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Default Gloves for turning

Martin Eastburn wrote:
The problem with gloves is they might or could get caught in the turning
and break a wrist or finger.....

High speed of the spindle exceeds the level of safety even on a thin glove.

Martin

On 1/31/2014 5:36 PM, G. Ross wrote:
I got tired of purple hands while roughing out black walnut blanks. I
found that HF nitrile gloves are the answer. Grip is ok and if they
snag they will not pull your hand into the work, it just tears a chunk
out of the glove. So they seem safe to use


This is for roughing out wet green wood. No high speeds involved.
And have you ever worn Harbor Freight nitrile gloves? You look at
them cross-eyed and they just fall apart.
And no special "touch" or sensation involved in roughing out.

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