Dadnatron
Veteran Member
This is an interesting thread... in that I need to figure something out for gloves.
I am extremely careful about my hands. It comes with the territory of being a surgeon I guess. I wear gloves constantly, when I am working and have many different styles for different uses. But I rarely am without gloves while I am working. For regular work, I typically buy the $10 HF soft leather gloves with velcro straps. I like tight fitting gloves, especially since I wear them constantly and want good dexterity. And when I invariably wear out the tip of my right index and middle finger, I don't mind tossing them in the trash and getting a new pair. I DO mind tossing the $35 Mechanix gloves though... hence the HF.
Yesterday, was my 2nd 'welding class', and I had been given a crappy pair of stiff and shrunken gloves to work with the time before. So gloves were on my mind. I had gone into their store area, and they had a ton of variations, and out of them, I thought a couple pair might work. But, the store was 'closed' so although I could look at things, I couldn't actually purchase any. I asked my instructor about it, and he was like many of you, saying 'anything will work'. But when I asked him what HE used... he said he uses 100% cotton 'hot mill' gloves. I was shocked, because I had simply assumed you 'HAD' to wear heavy, awkward, leather gloves. That's all I'd ever seen used in my '''huge''' experience. He gave me a pair, and I loved them.
I did have one issue, however. After I was through, running about 100 6" beads, I noticed that the back of my off hand was always hot. When I removed the glove, I saw that I had a very mild burn on the back of my left hand, with a normal space, where a double seam had prevented direct heat. This morning, I have a couple small blisters.
So, I began looking for gloves and alternatives, thinking those gloves would work great if I had a shield on that glove.
I see a few thoughts about shields, and I don't think that having a big 'metal plate' strapped to my hand will be useful for my meager abilities. But, if you were going to use a shield, what alternatives are there and what are your thoughts about how to fasten it? I know BS has gloves with special snaps to remove the shield.
What are the good and bad about a heat shield?
I am extremely careful about my hands. It comes with the territory of being a surgeon I guess. I wear gloves constantly, when I am working and have many different styles for different uses. But I rarely am without gloves while I am working. For regular work, I typically buy the $10 HF soft leather gloves with velcro straps. I like tight fitting gloves, especially since I wear them constantly and want good dexterity. And when I invariably wear out the tip of my right index and middle finger, I don't mind tossing them in the trash and getting a new pair. I DO mind tossing the $35 Mechanix gloves though... hence the HF.
Yesterday, was my 2nd 'welding class', and I had been given a crappy pair of stiff and shrunken gloves to work with the time before. So gloves were on my mind. I had gone into their store area, and they had a ton of variations, and out of them, I thought a couple pair might work. But, the store was 'closed' so although I could look at things, I couldn't actually purchase any. I asked my instructor about it, and he was like many of you, saying 'anything will work'. But when I asked him what HE used... he said he uses 100% cotton 'hot mill' gloves. I was shocked, because I had simply assumed you 'HAD' to wear heavy, awkward, leather gloves. That's all I'd ever seen used in my '''huge''' experience. He gave me a pair, and I loved them.
I did have one issue, however. After I was through, running about 100 6" beads, I noticed that the back of my off hand was always hot. When I removed the glove, I saw that I had a very mild burn on the back of my left hand, with a normal space, where a double seam had prevented direct heat. This morning, I have a couple small blisters.
So, I began looking for gloves and alternatives, thinking those gloves would work great if I had a shield on that glove.
I see a few thoughts about shields, and I don't think that having a big 'metal plate' strapped to my hand will be useful for my meager abilities. But, if you were going to use a shield, what alternatives are there and what are your thoughts about how to fasten it? I know BS has gloves with special snaps to remove the shield.
What are the good and bad about a heat shield?
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