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Can't you just wear heavy gloves?
by Asooka 9y ago
Can't you just wear heavy gloves?
- Freak_NL 9y agoWhile gloves are useful in some cases (e.g., moving splintery and damaged lumber), with woodworking they actually significantly increase the risk of injury. You need the finesse and control of your hands when handling materials and tools, because gloves have a tendency to get caught in rotating machinery (e.g., drill press) and the decreased accuracy means you will be making mistakes in your movements. For this reason manufacturers tend to warn against the use of gloves in the user manual (while strongly recommending goggles, respirator, and ear protection).
- asteli 9y agonot sure if this is meant facetiously, but one tenet of shop safety is that you don't wear gloves when using tools that could snag and wrap your hand around them. drill presses, grinders, table saws.
- abakker 9y agoyep. Effectively no woodworking tools can be safely used with gloves. Gloves are fine for material handling, but not operating tools. Don't google image search for "power tool glove accident"
- sjs382 9y agoAbsolutely not. Never wear gloves when operating spinning tools. If you're morbidly curious, do a Google image search for "degloving". [NSFW: Gore]