Do You Wear Gloves in the Garage? Well, I Don't

[RedRiver]

Was cutting a bit of tin off a bar to add to the pot. Started with the hacksaw part way through then finish it off with the big hammer. Well, tonight the hammer slipped.

Yeah, that's skin on the edge of the bar.

Not paying the huge amount for a trip to the ER for stitches, we will see what it looks like in the morning. I hate wearing gloves, they take too much away from feeling stuff. Rarely ever use them at work either.

[oteroman]

Based on your conviction to not where gloves, does it matter if we exercise safety? Hope the damage is minimal...

[Yodogsandman]

"I hate wearing gloves, they take too much away from feeling stuff." RedRiver

How'd that feel? Thanks for the safety reminder of the week!

Maybe another time just melt that tin bar down (minus the skin) into smaller sizes to add to the casting pot. You can make any shape nugget, bar or anything you want. Whatever size you want. Make your own mold from what you can find. I use a brass piping end cap, the ones with the square on them on one side and a shallow, round divot on the other (for a 2 oz tin medallion). My mold handle is a pair of channel locks. You could also find a boolit mold that fits your wants.

[RedRiver]

Haha. Yeah I will wear gloves next time. That's a good idea with the tiny ingot mold. First bAtch of tin I've ever needed. Always just used wheel weights.

It's fine now. Be back to normal tomorrow.

[Jr.]

No I usually don't but always wish I had when I get a super splinter or snag on some metal. Thanks for the reminder. Hope it heals well.

[Mitch]

Not a big glove fan either but I don't like bleeding either so err on the side of safety when needed.Hope you heal up well.I use a mold I cant use or is damage to cast tin or solder into nice useable size.

[Bzcraig]

I'm not a big fan of gloves either but am getting better at wearing them especially this time of year. I've gotten where I now use my band saw to cut alloy when I need to. An aggressive blade cuts through like butter.

[runfiverun]

I look at the back and front of my hands for like 2 seconds then put my gloves on.

[MaryB]

I buy the dirt cheap cotton/leather palm/finger garden gloves. On sale they are a $1 a pair so cheap enough to toss if you get them nasty. They are also very flexible and have decent finger feeling so I wear them all the time unless I am doing assembly with small nuts and bolts.



Not that name brand, these are no name Menards specials.

[longbow]

I ran an angle grinder with a cut off disk part way through my left middle finger when it grabbed and kicked. Nope not wearing gloves either! I should have gotten stitches but cleaned it up and bandaged tightly. I have a strange scar and slightly funny shaped fingernail now. I tend to wear gloves more often now too at least when the potential is there for serious damage. Got enough scars to do me.

Longbow

[brtelec]

When I am at work we are required to wear gloves any time we are out on deck. When this started, I hated it. Now I do not even notice it. This has extended to the workshop at home as well. Once you are used to it, you don't really notice it. What I do notice however is how many fewer scabs and scars I accumulate in the course of my day. The key is to find gloves that fit well.

[tazman]

I wore gloves everday, all day at work for over 40 years. I try to avoid them at home. Some of the jobs I did at work, the gloves could get you in trouble if you moved wrong. Some times they would help save your hands too.
I have scars on my hands that I got right through the gloves from high speed belt grinders and second degree burns.
They can be a mixed blessing.

[Plate plinker]

wear the right glove for the right job, if that doesn't work make a tool.

[brtelec]

We are issued different gloves for different jobs and of course there are some tools that you are not to operate with gloves on.

[Tatume]

If I want one inch of the bar of tin, I dip the bar in the melt one inch deep and seconds later, it's done. No sawing, no casting mini ingots, etc.

[30Carbine]

Depends what part of my shop you are in. In the welding grinding area gloves. You walk through the door into the machine area NO GLOVES allowed or long sleeve shirts or anything else that hangs off of you period.

[44man]

If I want one inch of the bar of tin, I dip the bar in the melt one inch deep and seconds later, it's done. No sawing, no casting mini ingots, etc.

This is my way too.
I melted a 75# ingot by drilling a hole in the end tab and hanging it with my deer hoist into the smelting pot, lower as it melts and lift out when pot is full.
I also wore gloves for 42 years on the airport, got so used to them I did my car repairs with gloves on.
Never wear a ring either, one guy was under the dashboard, shorted the ring on connections and it turned white hot in a split second. Others have torn fingers off.
Spinning machinery is always dangerous. Get a glove caught on a lathe chuck and you go for a trip, then another to get sewed back together.
Now I cast without gloves, never splash lead, not even on the bench. Worst I do is miss the big coffee can with a sprue, keep pliers on the bench for that.

[tigweldit]

I go through 2 to 4 pair of good, all leather, gloves per year.I use gloves from thin leather, material handeling, to thick welding type. Cheap insurance. Burns and cuts hurt more and take longer to heal as you get older. I also try to use heavy nitrel(?) gloves whenever I'm doing automotive or nasty, greasy stuff. Makes clean-up faster and easier. The wife likes my soft, clean hands when its play time!

[farmerjim]

If I want one inch of the bar of tin, I dip the bar in the melt one inch deep and seconds later, it's done. No sawing, no casting mini ingots, etc.

Me too.

[tigweldit]

+1 on no rings.