exiestjw t1_ir4u27q wrote on October 5, 2022 at 10:44 AM

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I worked at my dad's HVAC company as a teenager, then a factory from 18-23, and then went to college and have sat in front of a computer for the last 20 years. A couple years ago I bought some property that requires about 15-30 hours of labor a week.

Thats all to say that just recently I've decided that part of dressing for working is putting on gloves. I watch a lot of Andrew Camarata videos and similar for inspiration. I don't understand how that guy's hands aren't chewed to bits from doing the stuff he does with no gloves. I know a lot of it is skill, but still, he must have hand-calluses like baseball mitts or something.

Bergwookie t1_ir5hsmx wrote on October 5, 2022 at 2:14 PM

NEVER wear gloves when working with rotating machinery.. Better a small cut from a sharp edge or shavings than losing a finger or more.. First thing you learn when working with metal... I saw horrible things.

And if you're having long hair, at least tie them together, better wear a cap or dew rag.. A drill press scalps you better than an Indian chief!

series-hybrid t1_ir656t1 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 4:50 PM

Its learning from other peoples mistakes, and understanding when to be careful enough, and when you can get away with hot-dogging it.

You get good judgment from experience, and you get experience from bad judgment.

zeeboots t1_ir6ciar wrote on October 5, 2022 at 5:36 PM

I'm unfamiliar with him but in the YouTube thumbnails I see him wearing gloves at least once. The other commenter is right however if you're around any spinning items you need to keep all hair fabric and leather far far away from it because very bad things can happen.

Gloves are great for home improvement work, not so great for shop work.

exiestjw t1_ir6dt56 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 5:44 PM

Sure, I'm not saying he's anti-glove or anything, he wears them when almost any sane person would wear them.

Its times like this though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriyTlXVtBg&t=390s

Changing an ATV muffler.

Now, I know that many, many people would do this without gloves.

But my knuckles would be banged to hell and I'd have scratches all over my hands and arms if I did that job without gloves.