[Blown240]

Last night I had a cut off wheel come apart on me, and cut my hand up pretty good. Of course I didn't have any gloves on, like an idiot.

What gloves do you guys wear when working in the garage? I have a set of heavy leather ones that are good for welding, but terrible for detail work. I had a set of green mechanix gloves, but they got shredded by a milling bit...

Any gloves that are relatively tough, and still give good tactile feeling?

 

[jonKranked]

robot hands.

 

[Arkayne]

 

[Blown240]

I always wanted a power glove!

 

[jdcamb]

The dollar store by me sells Fox works gloves. They come in orange and blue. The orange ones hold up better. Usually $7 but I have seen them cheaper. Firstly they are very comfortable. They come in XXL. They are cool in the summer. Not so warm in the winter. If you get them wet they smell funny.

 

[Arkayne]

If my job doesn't need leather gloves but I need tactile, I wear mechanics like these

but it seems you need a little more protection. how about something like this? you can probably find some ugly color past model DH glove with the CF inserts on the joints in a clearance box somewhere.

 

[CastleMaster]

I generally don't wear gloves while cutting either and have never had a problem, but yes, accidents do happen. I use the black Mechanix gloves too or pigskin gloves when I need more protection from heat. That's what I normally weld in too. Once they are broken in your sense of touch is actually pretty good.

What kind of disk were you using? What were you cutting? I'm assuming this was on an angle grinder? Was the spark guard still on it? Consider yourself lucky it didn't end up embedded in your face.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Work bought us these:

Pretty damn tough, tactile feeling is about as good as you could hope for, and they are fairly heat resistant. I actually use mine mostly for removing hot parts from turbines. They are okay in the winter but not great.

http://www.globalconstructionsupply.net/majestic-35-1305-hppe-cut-less-watchdog-cut-resistant-gloves-pu-palm-dip-cut-3

 

[kazlx]

I switch between nitrile gloves, mechanics gloves and leather tig gloves depeding on what I'm doing. If it's any sort of grinding/cutoff wheels, I'm using leather gloves. I just take them off if I need better feel. They also help with the heat of cutting/grinding if you grab something hot. Way better than mechanics gloves. I use the mechanics for general fab work like carrying materials, loading the bandsaw, etc. You said shredding by a milling bit....no gloves on the mill or lathe. I'll take my chances rather than risk getting my glove caught in a chuck or spindle.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

You said shredding by a milling bit....no gloves on the mill or lathe. I'll take my chances rather than risk getting my glove caught in a chuck or spindle.

Ditto. Gloves are a no-no around a polishing lathe. Way too easy to get it caught.