Safety gear

[Desolus]

So I'm curious as to what gloves you guys recommend for handleing needle covered parts.

I have my box store leather gloves, none of which fit very well, and because of that they are not pleasent to try and handle tiny parts with.

 

[Bob Korves]

I try not to handle needle covered parts.

 

[Desolus]

But they get everywhere, and I have to clean sometimes!

I hate being stabbed by tiny stainless chips... they curl up in semicircles and stab me in two places at once.

 

[Bob Korves]

Chip brush? Tough gloves are a really dangerous thing around machines, I would not wear them near a machine that was not disabled by unplugging it or flipping the circuit breaker, easier to use the chip brush and be cautious. Sharp stuff is part of the deal for machining metal.

 

[mikey]

I use nitrile gloves when cleaning up. It actually helps reduce the number of splinters I get and allows me to feel rather well through them. Of course, a good splinter removal kit is handy.

 

[Bob Korves]

The 10 mil nitrile gloves are thick enough to help protect your hands while also being easily enough torn to be safe around machinery.

 

[Desolus]

im not concerned too much with gloves vs machine only because i don't do setups or clean or put my hand anywhere near the machine while it is under power, the same level of care i give my cordless sidegrinder or drill. that's the way i was taught to do it and it's second nature now.

 

[rwm]

I hate 316 splinters!
R

 

[Bob Korves]

im not concerned too much with gloves vs machine only because i don't do setups or clean or put my hand anywhere near the machine while it is under power, the same level of care i give my cordless sidegrinder or drill. that's the way i was taught to do it and it's second nature now.

Here:
http://www.superiorglove.com/pages/blog/no-gloves-around-rotating-equipment/
is a company who is in the business of selling gloves. Around rotating equipment, their advice is "the best glove is no glove." Please do yourself a favor and read the article, then decide for yourself.
More:
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/11182-hand-protection
OSHA:
http://www.free-training.com/osha/ppe/HAND/611.htm

 

[4GSR]

There's many of times I have to stop the lathe in a cut, shut the power off, get a pair of H-F needle nose pliers and pull those nasty stringy shavings that wrap around your work while turning, off the workpiece, then continue cutting.
On the lathe, I use chip brushes to get the chips to the chip pan, then use a small flat blade shovel to move them to the garbage can and or heavy leather gloves to handle the fine metal chips. And of course, the gloves go back to it's storage place once done and never use when the lathe is turning.
For removal of chips from the mill, a combination of chip brushes and the shop vacuum cleaner works best! And nothing wrong using it on the lathe, too!