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Hi_Ho_Sliver · #11 02-20-2006, 09:37 AM

Why is it, most people don't hear us say "GET A GLOVE!" until they get cut a few times? LOL .....I wear a glove all the time, and the few times of "making that one last cut" are getting fewer and fewer in between...finally learning! In fact I wore out the thumb on my first glove....just ordered another from Rick....I tried some of the cheapo gloves and sonofagun, they are just that.."cheapo's" LOL, they wear out real quick, big spaces in between the stainless steel wires (definitely wouldn't work for gilley ha ha)

BobD · #12 02-20-2006, 09:59 AM

I fall into that not wearing a glove category; then again, i've learned that I'm not a hand-holder. I clamp my work, and just grew up with the attitude that my hand shouldn't be in a place where it can get cut.

That said, I taught a friend to carve--and insisted that she wear a glove--mainly because she didn't have a clamping aparatus, and had to hold her carvings!

Bob

Thor · #13 02-20-2006, 10:23 AM

Sorry to hear about your accident Gilly.
I was demonstrating a few weeks ago, and a young, beginner carver came up to me and said "you can tell me 'you told me so' now. I didn't even recognize him, but he told me that I had lectured him on how he needed to get a carving glove to avoid an expensive emergency room visit and a long recovery period if he cut himself.
He held up his hand, and announced that the "accident" has cost him $632.00, and that he had orderd his glove and would not pick up his tools again until it arrived. He had cut through a tendon.

I kind of feel the same way about my carving glove as I feel about my seatbelt in my car now. I don't feel quite right until I have them on.
Hope you recover quickly and learn from this. Your wife is right.....you know that...all of you know that..
Thor

Paul_Guraedy · #14 02-20-2006, 10:29 AM

Safety devices are the major line of defense against our loss of concentration. They are required because our first line of defense concentration, fails. As Squarebriggs stated, first the fingers then the thighs! There will always be times when we just do not pay attention as we should when using sharp instruments.

Don't misunderstand me, I wear a golve while carving without power. To me, this is the same as wearing safety glasses when grinding and sawing. Safety should be practiced, if not for our own sakes, then for the safety of those who would take up woodcarving and follow in our footsteps.

Another reason for wearing a glove is getting used to carving with one on. I have attended one course recently where gloves were absolutely required, no exceptions. This came about due to insurance requirements, which by the way are getting more stringent for woodcarving instructors. A couple of people who never carved with them had a tough time with the course.

I still get cut, just not as often. The last three or four cuts have been when removing tools from storage boxes.

BobD, be careful with your clamps. The most serious cut I have seen happened in a class with an experienced carver using a holding device. A large gouge slipped and cut several tendons in his wrist. A glove would not have helped in this case. I am trying to say that accidents will happen. But, let's do everything we can to minimize them.

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #15 02-20-2006, 10:40 AM

You know, there are always the hard headed ones that say they can't carve with a glove, but its like anything else, a few times using the glove and you get used to it, then a few times more and you feel naked without the glove...thank God thats where I am now, I automatically reach for a glove, and I can't tell you how many times the knife blade has slipped and you get the "white" look in your face until you realize "whew" I have a glove on ha ha

Kenny_S · #16 02-20-2006, 11:21 AM

Well Gilly, A lesson learned. My son the paramedic says I am his best customer and super Glue made me honorary CEO of their company. Well the frist one is true.
Looks like the cut was in a bad place for carving. I have switched from time to time with a thick leather glove to one of several carving gloves. However, my cuts come from when I take the glove off and make that last cut before putting the carving away. Lesson learned, I don't take that last cut any more.
Me thinks Paul has a handle on it for sure, At least the older I get the less,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,What ever he said. Now what was we talking about?

Lightningbolt · #17 02-20-2006, 08:26 PM

Just one more note... While I wear a glove on the non-carving hand now almost religiously I've still got some nasty cuts that penetrated my kevlar glove but none of them have ever required stitches. I always warn the kids in my carving classes to not let the kevlar gloves give you a false sense of security because they are only cut resistant, not cut proof. I can only imagine what the severity of my cuts would have been without the glove!

On another similar safety note I personally am "doubly" challenged because while I always wear a glove on the non-carving hand, my problem is that when I drop my knife during carving my body tends to get ahead of my brain as I immediately try to catch it in mid-air. It all happens so fast and I just can't seem to get a handle on it so I suppose that I probably should wear a glove on each hand. Or perhaps I should just stop drinking so much coffee while carving??