Lesson learned: wear gloves (with certain hand tools)

I’ve done as you’ve described… Also I’ve put way too much oomph behind the hand saw with not enough cut left and punched the corner with quite a bit of force… that sucked too. I still don’t wear gloves though. Why? I don’t like it. The saw/chisel/rasp just feels better in my hand with no glove. Though I do wear a glove on my left hand when I’m doing paring work… I don’t like the pulling on my skin the chisel does…

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I do a lot of sharpening-knives and planes, etc. I bought a pair of the Kevlar woven (like a knit) gloves. Won’t help a lot on a puncture, but ya won’t slice a chunk out of one of your paws.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us

In the last few years I’ve taken to carrying mechanics gloves
around with me and I put them on several times a day. Even
after the fingertips blow out the gloves are still effective
protection. One also as to be aware of sliding one’s hands
along boards when handling them, as you can get severe
splinters that way and other nasty surprises.

The sharper your tools are, the less force you need to apply to use them. If you are pressing so hard that you’re not in control once the tool starts cutting, you should back off.

Not that I haven’t taken some skin off. But with experience I’ve learned to let the tools do as much of the work as possible, and to always make sure I’m in control of the tool.

-- ian | "You can't stop what's coming. It ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."

Can’t say I am keen on wearing gloves, although I do acknowledge that slivers etc are a pain.

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Gloves are fine for certain types of woodworking, but remember that they should NEVER be worn when operating power tools – its too easy for them to become entangled with a spinning blade or bit and suck your hand in. When I was young my mom was helping my dad crosscut some cedar boards with a radial arm saw, and because the cedar was so splintery, she was wearing gloves. Well, it only took a split second for one of the fingers to get too close to the blade and pull her hand in, severing 2 fingers immediately. Luckily we were able to get her to a hospital quickly and they reattached them, but in hindsight I’m sure my mom would have much rather had to deal with a few splinters instead of 2 amputations!

-- Wag more, bark less.

Yeah be careful with gloves and shampeon is exactly right your tools are not sharp enough. I usually position my self in such a way that the blade is always pointing away from any appendages. I know sometimes it not that easy but it can be accomplished.

-- Steve - Wasilla, Alaska

Yeah, I wear gloves but my chisel hardly slips..
Do not wear gloves around the tablesaw and router though…

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Well, I was actually using a mill file yesterday, so a dull tool wasn’t the issue here: but I have slipped while using a chisel that may have been too dull (I’m a better sharpener, now).

-- More tools, fewer machines.

This is why the first aid kit in my shop is my best friend

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

I wear kevlars at work but almost never in the shop. I’ve hammered my hands against things so many time that I can’t count. I’ve had a mortise chisel slip out of my hand and given it a full mallet blow. Been there, man.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog