Hi Everyone, Going back to a posting of 14th January about burning fingers and wearing gloves. I have rarely heard about any more dangerous practice than working on a lathe with something that could rip your fingers off in the blink of an eye. Picture the scene when you get a catch, and it happens to all of us once in a while. Your hand jumps on the rest and the glove just touches the work, maybe trapping between the rest and the revolving work or a sharp outside edge hooks the cuff. Hey presto! If you are really lucky the glove will tear, but more likely a finger or two will be amputated. Sensible? Let's have a poll to find out how many turners use gloves and ask who has had a close encounter and learned a valuable lesson. Charlie
Oxon woodturners UK