Stick posted a site  and it had an something about turning with gloves. I've never even considered it. What do you think about gloves and turning? zip lock bag solution??

 

" I just read in the American Woodturner magazine that the AAW considers gloves to be a safety issue if you use them while the lathe is turning. They could get caught and pull your hand into the lathe. They suggest an open zip lock bag over your fingers so that if it gets caught the bag comes off your hand."

 

 

 

I have never seen a need for gloves and most do consider it dangerous around machinery. That said there are some of the pros who wear gloves. Kinda like the deal on long sleeves and rings, I do wear my ring but not long sleeves.

2 hours ago, Ron Altier said:

They suggest an open zip lock bag over your fingers so that if it gets caught the bag comes off your hand."

My wife would murder me for raiding her stash.

I don't use gloves but think the thin latex or nitrile gloves would be safe since they tear so easily.   

fingerless palm only gloves???

I do wear a glove when sanding. I found some tight fitting spandex type with a nitrile coating. I was having trouble with sanding off my fingertips and the sensor on my phone wouldn't work. Same for using CA.  

I have often worn leather gloves bowl turning, normally cut the ring and little finger from them. Wouldn't wear gloves doing a natural edge bowl or anything else irregular. A regular bowl with a sharp edge will absolutely slice a hand open and the gloves also help with hot chips. I guess from a safety standpoint a person trades one danger for another.

 

Steve

No gloves around spinny things. Especially, spinny things with teeth.

YMMV. 

Some years back, a co-worker was wearing gloves while using a drill press. The thumb of his left glove caught the drill bit and.... well, the doctors DID put the thumb back in place, but it just flopped around, useless. That's why I will NEVER wear gloves around spinning machinery!

John

I witnesses the same exact thing with a drill press. Never wear gloves around a spinning tool . When I worked at the shipyard, a machinist who had long hair got the hair caught up in a spinning lathe. Needless to say what happened there. Not pretty.

As a safety rep and medic for the oil and gas industry (drilling rigs).  I can tell you from experience that gloves, loose clothing,  and long hair have no place around rotating machinery.   If you do wear long sleeves, make sure they fit tight (or tape them) at the wrist.  Machinery doesn't give and it's hard to shut it off fast when your  hand or clothing gets caught.  Gloves are also a problem.  If they are thin or fragile enough to break away, you probably aren't getting much protection from them anyway.

Edited February 22, 20197 yr by Thad
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I had a long sleeve taken right off my arm with a bench grinder.

Wheel mark right up my arm...