Don't Wear Sleeves vs. Burns From Hot Chips

[Parlo]

I have always rolled my overall sleeves back a couple of turns leaving the lower half of my forearms exposed. The roll tends to tighten around my forarms leaving nothing flapping about.
I'm assuming everyone's feeding their cutters from the right hand side of the part. The vast majority of the chips then fly away from you. To reduce this further bring the part towards you, almost to the front edge of the face mill. This directs the chips further to the left, releasing them earlier from the cutter.
The problem I see is that "machinists" on social media post videos of themselves using gloves - sleeves -rings watches etc. These practices can be seen as ok and copied. There is a responsibility to post safe methods only. If I see any gloves in a machining video, I immediately move on.

 

[jwmay]

Wait, what?

None of the shirts or T Shirts I wear have plastics in; all are cotton. Where in God's name are you buying your clothes from?

‘Murica!! By way of Bangladesh and China usually.

 

[GeneT45]

‘Murica!! By way of Bangladesh and China usually.

I buy Carharrt shirts and sweatshirts (and pants) that are 100% cotton. The last couple of years they seem to be moving toward "blends", but so far the 100% cotton remain an option, and except in the sweatshirts the difference is obvious.

GsT

 

[jwmay]

I buy Carharrt shirts and sweatshirts (and pants) that are 100% cotton. The last couple of years they seem to be moving toward "blends", but so far the 100% cotton remain an option, and except in the sweatshirts the difference is obvious.

Do you get it online or at a farm store, or? I’m a Walmart shopper and the best I could find was 98% cotton made in Bangladesh. They started putting rubber in my favorite pants two years ago. Found 100% cotton denim online, but want to try them on first.

 

[GeneT45]

Do you get it online or at a farm store, or? I’m a Walmart shopper and the best I could find was 98% cotton made in Bangladesh. They started putting rubber in my favorite pants two years ago. Found 100% cotton denim online, but want to try them on first.

About 50/50 - I get some from Amazon, some from Tractor Supply (though I struck out there this year), and some from Cabela's (local). BTW, in my experience the canvas pants wear much harder than the denim.

GsT

 

[mmcmdl]

I don't like the sleeve argument, and here's why- you don't get your tallywhacker caught in the machine, do you? It's a floppy front-hanging appendage, but that's not a problem because you don't stick your donk in the machine, right?

Well , I'm not sure about this . One co-worker got caught with his " donk " in the pickle slicer one weekend . They both got fired !

 

[finsruskw]

Only slightly OT: don’t forget wedding rings! I knew a guy who was on a ladder closing a valve - ladder slipped, ring caught on the hand wheel and nine fingers. I only wear my wedding (or any other rings) on special social occasions. And thanks to cell phones, same for watches.

I NEVER wear rings of any kind!!
I learned not to in 1962 while working on a bridge crew working on I-80 in Iowa.
Still don't.

 

[Batmanacw]

When I worked on a lathe in the die shop of forge, it was cold and the relief from the chips was a big deal. We wore button up shirts and simply acted in a manor to keep my arms away from moving parts. I would do it again exactly as I did before. If you are aware of the danger it can be mitigated.

 

[SouthernChap]

‘Murica!! By way of Bangladesh and China usually.

Most UK men don't, despite national stereotypes, don't pop down to Saville Row and get their shirts made to measure!

Maybe it's a generational thing (at 53, I'm probably one of the younger members here! ) but I might, at a push, buy underwear at a supermarket but everything else comes from bricks and mortar clothing shops or if just something basic like black plain T Shirts for scruffs, online well-known clothing brands (don't mean designer brands, just people like cotton traders and the like) and I always check for 100% non-plastics (viscose is okay at a push as part of a cotton blend).

 

[ChazzC]

Most UK men don't, despite national stereotypes, don't pop down to Saville Row and get their shirts made to measure!

Maybe it's a generational thing (at 53, I'm probably one of the younger members here! ) but I might, at a push, buy underwear at a supermarket but everything else comes from bricks and mortar clothing shops or if just something basic like black plain T Shirts for scruffs, online well-known clothing brands (don't mean designer brands, just people like cotton traders and the like) and I always check for 100% non-plastics (viscose is okay at a push as part of a cotton blend).

One of the things I noted when I was consulting in North Wales in the late 90's was the overall quality of the clothing, whether be a Harris Tweed Sports Coat (mine fits again after I lost 2-1/2 decades of weight) or M&S.

I also took note that I was in the minority wearing golf shirts at T' Mill (other professionals wore suits or Sprorts Coats and ties, taking their jacket off at the beginning of the day and donning a lab coat to work in, just like Mr. Crispin).