Turner's Jacket Suggestions

I'm looking for a turners jacket and have looked at the one from Craft supplies USA.

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Valley also has a new jacket out but it has sleeves with elastic cuffsto keep them back on your forearms.http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=49899&SID=&ccurrency=2&category=1%2C43413Any suggestions on either. I'm unsure about the Lee Valley because of thesleeves.

Tim

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TDUP
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damn, I didn't know there was such a thing... interesting..

you're almost talking apples and oranges here... one's basically a short sleeve shirt and the other is a 2/3 length "smock"... the one from Craft Supplies really doesn't say how long it is and the picture doesn't show the bottom..

Of the 2, I think I'd prefer the lee valley, because of the sleeves... notice that it has velcro to roll them up... but for most of what I do, I don't know if the length would be a hassle..

sort of like a turners "duster" or a skirt..lol

I think I'll save the money and keep using the shop vac on myself when I'm done turning..

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mac davis

I think that Packard now has one. Also, while I didn't see it on their web site, I know that Paula Nicks at

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is selling one also. If you email through their web site you can find out about the one she is selling.

Bill

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Bill Rubenstein

I use a tyvek windbreaker - price $0, since it was being given away with catfood I was buying anyway, which it advertises, of course. You can buy similar things (and coveralls, if you prefer) for $cheap without the advertising on them.

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Ecnerwal

I'll have a review of the LV Turner's smock in the next issue of More Woodturning. It should be available as a pdf a week or so later and will be posted here:

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I'm looking for a turners jacket and have looked at the one from Craft > supplies USA.

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Lyn J. Mangiameli

Hi Tim

If you turn exotic wood like cocobolo, you would want long sleeves, as exposure to those woods can cause skin rash and worse.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

TDUP wrote:

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Leo Van Der Loo

shop vac --- 0$ old clothes --0$

using the money to buy "turney" stuff instead --- priceless

Dale

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dalecue

damn, I didn't know there was such a thing... interesting..

Dale,

The Craft Supplies smock is about fingertip length, like a suit coat. It's a very popular smock among the pros like Raffan, Mahoney, Stuart Batty... I see a lot of them around at demos.

-Jim Gott- San Jose, CA

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Jim Gott

Bill,

Sounds like you're referring to the Packard smock, near the back of the catalog. A ribbed neck and otherwise like a kitchen apron, made of dark blue nylon. I have one of those, too, but it doesn't protect the shoulders and my shirt still gets stained. I'll still use it occasionally if I'm turning small projects of dry, light colored wood where there aren't a lot of chips.

-Jim Gott- San Jose, CA

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Jim Gott

I have a turner's smock on my wish list. I was going to discard an old breathable and rain proof sailing jacket. Then one day I was roughing green blanks. It did not take too long I was wet and covered with wood chips and wet dust running down my neck. I look around and saw the old sailing jacket and used it. Since then the old jacket has a new lease on life and protects me well without sweating, getting wet and no wood chips are sticking to it. I can only hope that the Turner's smock advertised are made with material that has the same quality as my old sailing jacket. FWIW

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Denis Marier

Nah ... this was made by somebody's wife and had long sleeves ... mebbe velcro closures in the back.

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Obfuscated

Generally they don't. Great sailing, mountaineering and backpacking gear has had lots of R&D and is now quite refined. Some of my feedback to manufacturers of turning clothing has been to be more attentive to what has been accomplished by those groups, and apply it to woodturning gear. We face many of the same issues: freedom of movement, a lack of bulk so things don't get caught, good ventilation while at the same time offer am effective seal from the environment (as you know, the spray off some wet wood is little better than wind driven rain) and to that we add some need to resist glue and wood extractives and finishes. In the end, though, I think we will never see turning equipment of this level, in large measure because torso clothing is unlikely to be ever considered survival equipment in the same way as it is for the other groups.

Lyn

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Lyn J. Mangiameli

I have the AAW short sleaved one, doesn't offer much protection, a nylon winbreaker which I applied velcro to the collar to keep shaving from going down my shirt, and the Packard long sleaved smock. This Packard smock is the best. It velcro keeps it tight around the neck, and the long sleaves gives me added protection. I am impressed with the pictures of the Lee Valley smock, but I have not tried it. This link will give you a look at the smock at Packard. Hope this helps. Glenn Hodges Nashville, Ga

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Ghodges2

I wear one of these - a French Cheesemaker's Smock (just call it a "Freedom Smock" if you have to)

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's _very_ easy to sew, as it's all made from rectangles. This"square and armpit-gusset" pattern also gives an awful lot of armfreedom.

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Andy Dingley

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