4 ms·

There aren’t gloves you can wear at this scale that would offer any protection and allow you to do anything. The only protection you need is for it to be unplu

There aren’t gloves you can wear at this scale that would offer any protection and allow you to do anything. The only protection you need is for it to be unplugged and if it has large caps you want to make sure those are discharged.

2muchcoffeeman 1y ago
I don’t mean protection from electricity. He’s sawing into plastic and electric components and has no cut resistant gloves or a vacuum to suck away dust. At one point he also had a soldering iron quite close to bear fingers. Parts where he’s just prying things off with pliers wouldn’t need maximum dexterity with both hands.
- greggsy 1y ago
  I wouldn’t use gloves to do any of those things you’ve described. They would be a hindrance, and the risk just isn’t that bad.
- rented_mule 1y ago
  There are many different philosophies. My neighbor is 84 years old and worked for the US Forest Service for 30 years doing timber management and fire prevention / suppression. He has thousands of hours of experience using chainsaws, much of that on trees that are 100+ feet tall. Even in his 80s, he prefers to use a chainsaw wearing nothing other than shorts and a t-shirt - no chaps, no long pants, no socks, and no shoes. His argument is that safety equipment makes people complacent, especially when they are experienced enough to move quickly. If you have bare feet / legs, you are much more aware of the dangers and hence more careful. He still has all his limbs and the fingers / toes at the ends of them. Too many of his former coworkers do not. He is nearly deaf, so using hearing protection might have been better. That's all anecdotal at best, but experts often disagree on the safest approach for themselves vs. others. And what's best for experts is often not what's best for novices, and vice versa.

4 ms·

There aren’t gloves you can wear at this scale that would offer any protection and allow you to do anything. The only protection you need is for it to be unplu

by dogma1138 1y ago

2muchcoffeeman 1y ago
I don’t mean protection from electricity. He’s sawing into plastic and electric components and has no cut resistant gloves or a vacuum to suck away dust. At one point he also had a soldering iron quite close to bear fingers. Parts where he’s just prying things off with pliers wouldn’t need maximum dexterity with both hands.
- greggsy 1y ago
  I wouldn’t use gloves to do any of those things you’ve described. They would be a hindrance, and the risk just isn’t that bad.
- rented_mule 1y ago
  There are many different philosophies. My neighbor is 84 years old and worked for the US Forest Service for 30 years doing timber management and fire prevention / suppression. He has thousands of hours of experience using chainsaws, much of that on trees that are 100+ feet tall. Even in his 80s, he prefers to use a chainsaw wearing nothing other than shorts and a t-shirt - no chaps, no long pants, no socks, and no shoes. His argument is that safety equipment makes people complacent, especially when they are experienced enough to move quickly. If you have bare feet / legs, you are much more aware of the dangers and hence more careful. He still has all his limbs and the fingers / toes at the ends of them. Too many of his former coworkers do not. He is nearly deaf, so using hearing protection might have been better. That's all anecdotal at best, but experts often disagree on the safest approach for themselves vs. others. And what's best for experts is often not what's best for novices, and vice versa.