This! I've tried working without gloves. I hated how my hands looked after. I don't really have issues with splinters that often (maybe once every few shop days), but my skin reacts badly with oils and greases. Then there are all the little nicks one gets when putting one's hands in a gearbox to pull/put something in.So in *my* shop, with *my* set of safety protocols, I always use gloves when using the lathe. No, not nitrile ones, but real, skin fitting kevlar gloves with very thin gripping surfaces. (the cut resistant variety)
--- now before you guys blast me about OSHA, all safety protocols are a complete system with compromises and assumed risks and mitigated risks. I have written exception protocols for OSHA Alberta, so I've had to write in these kinds of things...
IF:
1) you NEVER have your hands closer than 6" from any moving part, and keep your hands 12" away for normal operation
1a) Your lathe files are always used left hand and are more than 14" long in OAL
2) your shut off on the lathe cannot be restarted with one hand in one operation with the other hand near the rotating parts
2a) My lathe has a start button on the headstock and then needs the lever on the carriage to start the spindle, which is more than 24" from the chuck... (yes I suppose I could touch the chuck with my left hand, but that is usually on the carriage handle)
3) the glove is a close fitting one that does not have any extra 'floppy material than can get stuck in things, I.E. like a nitrile or stretch glove that needs hand-proximity to catch.
... only then can I see using gloves on my lathe, nitrile or not.
So now, I always wear gloves. The only exception is when I have to put my hands near the spindle. For example lathe filing, or touching cutter on the work.
I tried nitrile gloves, there are dirty jobs I have to wear them for (swapping a cv joint in a car). I love them until I take them off and my hands look like they were underwater for last few hours...
For anyone with the same issue nitrile gloves work really well if you put super thin cosmetic white cotton gloves underneath. These are cosmetic gloves because they're used in various cosmetic procedures. The only problem with these is the cost. They cost like $1 a pair. While nitrile gloves cost $13 for a pack of 100.
Also I recommend to have various types of gloves. I haven't tried washing them yet, but I might. I have a verh nice set of leather assembly gloves, which I don't use because I'm afraid of making them dirty :-/ it would be much better if I found a way to clean them.
Oh boy, definitely!Speaking of eyes, all of us who make chips should get a head x-ray to look for slivers in the eyes before having any MRI procedure done.
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I wear glasses so I have some eye protection. I tend to put a face shield on when doing grinding etc. I never found safety glasses that can go over normal glasses and not fog up unfortunately.