Do you Wear Gloves when Angle Grinding?

[orionmojo]

does anyone?

 

i dont but got a bollocking for it . i need gloves aparently but i find it alot more dangerous with it slipping around and i find i have less control. its not like it gives you much time either if you do slip

 

discuss

[mk3tina]

well, at work we hardly touch an angle grinder because we work on crap modern cars, but at home, i wear gloves if i know im going to do a fair bit of grinding, but if its just a quick flattening of some bit of welding i wont bother if my gloves are at the other end of the garage or if i cant find them at hand, i dont find them resticting with regards to control of the grinder, its the same with or without gloves, i suppose ill be sorry for not wearing them if something goes wrong, but thats how it is when your working with dangerous tools. i ALWAYS wear box goggles though, getting a nasty gouge in your hands is one thing, but losing your sight is another.

[orionmojo]

yeah, dont get me wrong i have goggles and ears on all the time, and when i'm diggine and stuff i always wear gloves but i cut alot of clay blocks for driveways and stuff now and i find it far easier and i'm far neater without gloves. how long would it take for the grinder to get through a set of gardening gloves? health and safety rubbish.

[Slik 50]

I akways wear ear defenders goggles and gloves. But the gloves are the snap on mechanic style gloves that would be pretty useless if a dics exploded but I just wear them for comfort more than anything

[flyingbanana]

nope i dont wear gloves/goggles/ear defenders..................and never had a problem......

[ZetecVan 2.0]

nope i dont wear gloves/goggles/ear defenders..................and never had a problem......

 

Until you get a sliver of metal embedded in your eyeball and you have to go to A&E to have it drilled out.... Like what happened to me once. Not nice.

[flyingbanana]

i have to wear glasses any way...so thats why i dont wear goggles has they become annoying

[Messenjah]

been there too mike but now i just line it up and dont look lol i know what u mean FB tho goggles over glasses just fooks me off ! and i dont wear gloves or ear defenders

[ZetecVan 2.0]

Thing is, I've no idea how it got there. When I was working on the car earlier in the day I was wearing goggles and it didn't go in then. It was only later in the evening when I noticed it...!

[Trevmk3]

i wear a flip down screen when grinding as goggles over the glasses is crap i wear gloves when im doing alot of grinding as i find that the vibrations can start and make your hands go slightly numb, if its just flashing over a tiny spot then i dont bother. never wear gloves whilst drilling either because if your glove gets caught your screwed

[Slik 50]

I know what you mean about goggles and glasses but I use a pair of scott motorcross goggles. They are designed to take a massive impact, very comfatable, never steam up as they are very well ventalated, you can get tinted lenses for working outside in the summer but best of all, they now design them with a slight reccess on each side so they cup over normal glasses so visually impaired riders can wear glasses under goggles when they are riding

Mine cost me about £25 and you can buy replacement lensses for about a fiver

[Rick]

gloves are for women....

 

goggles on the other hand id recommend with an angle grinder

 

dont want iron filings burnt into your iris

[Mr Sam]

trust me people wear full PPE

 

caught my hand pretty bad dug a nice hole in it and sure it fractured a bone or 2, still aches a bit when im digging over a month later.......and this was with gloves

 

 

look how many veins and tendens it managed to miss........along with my face

[Rick]

the more you batter yourt hands though the tougher they get.

 

i have rhino skin now and its useful when you need to grip tight bolts that you cant get a spanner too