Re:The User Is on Their Own
by m463 on Friday May 03, 2024 @11:08PM
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Even "standard" tools have dangers. I was wearing gloves to protect my hands and was using an impact driver to loosen a nut... and I tapped the trigger, tool ran, my glove wound around the socket and pulled my finger in. Hurt my finger, luckily didn't break/permanently damage it. Took a second. I wouldn't have predicted.
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Re:The User Is on Their Own
by CoastalCoder on Saturday May 04, 2024 @12:06AM
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Yeah it's weird to me how many tools are less safe with work gloves.
Re:The User Is on Their Own
by formerly_proven on Saturday May 04, 2024 @07:51AM
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Almost like work safety rules ban using gloves with those tools.
I said this elsewhere: never wear gloves with roots that rotate.
Drill, table saw, router, belt sander are all big no-nos.
Orbital sander is about the only power tool I'd be comfortable wearing gloves with.
How does this uncommon knowledge become common sense?
Took me long enough to LEARN to wear gloves, now I have to unlearn it in specific cases :)
How do you prevent your bare hand from getting abraded when it accidentally brushes up against the sanding belt, drill bit, or other fast moving parts of the tool? Yes, I know, exercising caution is always a great idea, but accidents do happen, right?
I have a bench grinder that I use to clean rust off various pieces of metal, and you'd better believe I wear gloves when using it. My reasoning is that the chance of accidentally touching the grinding wheel is high, and a glove will prevent most injuries, while the chance of the glove getting wound around the grinding wheel is near zero because it doesn't take much pressure to stop the wheel. Am I wrong?