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The knit, spectra fibre/dyneema cut resistant gloves are great for rough grinding if you can stand it. They're the fiber version of UHM, and highly heat and abrasion resistant, and won't melt.
I grind a lot of small stuff so typically I simply can't stand using gloves because of lack of tactile feedback, and there's too much bulk to support the spine of a 1/10" tapering to nothing blade.
I was given a set of those rhino finger things, the neoprene finger gloves, and have to say, they're actually pretty awesome if you can keep track of them. Probably not for everyone, but I definitely recommend giving them a try.
I'm not too worried about gloves around a belt grinder, just based on the action, as someone who's run his finger all the way around the wheels underneath the belt once. Fortunately with a contact wheel and not a flat platen, it was scary as hell, and hurt, but I was drunk so under god's famous protection of such fools, and not severely injured.
Definitely won't wear them around drills, lathe, mill, or similar shit. They can wrap a glove and your hand or fingers off, pretty easily, but I don't see the danger as much with a 2x72, just because there's not that much to attached to around the drive wheel. Not saying you can't get hurt, but it seems significantly less likely.
I grind a lot of small stuff so typically I simply can't stand using gloves because of lack of tactile feedback, and there's too much bulk to support the spine of a 1/10" tapering to nothing blade.
I was given a set of those rhino finger things, the neoprene finger gloves, and have to say, they're actually pretty awesome if you can keep track of them. Probably not for everyone, but I definitely recommend giving them a try.
I'm not too worried about gloves around a belt grinder, just based on the action, as someone who's run his finger all the way around the wheels underneath the belt once. Fortunately with a contact wheel and not a flat platen, it was scary as hell, and hurt, but I was drunk so under god's famous protection of such fools, and not severely injured.
Definitely won't wear them around drills, lathe, mill, or similar shit. They can wrap a glove and your hand or fingers off, pretty easily, but I don't see the danger as much with a 2x72, just because there's not that much to attached to around the drive wheel. Not saying you can't get hurt, but it seems significantly less likely.