?
>
><snip>
>
>You are either the biggest dumb fuck on the planet or a troll.
>
>Lew
Relax, take a pill.
"trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I to often will get a splinter when, for example, putting pressure ona a
>board against a router table while pushing with the other hand. Are there
>gloves meant for wood working to help prevent that? Id like to have
>something I could wear the entire time so they would have to be supple
>enought to hold a pencil and write and hold a small steel rulter so the
>thick leather construction gloves wont work for that.
> thanks
>
These are good. I have been wearing them all year, but not totally splinter
proof.
http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/browse.jhtml?catId=IrwinCat100556
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Jay Pique" wrote in message
>
>> There are some folks that are of the opinion that gloves should never
>> be worn while woodworking.
>
> Not "while woodworking", but while operating woodworking machinery. The
> rest
> of the industrial world, when utilizing machinery, has learned to
> discourage
> the practice for good and practical safety reasons. That said, those
> insisting on learning the hard way are certainly free to exercise their
> options.
>
Material handling is a good time to wear gloves. Rough lumber, even from a
band mill can be tough on the hands. When it comes time to joint, plane or
saw, off they come.
I've been to more than a few hand maimings, and gloves really add to the
damage, even if they don't necessarily catch and cause. Your body has
become fairly familiar with where its parts are, so adding an extension is
asking for trouble.
Still, there are those who believe that old baloney about being saved from
injury because they weren't wearing their seatbelts.
Natural selection.