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[Young Salt]

Originally Posted by Tagger

I don't like gloves on machinery,, your call, but if you do make sure they're not tattered .

You should NEVER wear gloves using when using a lathe, or any machinery really.

An old PM post.....

Originally Posted by the professor

Gloves
I second the thought of no gloves around machinery. I have been in the machine shop for almost 30 years and have seen some nasty accidents. I have got plenty of stitches to prove it. A fellow worker was just polishing 1" dia. shafts with sandpaper in a lathe and like a fool he was wearing gloves, he did not want to get dirty. Well when you sand the outside of something never grab your hand around the part being sanded because the paper can bind up or grab itself. If possible hold both ends of the paper to sand or polish that way you can let go when this happen's, and it will happen. He was sanding at high speed with gloves and using one hand around the shaft. Disaster struck and the end result was he pulled his finger off, not sliced it off but pulled it right off his hand when the glove got caught in the sandpaper. I saved the finger from the bed of the lathe but they could not reattach it. Needless to say he lost the finger. Machinery is very unforgiving so don't cut corners and rush. I know a little wood lathe doesn't look very dangerous but they bite. Just a little food for thought. P.M.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Young Salt

You should NEVER wear gloves using when using a lathe, or any machinery really.

An old PM post.....

I agree, brother-in law was degloved in sheetmetal rollers. Machine took the end off a couple of fingers, thumb and ripped all the skin off his hand only because he had no glove on and was able to rip his hand free. If he had been wearing a glove he'd be pulled in up to his shoulder . I'd rather get bit than mauled .. No gloves for me .. Recently heard a tool talk where wearing gloves was recomeded..

[Flaptail]

Thanks.

[eastendlu]

I use a laser beam burns a hole staight thru.

[Nebe]

lathe speed is criticle IMO- that huge batch of darters i did last year forced me to learn real fast that the slower you go the better. Less wandering... once i slowed down i hit center every time.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Nebe

lathe speed is criticle IMO- that huge batch of darters i did last year forced me to learn real fast that the slower you go the better. Less wandering... once i slowed down i hit center every time.

Damm .. never thought of changing speeds for drilling .. it works better on the hard wood ? good one .

[Slipknot]

Steve, I'll come over and show ya

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Tagger

Damm .. never thought of changing speeds for drilling .. it works better on the hard wood ? good one .

works much better- go as slow as your lathe can go.